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29 October 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The situation is getting worse; UN and African Union open an investigation into the violations of human rights
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day there are deaths and clashes in different areas of Bujumbura" report to Agenzia Fides local sources from the capital of Burundi, in the throes of a serious crisis due to the third m ...
29 October 2015
OCEANIA/FIJI - Hydrological risk: 90,000 people need food and water
Suva (Agenzia Fides) - The Fiji islands are going through a difficult period because of the hydrological risk that affects 67,000 people, or 13% of the population in the Country. The production of sugar cane has declined ...
29 October 2015
AFRICA/TANZANIA - The elections in Zanzibar revoked due to "serious irregularities"
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Concern for the annulment of the presidential, parliamentary and local election results in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, decided by the Independent Electoral Commission of T ...
29 October 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Alencherry: "India has to deal with serious issues, not the consumption of beef"
Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - "India has more serious problems to deal with, rather than waste time arguing about people’s eating habits": said Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church in India, speaking o ...
29 October 2015
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission's appeal: "Let us remember the most vulnerable children at Christmas"
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - With the festive season nearly upon us again, Catholic Mission Australia is urging its supporters to remember the most vulnerable children around the world this Christmas. In the statement sent t ...
29 October 2015
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: Only peace will save the indigenous Christian communities in Mesopotamia
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq and Syria, "without peace, there is no hope for anyone", and only the end of sectarian conflicts can ensure the survival of the indigenous Christian communities in Mesopotamia. This is how ...
28 October 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - Violence on the faithful and demolition of churches: intolerance in Aceh increases
Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - The demolition of three small Christian religious buildings (two protestant, one Catholic) in the Indonesian province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra, and the flight of about 8,000 faithful, ...
28 October 2015
ASIA/NEPAL - Six months after the earthquake, the work of reconstruction of Caritas continues
Kathmandhu (Agenzia Fides) - Six months after the two devastating earthquakes that hit Nepal in April, causing destruction for more than eight million people, Caritas Nepal, together with the global network of Caritas In ...
28 October 2015
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Archbishop of Bangui tells Fides that he was not kidnapped during a visit to the Central Mosque
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We were only threatened verbally, but the fact that we were kidnapped, as reported by some media, is not true", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, ...
28 October 2015
VATICAN - Urbaniana University: to form men and women capable of becoming bridges of relationships and instruments of mutual understanding
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I have a strong belief, many times expressed by Pope Francis, that ecclesial institutions can become a leaven of peace and of human and spiritual development among the peoples. This is why ...
28 October 2015
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The anti-interoceanic canal march suspended, but the population still opposes
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Opponents of the Interoceanic Canal project of Nicaragua, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific ocean (see Fides 15/06/2015) suspended the planned march yesterday, 27 October, which was to end in ...
28 October 2015
AFRICA/SUDAN - Outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Darfur
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Health of Sudan has acknowledged deaths caused by the spread of haemorrhagic fever in Darfur, especially in the east and central States. Medical sources in Khartoum reported to ...
28 October 2015
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Violence against children in the age group between 1 and 3
San José (Agenzia Fides) - In Costa Rica there is a real and serious outbreak of cases of violence against children aged between 1 and 3. According to data from the National Pediatric Hospital (HNN), a total of 2,200 co ...
28 October 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Russian delegation meets representatives of Churches and religious communities
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A Russian delegation composed of parliamentarians, political and military representatives recently made a visit to Syria for a program of meetings which also includes visits to representatives ...
28 October 2015
VATICAN - Appeal from the 5 continents: "The fight against climate change must respect the rights of the poor"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The climate change issue is deeply linked to social justice and the fight against poverty, so we need to redefine the notions of "growth" and "progress" to reach lifestyles which respect en ...
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