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• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Jobs and scholarships for religious minorities in Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Punjab province promotes concrete steps to improve the lives of religious minorities: it has officially accepted to apply the law - promoted by the former Catholic Minister kill ...
• 10 March 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Migration: "The Church is the critical conscience before the authorities" Cadiz (Agenzia Fides) - "At a time of great migrations that arouse suspicion and rejection, the Church wants to respond with the force of charity, to create the culture of encounter": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Rafael Zor ...
• 10 March 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Bishops to 36,000 refugees in northern Cameroon: "We have not abandoned you!" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Providing pastoral care for over 36,000 Refugees is not an easy task. It is a big challenge for our diocese. That is why we brought the matter to the attention of the Episcopal Conference of Came ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian MPs are preparing to commemorate the Armenian Genocide Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - In the Islamic Republic of Iran the centenary of the Armenian Genocide will be the focus of a series of commemorative events that will also involve the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parl ...
• 10 March 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The civil war is likely to resume after the failure of Negotiations Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in South Sudan continues after last week’s talks failed in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) aimed at finding a final peace agreement between the two factions of the SPLM (Sudan People's Liberat ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Care centers for children who have been in contact with family members infected by Ebola Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - To help children orphaned by Ebola, but not necessarily infected with the virus, the Ministry for Social Affairs of Sierra Leone, with the support of UNICEF, has established Centres of Temporar ...
• 9 March 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Lent: journey of liberation to fight indifference and selfishness Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) sent a message yesterday to the national community, on the occasion of Lent, in which they complain inter alia, about the crisis due to ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Liturgy at the Holy Sepulchre to commemorate the Armenian Genocide Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In Jerusalem, the leading event dedicated to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide will be held on April 24, at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. It will be a memorial liturgy and it will b ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - It is necessary to protect the rights of women workers Fasalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Protecting the rights and dignity of women workers in Pakistan: is what the Pakistani women said during a convention held in Faisalabad on the occasion of International Women's Day. The conven ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO – Free and transparent elections: very good result for a Country that has been in the grip of a potential civil war Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - The elections held in Lesotho were considered "free, fair, transparent, peaceful and credible" by local and international election observers, says a report sent to Agenzia Fides signed by Seán O ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND – Examples of daily life and work of evangelization Pathum Thani (Agenzia Fides) - Father Adriano Pelosin, PIME missionary, sent Agenzia Fides a testimony regarding the work of evangelization carried out by priests, nuns, seminarians and local Catholic families through th ...
• 9 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: consecrated life at the service of the poor Velankanny (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of Consecrated Life, the Indian Franciscans renew their commitment and service of apostolate among the marginalized of the country, in the slums, in rural areas, particularly amon ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/MALI - The attack on the UN base in Kidal and the bombing in Bamako committed by the same group Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The attack against the MINUSMA base and the attack on the restaurant in Bamako were committed in all probability by the same group - Mokhtar Belmokhtar", says Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary Gene ...
• 9 March 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Armed assault against the Franciscan church of Kafr el Dawar Kafr el-Dawar (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Catholic Church of Kafr el-Dawar, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and officiated by the Franciscan fathers, was attacked in the early hours of the day by armed men who used an expl ...
• 9 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Conclusions of the XI Meeting of the National Directors of the PMS of America Havana (Agenzia Fides) - From March 2 to 6, the XI Meeting of National Directors of the PMS, of the American continent (see Fides 03/03/2015) took place in Havana (Cuba). According to the report sent to Agenzia Fides by ...