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• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "In this America's Cup, and always, say no to trafficking": campaign against human trafficking Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - America's Cup 2015 begins today, the most important sporting event to be held from June 11 to July 4 in Chile. In this circumstance, various Church organizations and civil society, convened ...
• 11 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to a Christian community in Karachi Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church of Jerusalem" in Karachi is a Protestant Christian community which includes about 300 families. As Fides learns, community members have been receiving threats because they have to re ...
• 11 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are waiting to be contacted by the kidnappers", says the Bishop of Ekiti after the kidnapping of a priest Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are waiting for the kidnappers of our priest to get in touch with us to tell us their demands in exchange for his release" says His Exc. Mgr. Felix Ajakaye, Bishop of Ekiti. Don Emmanuel Aking ...
• 11 June 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Former property of a Presbyterian church becomes settlement of Jewish settlers. The Latin Patriarchate: dangerous operation Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - An impressive building complex owned by the Presbyterian Church located in the Palestinian territory was sold and, after several changes of ownership, is preparing to host a community of Jewis ...
• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops invite the winners of the elections to fulfil the promises made Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We have chosen to participate, now what do we have to do?"; with this title, the Episcopal Conference of Mexico issued a statement, also sent to Agenzia Fides, to motivate public opinion an ...
• 11 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Three people killed in Bujumbura, but for the President the demonstrations have now finished Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Last night the police killed three people, a woman and two children, in a neighborhood in Bujumbura, where so far there had been no demonstrations" refer local sources from the Burundian capi ...
• 11 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Jihadist militants of al Nusra Front massacre dozens of Druze civilians in Idlib Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadist militiamen linked to al-Nusra Front have massacred dozens of Druze civilians in Qalb Loza village, in the Mount Simmaq area, near the town of Idlib. Eyewitnesses of the massacre told ...
• 10 June 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - A shelter for 129 small children with Aids Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A place where to find shelter, where everyone knows who they are and what they need, from medicines, food and a family. We are talking about Nyumbani children’s home in Nairobi, which includes ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - National Director of the PMS: "Faith and youth walk together in East Timor" Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "In the young there is the seed of faith. People have trust in the Church and is attracted by the message of Christ. Today we have, in the two inter-diocesan seminaries, over 120 major seminarians ...
• 10 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From Haiti to Brazil in the hands of human traffickers, with the hope of a better future San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - Located in a central district of San Paolo (Brazil), the "Mision de Paz" managed by the Italian Scalabrini missionary Fr. Paolo Parisi, is one of the landmarks for the Haitian community of nea ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: a year after the fall of Mosul, only national reconciliation can save the country Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - On the first anniversary of what is called "the tragedy of Mosul" when the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) conquered the second city of Iraq, the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Lebanese pray for the unity of the Country in front of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - From 12 to 16 June, a series of liturgical celebrations and moments of Marian devotion will be held in various locations in Lebanon on the occasion of the second anniversary of the consecration o ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA - Climate change and ecology at the attention of Asian churches Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Churches of Asia focus their attention on environmental issues and climate change. As Fides learns, in view of the publication of Pope Francis’ Encyclical dedicated to the issues of protect ...
• 10 June 2015
  AFRICA - "The main problem in Africa is the crisis of values", says a UN African Special Representative Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "The main problem in Africa is the crisis of values", said the UN Special Representative for Central Africa, the Senegalese Abdoulaye Bathily, during a meeting of Heads of the UN missions, wh ...
• 10 June 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The inhabitants of port of Buenaventura subjected to "collective torture" Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - The capture of Carlos Quintero, one of the most feared bosses of the criminal gang "La Empresa" which controls the port of Buenaventura (Colombia), and which is said to be the instigator of ...