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2 March 2017
AMERICA - REPAM at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to defend the rights of indigenous peoples
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Rights notified the Pan Amazon Network Ecclesial (REPAM), the convocation of the num.161 ordinary hearing to discuss issues related to th ...
2 March 2017
ASIA/TURKEY - Agreement reached on the procedures to elect the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The summit convened in Yerevan (Armenia) by Patriarch Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to try to resolve the increasingly tangled dispute in place concerning the next election of the Arm ...
1 March 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children fast for too many days, too weak to go to school
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Scholastic abandonment is one of the consequences of the Venezuelan crisis. It is estimated that between 2005 and 2015, 141,823 primary and secondary school students in the Country abandoned the ...
1 March 2017
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign: "Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Fraternity: Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life" is the theme of the Fraternity Campaign (CF) 2017, organized every year by the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB). The "text of the CF 2 ...
1 March 2017
AFRICA/SUDAN - New cases of cholera reported in some areas of the country
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in eastern Sudan have reported the onset of new cases of cholera in different areas of the State. According to local sources, the epidemic is under control, civil society organiz ...
1 March 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Lent, time to help Christians in Orissa
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians in different parts of India, especially in Kandhamal district in Orissa, need constant prayer and support from everyone, especially during Lent": says to Agenzia Fides Archbishop ...
1 March 2017
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Harsh criticism of the Bishops' regarding the electoral campaign
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Honduras (CEH) in a message published on February 27, addressed all the faithful of the Country to offer some considerations on the electoral campaign for the pre ...
1 March 2017
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops: "We are not for or against anyone, but we are for the good of all"
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is not against the government", said His Exc. Mgr. Erkolano Lodu Tombe, Bishop of Yei, in south Sudan, who reiterated the commitment of Catholic Bishops in providing support to the gove ...
1 March 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Imam of al Azhar: even Judaism and Christianity have a history marked by violence
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Even "Judaism and Christianity have a history of violence", and all religions have been complicite in acts of violence and murder. This is how Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyib, Grand Imam of al-Azhar, wan ...
1 March 2017
ASIA/MONGOLIA - For the Lunar Year celebration, Lenten penance postponed
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "Tsagaan Sar", which literally means "White Moon", rich in symbolism and rituals that take place in families, such as a thorough cleaning of the house, wishes pronounced by the elders, praye ...
1 March 2017
ASIA/SYRIA - Maronite Archbishop: Bitter Lent for the Syrian churches, many priests have fled
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Syria are preparing to live a "bitter Lent", and among the many factors of suffering and sorrow afflicting the Churches of Syria there is the fact that many priests who during ...
27 February 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Family conflicts: fertile ground for violence in schools
Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and family conflicts, stress and lack of food, are breeding grounds for children who attend school and listlessly increasingly become aggressive towards other classmates. The alarm was l ...
27 February 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Clear signs of peace by ELN: the request of the Bishop of Arauca
Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Arauca calls for clear signs of peace from ELN (National Liberation Army) in this particular moment: last week, this guerrilla group attacked police stations and stol ...
27 February 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "EsTuDía": literacy campaign for the children of Antioquia
Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The National Ministry of Education has just launched the "EsTuDía" with the goal to seek, in the most remote places of Colombia, children and young people who do not go to school. The initiati ...
27 February 2017
ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Repent to save the planet: urgent ecological conversion"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we are faced with an environmental holocaust. It is a very delicate moment. Pope Francis raised his voice against this impending disaster talking about modern sins, 'ecological sins' made ...
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