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23 June 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: "sadness and concern" for the issue of Iraqi Christians whom the US government wants to expel
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church closely follows, with sadness and concern, the developments in the judicial proceedings with which the United States of America is preparing to expel 114 Iraqis, largely Chal ...
23 June 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "A Ramadan of Dialogue and Peace"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We lived an interreligious peace campaign during Ramadan, where we planted olive trees in front of Christian churches, mosques, madrassas, Catholic schools and Islamic institutes. It was a signi ...
22 June 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - To agree on a bilateral ceasefire, a first step in the dialogue between the Government and ELN
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, the government informed the delegation of the National Liberation Army (ELN), at the headquarters of the peace talks in Quito, Ecuador, on "the willingness to immediately begin studyi ...
22 June 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Good Shepherd" major Seminary in Coimbatore
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 5, 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Stanislas Savarimuthu, of the diocesan clergy of Pondicherry-Cudd ...
22 June 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Youssef Absi is the new Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarch
Ain Traz (Agenzia Fides) - Youssef Absi is the new Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and of the East. 29 Greek-Melkite Catholic Bishops, gathered in the Electoral Synodal Assembly, elect ...
22 June 2017
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Alcohol addiction alarm regarding street children: from glue to marijuana, to "chespi"
Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, the National Center for Drug Addiction in Paraguay receives hundreds of people with drug problems. However, the most alarming phenomenon is the many street children who go there to ...
22 June 2017
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The drama of illegal migrants: where are the African politicians?
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sad to see that several ministers had been invited for this constructive exchange of views, but only one came. Others preferred to go to the opening of a casino", said Fr. Norbert Éric Ab ...
22 June 2017
AFRICA - Half a million African children learn to read and write thanks to the initiative of other African girls
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The African Children and Young Workers Movement (MAEJT) has allowed the literacy of over half a million boys and girls in Africa. MAEJT was born in 1994, when a group of illiterate girls in Côt ...
22 June 2017
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Clashes in the city of Beni between the army and a coalition of rebels
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Strong clashes occurred this morning, June 22, in Beni in the province of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, the clas ...
22 June 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - OAS Assembly: the Holy See asks to allow the entry of food and medicine and to define the date of the elections
Cancun (Agenzia Fides) – To allow food and medicine to enter, define the date of the elections and free political prisoners: these are the three priorities that Pope Francis and the Holy See have asked in the face of t ...
22 June 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Bible in every family
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – To distribute a copy of the Bible to every family in the Philippines: The project started in 2008 is becoming a reality thanks to the project "May They Be One Bible Campaign": says the Auxiliar ...
22 June 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church: pain and sadness for the victims and the destruction of the Great Mosque in Mosul
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – The Chaldean Church expresses sadness for the destruction of the al Nuri Mosque in Mosul, renowned for the pending minaret, and reaffirms its sadness for the victims of the bombings and for all ...
21 June 2017
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - To favor the culture of encounter to build a nation of brothers
Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days after experiencing difficult moments in our city, it encourages us to find ways to resolve conflicts and reach agreements that guarantee social peace and the common good. We must re ...
21 June 2017
AMERICA/PERU - Over one million children do not go to school and work instead
Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - "More education, less child labor" is the name of the campaign recently launched by Fundación Telefónica in the Peruvian city of Cusco to make the population aware of the importance of studying ...
21 June 2017
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Dumps, fields, hotels, restaurants, roads exploit the work force of over 400 thousand children
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In Honduras, more than 400,000 children and teenagers are forced to work in order to survive. According to a study carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), over the past fi ...
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