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• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A country under terrorist attack: civil society calls for the commitment of the government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Terrorism in Pakistan has become a very serious problem in recent years. The death toll of terrorist attacks has risen to about 60,000 over the past 13 years. The government is protecting instit ...
• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Poor or non-existent sanitation facilities in the state schools of Madurai district Madurai (Agenzia Fides) - In Madurai district, the oldest city in Tamil, there are 1,226 public schools. Last year the Ministry of Education identified 210 schools in the district with no bathrooms. According to the Righ ...
• 10 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Yes to amnesty for Boko Haram, as long as there is sincere repentance and compensation for the victims" says Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the duty of government to ensure justice and enforce good order normally entails punishing criminals, this may at times not exclude offering pardon and amnesty", said Cardinal John Oloru ...
• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - ISIL rebels seize Mosul. Christians flee to the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), conquered in the late evening of Monday, June 9th the seat of the provincial government in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. The g ...
• 10 June 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Three years of war and abuse on ethnic minorities: appeal for peace by civil society Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The end of the war with the Kachin minority, stop to violence and abuse of human rights, the start of a serious negotiating table: is what a forum of more than 55 Burmese and international organi ...
• 10 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - USCCB General Assembly - 2014 June Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) 2014 General Assembly (spring session) will be held in New Orleans from 11 to 13 June. On this occasion, according to the note sent to ...
• 10 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Cup: everything ready, but who has thought about the safety of children? Fortaleza (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the start of the World Cup, to be held from 12 June to 13 July in 12 Brazilian cities, a group of institutions have raised the alarm about the safety of children and adolesce ...
• 9 June 2014
  Vatican - Without the Holy Spirit there is no mission, there is no evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus was peremptory with the Apostles were not to leave Jerusalem until they have received from the power of the Holy Spirit. Without Him there is no mission, there is no evangelization. ...
• 9 June 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The reality of Buenaventura is still critical" denounces Mgr. Epalza Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - A new alarm for the high number of murders in the area of Buenaventura was launched by the Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura, His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S.: between the ...
• 9 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack against the airport in Karachi: Christians pray for peace invoking St. Anthony Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "In moments of tension and violence, while a symbolic attack is taking place at the heart of the state, as Catholics we turn to St. Anthony, whose feast is approaching, June 13: to the saint of ...
• 9 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Caravan of Central American migrants ask for the recognition of refugees Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The caravan of Central American migrants, consisting of a hundred people, will meet today, June 9, representatives of the Mexican Episcopal Conference. The group of migrants, who come from H ...
• 9 June 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Over 47 000 boys and girls exploited for child labor San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - In Costa Rica, child labor is strictly prohibited by law up to 15 years of age, from 15 to 18 years of age precise rules have to be respected. Currently there is a lot of collaboration and comm ...
• 9 June 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New President al-Sisi enhances the role of the Coptic Church in the past and present of the nation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the day of his oath as the new President of Egypt, former General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi paid tribute with demanding words with regards to the role carried out by the Coptic Church in the past an ...
• 9 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Appeal for the release of 900 hostages, including three Assumptionist fathers kidnapped in 2012 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "For the people, priority is the fight against the Ugandan ADF-NALU rebels who have kidnapped at least 894 people, of whom there has been no news", said a representative of civil society in Nor ...
• 9 June 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Baptisms and confirmations on the Solemnity of Pentecost, a new impetus to mission Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in mainland China celebrated the Solemnity of Pentecost with the administration of the sacraments of Christian initiation, the profession of the vows of the Sisters ...