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28 March 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - War On Drugs: Catholics commit themselves to form the consciences of police officers
Quezon City (Agenzia Fides) – To raise the awareness of police officers and armed forces, engaged in the daily fight against drugs against traffickers and drug dealers, so that they always respect the principles of jus ...
28 March 2017
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni at Urbaniana: "Open to the world in which we are called to work"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This feast of the Pontifical Urbaniana University is an event that we gladly celebrate as a family celebration. In this institution, students, professors and staff spend the best hours of ...
28 March 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros: no to alarmism on anti-Christian violence; the Egyptian people also protected the Holy Family
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The stories of violence against Christians recorded in North Sinai represent exceptions, in a Country where already the Holy Family, who escaped Herod, came to seek refuge and protection. With thi ...
28 March 2017
ASIA/YEMEN - Health system on the brink of collapse: every 10 minutes a child dies
Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the intensification of the armed conflict, children continue to be the most vulnerable in Yemen (see Fides 27/03/2017). Every ten minutes a child dies in the Country from preventa ...
28 March 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children under 15 years of age guilty of 2,936 crimes
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In Caracas, the most violent city in the world, children at already eight years of age start killing. According to a research of Cecodap (non-governmental organization that defends human rights ...
28 March 2017
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Corruption and fanaticism": Mgr. Baez invites to give light and soul to society
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of corruption. There are many lies, there is selfishness and a lot of greed for money and power, and this creates injustice and increases the number of poor people", said His Exc ...
28 March 2017
AFRICA/DR CONGO - No agreement for the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements; Bishops withdraw from the mediation
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo withdrew from the mediation for the implementation of the San Silvestro agreements, regretting that the discussions that were held at the Inter-d ...
28 March 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - The Free Patriotic Movement leader: an electoral law to get out of political confessionalism is needed
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing discussion between the Lebanese political forces to establish the electoral law with which to celebrate the upcoming parliamentary election is an opportunity to lead the Country out o ...
28 March 2017
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishop of Kafanchan denounces: "The violence of the Fulani fueled by government complicity"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis here has persisted because of the way and manner the Federal and State governments, as well as the Security Agents are handling it", denounces His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Bagobiri, Bishop of ...
27 March 2017
EUROPE/ITALY - Conclusion of the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the missionary martyr Fr. Ramin
Padova (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, March 25 the diocesan phase of the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Father Ezechiele Ramin, a Comboni missionary (MCCJ), killed in Brazil on July 24, 1985 concluded. Th ...
27 March 2017
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A survey on corruption on Twitter, to allow the community to reflect
Bani (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Bani, Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Victor Emilio Masalles Pere launched a survey in which he asked: "Do you agree with Mgr. Víctor Masalles that the fight against ...
24 March 2017
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Country is experiencing economic crisis and millions of children do not go to school
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly a third of Afghan children do not attend school and, in a country at war like Afghanistan, this factor increases the risk of becoming victim of child labor, children are recruited by armed ...
24 March 2017
VATICAN - The martyrdom of a nun engaged in providing assistance to women and respect for their rights has been recognized
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree on the martyrdom of the Servant of God Sister Regina Maria Vattalil (nee Maria), professed nun ...
24 March 2017
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Government denounces: More than one million child workers
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The Mozambican government has denounced the presence of one million and 400 thousand working children in the Country because of poverty and minimum salary. During the presentation of a survey on ...
24 March 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico celebrates: the child Martyrs of Tlaxcala, protomartyrs of America will be canonized
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With happiness and joy we share the news that the Holy Father Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in audience. During the aud ...
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