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• 20 June 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The Church has helped me to find a land": in Colombia 5.5 million internally displaced persons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church has helped me to find a land, my land is now here in Colombia": is the testimony of Miodrag Jirsa, who comes from Yugoslavia and lives in the Latin American country as a refugee of wa ...
• 20 June 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - A Catholic Dalit is Deputy Prime Minister of the new state of Telangana Secunderabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic doctor Thatikonda Rajaiah is the Deputy Prime Minister of the new Indian state of Telangana, newly established by the government of the Indian Union. As reported to Fides, th ...
• 20 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missio-Aachen: a year dedicated to Pakistan Aachena (Agenzia Fides) - "The year 2014 is dedicated to Pakistan. Every year 'Missio' focuses on a reality with the dual aim of sensitizing the conscience of citizens in Europe and to launch special missionary cooperati ...
• 20 June 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: who boycots Parliament sessions to elect a new president places the Country at risk Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The choice of Lebanese MPs who boycot Parliament sessions convened for the election of the new President of the Nation, places Lebanon at a "great risk", particularly "amid the regional developm ...
• 20 June 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Here we are Lord, in the World Cup": special section on the website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The joy and happiness of the people of Chile is the joy and hope of the Church. We are very pleased, and we thank God for this moment", said the spokesman of the Catholic Bishops' Conference o ...
• 20 June 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Activist for Human Rights calls for the dissolution of the Salafist Party Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Lawyer Naguib Gabriel, leader of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, submitted to the Egyptian institutions a bill asking for the dissolution of the Salafist al-Nour Party, because of its ...
• 18 June 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The two assaults committed by Kenyans and foreigners, not by Shabaab", says the Bishop of Malindi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There is still a lot of fear, even if one notices the presence of the military and police officers sent by the government to secure the area", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Emanuel Barbara ...
• 18 June 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Conclusion of the G77 + China, the Church hopes for commitment in favor of the poor Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – The Summit of the G77 + China, which was held on 14 and 15 June in Santa Cruz, Bolivia has concluded, launching a new roadmap for a more just world order and an appeal to the United Nations ...
• 18 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - No to bail for Islamic extremists who burned the Christian area Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Annul the bail granted by the High Court to extremists who burned and devastated the Christian area "Joseph Colony" in Lahore in March 2013: is what the application made to the Lahore High Court ...
• 18 June 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A video against drugs: the Church launches a campaign on social networking sites Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has launched a national campaign for the prevention of drug addiction in which the protagonists are young people using new technologies. The idea is that each person records a ...
• 18 June 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - Meeting in preparation of the Synod on the Family: "Let us be guided by the Gospel and by traditional African values" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The joys and the sufferings of the families of today concern the Church so much that Pope Francis has convened in October 2014, and in 2015 a Synod of the universal Church on the pastoral chall ...
• 18 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prayer and fasting for peace. The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul: armed intervention does not solve problems Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "In the villages in the Nineveh plain that accommodated part of the population fled from Mosul, the situation is worsening day by day. There has been no water and electricity for two days. Fuel is ...
• 17 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation of the Bishop of Multan and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, 2014 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Multan (Pakistan) by Bishop Andrew Francis, in accordance with can. 401 § 2 of the ...
• 17 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Do not close the homeless shelter for migrants" asks the Bishop of Celaya Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Celaya, in the state of Guanajuato (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, has publicly asked the Commune not to close the "Manos Abiertas a ...
• 17 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholics protest to regain land seized by the government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The issue concerning land and the St. Francis school in Lahore is an open wound: this is why on Sunday, June 15 more than 1,500 Catholics, including men, women, priests, religious, children, yo ...