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18 March 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops ask for clarity on the appointment of ministers
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Southern African Catholic Bishops are "profoundly disturbed" by Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas’s confirmation that he was offered the post of Finance Minister by members of the Gup ...
18 March 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of working children is unstoppable
Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) – Throughout Mexico there are more than 22,000 child laborers, many of whom do not receive any financial remuneration. In a note of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers (Crom) in ...
18 March 2016
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops "we are shocked": assault in Grand Bassam
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims caused by the terrorist attack in Grand-Bassam, the resort town on the Ivory Coast, on Sunday, March 13 attacked by a commando of Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has risen ...
18 March 2016
ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Bishop: the declaration of the USA on the "genocide of Christians" is "an instrumental geopolitics operation"
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The path that led the US administration to recognizing the violence perpetrated by the Islamic State on Christians as "genocide", is "a geopolitical operation" that "exploits the category of ge ...
17 March 2016
AFRICA / MALAWI - The Bishops' letter is the last warning: for a missionary "there is risk of social explosion"
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a very deep letter and to be taken seriously", said Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfort missionary, commenting on the Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of Malawi on the state of the Country (see ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/HONG KONG - More than 3,000 catechumens will be baptized during the Easter Vigil
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "You have not only found the light, you also have to transform into light that illuminates the world", said Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, to the catechumens on the fourth Sunday ...
17 March 2016
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops: "May the State listen to the cry of farmers and their proposals"
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) expresses its support to the needs of the population that will give life to the XXIII " March of the Poor Farmer" scheduled today, March 17, in the Pa ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/THAILAND - The tragic odyssey of Pakistani Christian refugees in Thailand
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The escape of thousands of Pakistani Christians that left their homeland seeking refuge in Thailand continues. They escape from pressures, harassment, threats and reprisals. Due to the Pakista ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "Justice for the massacre in Lahore"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To bring to justice the perpetrators of the massacre that on 15 March 2015, following the explosion of two bombs in front of two churches in Youhanabad, Lahore district, killed 21 people and in ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/QATAR - "Religious" TV channels are multiplying all over the Middle East
Doha (Agenzia Fides) - The number of religious broadcasters throughout the Middle East has risen by 50 percent in just three years from 2011 to 2014, rising from 50 to 75 religious channels "free to air" (not encrypted). ...
17 March 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Castro Quiroga: "What is important is not the date, but the agreement has to be properly formulated"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "What matters is not the date when the agreement is signed, but it has to be properly formulated. We must avoid clauses which may later create problems, it is very important to avoid damaging the ...
17 March 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A community radio circuit for peace in the country torn by civil war
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - A radio network to promote peace has been created by 12 community radio stations in South Sudan. Under this initiative, 45 "citizen journalists" will be trained to gather information to be provided ...
17 March 2016
ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: still no news of the priest kidnapped after the massacre in Aden
Aden (Agenzia Fides) - Almost two weeks after the massacre perpetrated by a terrorist commando in the nursing home in Aden (see Fides 04/03/2016), where four Missionaries of Charity along with 12 others were killed - the ...
16 March 2016
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Outbreaks of cholera for the drought in Oromia, in the Somali region and of the Peoples of the South
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The precarious situation that Ethiopia is living due to water shortage (see Fides 09/03/2016) continues to affect the battered population even at a health level. In an appeal launched by the ...
16 March 2016
AMERICA/PANAMA - Seven hundred Cuban emigrants in critical situation call for a diplomatic solution
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal José Luis Lacunza, Bishop of David, has received a report on the situation of the Cuban people in Paso Canoas, and announced that he will inform the Country's Bishops and together ...
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