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• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rosary and biblical apostolate in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Family, catechists, teachers, youth, children: all united to pray the Rosary every day in May, the month of Mary: is the experience of the parish of Toba Tek Singh, in the diocese of Faisalab ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Human trafficking in Southeast Asia does not stop Koh Lipe (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking continues to be a very serious problem in Southeast Asian Countries. Criminal networks extend from the west of Burma, crossing the coastal areas of Bangladesh, to the southe ...
• 18 May 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "We have to be humble to have the courage to forgive one another", said the Archbishop of Bangui Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "More than ever Central Africans need to be humble in order to find the power of love", says His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui and President of the Central African Episcopa ...
• 18 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than a hundred women victims of rape in the attack in Kikamba Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the region of Shabunda, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have provided medical care for 127 women who reported being sexually abused after an attack by do ...
• 18 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Morsi condemned to death. Coptic Catholic Bishop: "the Church never justifies death penalty for anyone" Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - The death sentence of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is arousing strong reactions in Egypt and other Countries, starting from Turkey. The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist organization, i ...
• 18 May 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Prayers and mobilization of the population to demand an end of attacks by Ugandan rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Religious confessions of North Kivu have organized moments of prayer to pray for peace in the province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a prey to repeated violence by various armed grou ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Building peace remembering martyr Claretian Rhoel Gallardo Basilan (Agenzia Fides) - 15 years after his death, the community of Basilan in the southern Philippines, led by Bishop Martin Jumoad of the Prelature of Basilan, commemorated father Rohel Gallardo, Claretian priest kill ...
• 18 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - First Report on the scourge of drugs prepared by UCA Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina today, May 18, presents the first report of the "Barometro of Narcotrafico y Adicciones en Argentina" prepared by researchers of the Catholic University of Argentina ...
• 16 May 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Two students die during the protests; the Church appeals for non-violence Valparaiso (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation and an appeal to reflect on the seriousness of what happened has been expressed by the Catholic Church following the killing of the two students: Exequiel Borvarán Salina ...
• 16 May 2015
  AMERICA - Message of the XXXV General Assembly of CELAM: "Living a missionary conversion as a church which goes forth" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The translation of the New Testament of the "Bible of the Church in America" (BIA), the creation of the Pan-Amazon ecclesial network (REPAM) to respond effectively to the challenges of the ...
• 16 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Five attacks in five days against the Christians in Madhya Pradesh New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the space of five days, from 10 to 15 May 2015, there were five attacks against Christians in their places of worship in Madhya Pradesh. The attacks, carried out by Hindu fundamentalist gro ...
• 16 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Five radio stations attacked during violence over an attempted coup in Bujumbura Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Attacking news outlets is never a solution, especially when citizens need to know what is happening around them and those in power should be listening to what their people are saying " says S ...
• 16 May 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Pax Christi International recalls the "Nakba" in Bethlehem Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Around 160 people attending Pax Christi's International Assembly were present, along with Pax Christi member organisations and partners on Thursday evening to mark the 67th anniversary of the ...
• 15 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian, elected President of CELAM Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, May 13 elections were held to choose the directors of CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Council) for the next four years from 2015 to 2019. Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, Archbi ...
• 15 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Coup failed: "The streets of Bujumbura are deserted and the national broadcaster is the only outlet still broadcasting" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The streets of Bujumbura are deserted, even though we know that civil society has asked to resume demonstrations against the third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza, who according to rumors ...