News

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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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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  24 March 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - After the Jubilee: in search of the "13th innocent prison apostle" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of mercy the community of the baptized in India has multiplied initiatives of pastoral closeness and solidarity in Indian prisons. Hundreds of prisoners have been released or have ...
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  24 March 2017
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The experts alarm: the Holy Sepulcher at risk of collapsing Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Sepulcher risks collapsing if nothing is done to shore up its unstable foundations. The alarm was launched by the same team of archaeologists and experts who have just successfully co ...
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  24 March 2017
  AFRICA/MALI - Sister Cecilia: the Bishops launch new initiatives for her release Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mali have launched an initiative to obtain the release of Cecilia Argoti Narváez, the religious of Colombian nationality of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Imma ...
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  24 March 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - In a liberated Church the 14 "rules of behaviour" imposed by jihadists to the people of Mosul have been found Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Penalties for those who smoke and those who drink, prohibition for women to leave the house if it is not necessary, death penalty for blasphemy are some of the 14 "rules of behavior" that the mili ...
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  24 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Two countries but one Church, committed to migrants": meeting of border dioceses Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released yesterday, the group of representatives of the border dioceses of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, who met on March 21 to analyze common problems (see Fides 23/03/2017) ...
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  23 March 2017
  AMERICA - REPAM: the right to land is a prerequiste for the exercise of other rights Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Considering the violation of the territorial rights of indigenous and Amazonian communities in South America, the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) has proposed to the International Commis ...
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  23 March 2017
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Religious leaders ask the United States to prevent financial crises in the country San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Puerto Rico, His Exc. Mgr. Roberto González, and the Bible Society led by Reverend Heriberto Martínez, ask the United States Congress to approve tax benefits for children an ...
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  23 March 2017
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - People are dying of hunger in Unity State, those who can, flee in search of safety Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - "The last time an African country experienced such a dramatic 'state of famine' was 6 years ago, in Somalia. The tragedy of famine has been hitting South Sudan, Unity State for over a month, where ...
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  23 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Meeting of the border Bishops of Haiti and Rep. Dominicana on common issues Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops, priests and delegations of Haitian parishes and the Dominican Republic met in Barahona (Dominican Republic) on March 21, to analyze the social and economic problems affecting the borde ...
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  23 March 2017
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Child labor: cheap labor that fuels growth in the Country Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - In Myanmar minors can legally start working at 14 years of age, but the workday cannot exceed four hours. Legislation allows children to enter the labor market at age 14, but some also falsify ...
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  23 March 2017
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Our politicians are corrupt and often aid does not go to those who need it", denounces a Bishop Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Most of the donations from the western world do not get directly to the targeted people. Whenever interventions come, they always insist it must go through the government agencies and through thi ...