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26 July 2016
EUROPE/FRANCE - An elderly priest has his throat slit as he celebrates Mass
Rouen (Agenzia Fides) – This morning an elderly priest, Fr. Jacques Hamel, aged 84, had his throat cut while he was celebrating mass in the church of Saint Etienne du Rouvray, Normandy (France). Two men entered the ch ...
26 July 2016
AFRICA/UGANDA - Thousands of South Sudan refugees crowd into already precarious camps
Gulu (Agenzia Fides) – In just three weeks 30,000 refugees have entered Uganda where the camps are overcrowded to the limit. Recent fighting in South Sudan has put pressure on the already difficult situation. In ea ...
26 July 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Wayuú children continue to die of hunger and thirst
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Wayuú children continue to die of hunger and thirst
La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) – The Wayúu indigenous communities in Colombia report that more children are dying of hunger, undernourishment and ...
26 July 2016
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “Justice of Transition” to heal social fabric which has bled for years
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Discussion continues in El Salvador regarding the annulment by the High Court of Justice of the amnesty law. On 22 July the national Bishops’ Conference called for "redress justice" ...
26 July 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - “All this violence reveals a void in citizens’ security” says Bishop Patiño Leal
Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) – "It is clear that the numbers of killings, kidnapping and torture continue to rise. A void has been created in action to guarantee the safety of all citizens. It would appear that thos ...
26 July 2016
ASIA/IRAQ -Chaldean Patriarch proposes to Iranian and Iraqi Shiites the creation of a Standing Committee for Dialogue
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – A Standing Committee for Dialogue between representatives of Shiite religious centres and the Chaldean Patriarchate to tackle together in friendly cooperation difficulties experienced by t ...
26 July 2016
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Church rejects foreign exploitation of sectarian attacks experienced
AFRICA/EGYPT – The Coptic Church rejects foreign exploitation of sectarian attacks experienced
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Copt Orthodox Church does not want the sectarian attacks recently experienced by Egyptia ...
25 July 2016
EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - Growing cooperation between Caritas Westminster and Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN)
EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM – Growing cooperation between Caritas Westminster and Jewish Volunteering Network (JVN)
London (Agenzia Fides) – Growing cooperation between the volunteers of Caritas Westminster and Jewish Vo ...
25 July 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN -Food crisis heightens following fresh outbreak of civil war
Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The food crisis in South Sudan has worsened with the new outbreak of civil war . For thousands of people fleeing their homes and the many who stay behind, food is the main priority. Since the civ ...
25 July 2016
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Scalabrinian Missionaries: 25 years at the service of migrants in Honduras
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – "They are a visible sign of Christian solidarity " said Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Catholic archbishop of Tegucigalpa, during a Mass of thanksgiving for 25 years of commi ...
25 July 2016
AAFRICA/EGYPT- Copt Orthodox Patriach Tawadros suspends his weekly Wednesday public catechesis because of sectarian violence
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Copt Orthodox Patriach Tawadros II has announced that he has decided to suspend his weekly Wednesday afternoon public catechesis in Cairo due to growing tension following fresh attacks on Coptic ...
25 July 2016
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of Archbishop of Nampula and appointment of apostolic administrator
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 25 July 2016, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Nampula, in Mozambique, presented by Mgr. Tomé Makhweliha, S. ...
25 July 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Weapons are the weakness of reason": Bishop Arizmendi refers to the assassination of the local mayor
San Juan Chamula (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of the diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, has called for dialogue to continue since, he says, it is the only means of obtaining social peace: ...
25 July 2016
AAMERICA/MEXICO - Does being indigenous mean being discriminated against, experiencing marginalisation and poverty ?
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The main disadvantages of being a member of an indigenous community in Mexico are being discriminated against, marginalised and condemned to a life of poverty, exclusion and illiteracy. ...
23 July 2016
AFRICA/ANGOLA - SECAM Assembly : too little investment in media programmes for evangelization in Africa.
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "“The Church must absolutely be more present on the digital media in a deliberate and informed manner,” said the Nigerian Bishop Badejo, of Oyo, who was facilitating a workshop titled “ ...
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