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• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop Bo: "Unity and peace for the family of Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Unity and peace of the family is vital for Myanmar": says Charles Bo, Salesian Archbishop of Yangon, in a speech on the theme of family. The Archbishop recalled that the Buddhist and Christian c ...
• 30 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prisons become "universities of crime": the Church insists on re-education Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "Family, school and civil authorities have the responsibility to stop the growth in the number of adolescents and young people who end up in organized crime groups": said the Bishop of the Dioc ...
• 30 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Thousands of children at risk for an outbreak of cholera Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan is going through one of the worst humanitarian crises. What is making the situation worse is the rapid spread of an outbreak of cholera that is threatening thousands of children and has ...
• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The entire Catholic population celebrates the 100 millionth baby born in the Country Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty has always been a serious problem in the country, but too often governments and institutions promote sterilization or other preventive measures as a means to eradicate it. In response to ...
• 30 July 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The country awaits a word of encouragement from the Bishops Juigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua began yesterday, July 29, in the city of Juigalpa, capital of the department of Chontales. As sources of Fides in the country note, "all cit ...
• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Pax Christi International: the arms trade fuels the Syrian conflict Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody conflict in Syria will continue until international actors continue to feed it with the sale of arms. And any serious attempt to put a stop to the mindless violence that has been rav ...
• 29 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bombing near the Catholic parish in Gaza. School devastated Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - A bombing carried out by the Israeli army this morning near the Catholic parish in Gaza, dedicated to the Holy Family, has partially destroyed the adjacent parish school, the pastor’s office and ...
• 28 July 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Thousands of children displaced due to the floods Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - Sexual abuse, mistreatment and diseases are some of the many risks that 147,500 displaced children face due to the floods that are ravaging Paraguay. Many live huddled together in more than ...
• 28 July 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: The new President should not be linked to the two "blocks" Diman (Agenzia Fides) - "The 'March 14 Coalition ' does not want a president aligned with the 'March 8 Coalition'. And the 'March 8 Coalition' does not want a President aligned with the 'March 14 Coalition'. Therefore on ...
• 28 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Over five thousand people march for peace and for life Nezahualcoyotl (Agenzia Fides) - More than 5000 people marched with the Bishop of the diocese of Nezahualcóyotl, Mgr. Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez in favor of peace, life and family. The massive event, held yesterday J ...
• 28 July 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Guerrilla groups become political parties: for the Church this is a positive step Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Several groups of former paramilitary guerillas are turning into political parties and intend to act as actors in a democratic future in Colombia. This is the case of the "Alianza de la unidad Co ...
• 28 July 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Terrorism and intolerance are the wounds of Pakistan" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Terrorism and religious intolerance are the worst plagues that afflict Pakistan" says to Fides Agency Fr. Inayat Bernard, rector of Santa Maria Seminary in Lahore. "The Church in Pakistan is res ...
• 28 July 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - It is necessary to vaccinate children against measles Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The immunization campaign against measles has just concluded in four health areas: Lumbishi, Numbi, Tushunguti and Shanje in the hilly surroundings of the town of Minova, the so called Hauts Pl ...
• 26 July 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Five new Korean Jesuit priests will welcome the Pope Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - There will be five new Korean Jesuit priests in the Catholic community as it prepares to welcome Pope Francis in his next trip to Korea (14-18 August): the Society of Jesus in Korea has in fact ce ...
• 26 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Pope Francis calls the Chaldean Patriarch. Rumors about the destruction of churches in Mosul have been denied Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis phoned the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis Raphael I Sako to manifest his participation and closeness to the suffering of the Iraqi people, starting from Mosul Christia ...