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27 February 2017
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Bishops denounce: "Violence in Kasai fruit of political manipulation"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Since July 2016 the conflict between traditional Chief Jean-Prince Kamwina-Nsapu Pandi and the authorities of central Kasai province has taken a tragic dimension that goes far beyond its origi ...
27 February 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - Even the Salafists of Al Nur condemn the 7 targeted killings of Copts in North Sinai
Al Arish (Agenzia Fides) - The announced series of murders against Coptic Christians in northern Sinai in recent weeks, has caused the flight of more than 100 Christian families, who moved from the capital al Arish to th ...
27 February 2017
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Xenophobic attacks: for the Bishops "No grievance justifies the violence against foreign nationals"
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "No grievance justifies the violence against foreign nationals" said His Exc. Mgr. Abel Gabuza, Bishop of Kimberly and President of the Bishops' Commission for Justice and Peace" of the South A ...
27 February 2017
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Concern of the Church for the labor crisis in Soriano and in Cologne
Mercedes (Agenzia Fides) – As Lent approaches, the priests of the diocese of Mercedes (Urugauy) with the Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Collazzi, issued a statement expressing "concern and pain" for "the difficult situat ...
24 February 2017
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Kira Mama Plus! A new maternity ward in Cibitoke
Cibitoke (Agenzia Fides) - Mothers and children in Cibitoke, in the north of Burundi, will soon have a new neonatal ward. The Medical Cooperation Committee will provide the district hospital an essential tool to reduce i ...
24 February 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - Another Coptic Christian found dead in northern Sinai
Al Arish (Agenzia Fides) - A 40-year-old Coptic Christian was found dead with a gunshot to the neck, in the Egyptian town of Al-Arish, capital of Northern Sinai, on Thursday, February 23. The body was found inside his ho ...
24 February 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - One of the policemen injured in the explosion in La Macarena has died
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, went to hospital to visit the members of the police who were injured in the explosion in the district of La Macarena, in Bogota, on 19 Febr ...
24 February 2017
EUROPE/ITALY - International Migration Forum: the creation of a network is essential
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The four actions indicated by the Pope (welcome, protect, promote, integrate) concluded the Sixth International Migration and Peace Forum and highlighted the answer that the entire planet must giv ...
24 February 2017
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - #WeAreAllTexas: February 28, Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Austin (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 communities throughout Texas will gather in Austin for #WeAreAllTexas: a Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The event will begin with a march that wil ...
24 February 2017
ASIA/JORDAN - Tourism of the Hashemite Kingdom focuses on "Christian places"
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Biblical religious tourism and especially national "Christian heritage" are increasingly at the center of the Jordanian government strategies to encourage the flow of foreign visitors to the Hashe ...
24 February 2017
AFRICA/DR CONGO - New desecration of churches and convents: unanimous condemnation of the Nunciature, Bishops and the UN
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The desecration of Catholic churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue, after the assaults at St. Dominic Parish in Limete, in the capital Kinshasa on February 19, and at the major ...
24 February 2017
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce: "War Crimes committed on the basis of ethnicity"
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan one kills according to ethnicity. This was denounced by the South Sudanese Bishops in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, which announces that Pope Francis hopes to visit South Sudan ...
23 February 2017
ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Yearbook: 591 thousand Catholics in Hong Kong, 5 thousand more than last year
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of August 2016, there were 591,000 Catholics out of a population of 7,346,700 inhabitants in Hong Kong. The Catholic figure is contained in the new Yearbook of the Church of Hong ...
23 February 2017
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "A dignified life for life": in El Alto the only integral center for disabled children
El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - Virgen Niña, is the only integral center for disabled children which is located in El Alto, in the Los Andes area. Promoted by the homonymous Virgen Niña Association, the center was launched 2 ...
23 February 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 82% of Venezuelan households live in poverty
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the severe economic crisis that continues to affect Venezuela, there is a lack of food and basic products in the Country.
The inflation index indicated by the Central Bank in 2015 is 180 ...
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