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7 April 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian village attacked by the police: an investigation is urgently needed
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Bangladeshi police have carried out gratuitous violence on a Christian village: with this conviction several NGOs call for an independent investigation after the assault of police officers on ...
7 April 2017
ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Bishop Abou Khazen: baffled by the speed with which the US attack was decided and carried out
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "One thing that baffles, in the face of the US military attack on Syrian territory, is the speed with which it was decided and carried out, without any adequate investigation into the tragic mass ...
7 April 2017
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Malnutrition, cholera and diarrhea among children: cases increase
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of children in Somalia suffer from acute malnutrition, cholera or diarrhea, and the figure is increasing rapidly. According to UNICEF, therapeutic food was given in the months of Jan ...
7 April 2017
AFRICA/MALI - No news of Sister Cecilia two months after her kidnapping, despite the indictment of 4 people
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Where's our Sister Gloria? Who are her kidnappers? And who are those who still hold her?" These are the questions of the Diocese of Karangasso, two months after the kidnapping of Sister Gloria C ...
7 April 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Diocesan priests are inspired by Mother Teresa
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Diocesan priests in India want Mother Teresa of Calcutta as a model and source of inspiration: This is what was said by 113 members of the Conference of Diocesan Priests of India (CDPI), from 6 ...
7 April 2017
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Letter of the Bishop of Posadas: "Christian hope must make us responsible in defending our rights"
Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Posadas, His Exc. Mgr. Juan Rubén Martínez, in preparation for the celebrations of Holy Week, published a letter in which he writes that "it would be hypocritical ...
6 April 2017
ASIA/CHINA - Palm Sunday: the first national collection for the victims of natural disasters
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 9, Palm Sunday, a national collection in all Catholic communities in mainland China will be celebrated for the first time. The initiative was launched by Jinde Charities, the ...
6 April 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Landslide in Mocoa: Nuncio celebrates Mass for the victims, aid from the Bishops' Conference
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - According to figures of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Colombia, the number of confirmed deaths caused by the mudslide that flooded the town of Mocoa, in the so ...
6 April 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: the enactment of a new election law that guarantees fair representation of all citizens is urgently needed
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The enactment of a new electoral law that "guarantees fair representation of all citizens on the basis of coexistence and democracy which characterize our political system" is becoming more and ...
6 April 2017
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops on the election results: "Transparency, never violence, peace is in danger"
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Ecuador is going through difficult times, which threaten the unity of our country. Peace is indeed in danger!" says the statement of the Bishops' Conference sent to Fides. The text continues: "In ...
6 April 2017
AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Road Project" for thousands of street children and adolescents
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - In Montevideo, Paysandú, Maldonado, Salto and Durazno "Road Project" takes care of 1,088 children. The project includes a "kids club", as well as 90 youth centers that assist 7,000 adolescen ...
6 April 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Justice denied to the Christian victims in Orissa
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many little-known and never recounted incidents which occurred in the district of Kandhamal. Justice was denied to the most vulnerable and marginalized people such as Adivasi and Da ...
6 April 2017
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Catholic missions of Ngaoundaye have been attacked; the bandits fled at the arrival of the Blue Helmets
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic missions in Ngaoundaye, a small town in the far northwest of the Central African Republic have been attacked.
"The news that we have is still incomplete", says Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, ...
6 April 2017
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church in the dialogue process: abandon the request of the re-election of the President
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro, His Exc. Mgr. Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. informed that the Permanent Council of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP) consid ...
5 April 2017
ASIA/INDIA - At school you learn how to stop violence against women
Chennai (Agenzia Fides) – To be committed in ending violence against women through measures to prevent, stop and find remedies regarding its effects: the Franciscans in India have launched a special nationwide campaign ...
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