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• 18 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros II suspends public catechesis for security reasons Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II canceled yesterday, for the third consecutive time, the weekly meeting of public prayer and catechesis he held every Wednesday afternoon in the Coptic Cat ...
• 18 July 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Farmers in the region of Catatumbo evicted from oil companies Catatumbo (Agenzia Fides) - Catatumbo is one of the poorest areas of Colombia, which is situated in the northern department of Santander. In the region there are no public services and infrastructures and there is so muc ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA – Legal comparison Church-government on the use of the word "Allah"; the Nuncio promotes the line of dialogue Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The comparison between the Catholic Church and the Malaysian government on the use of the word "Allah" to refer to God in the Bible and in Christian publications is enriched by a new chapte ...
• 17 July 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - A radio: 55 years at the service of evangelization Puno (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio Onda Azul" is a means of communication that supports the missionary work of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Puno in Peru and works to promote the presence of the Christian message in t ...
• 17 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three Christian women stripped naked and humiliated: Justice is moving Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the case of three Christian women stripped naked, humiliated and mocked by Muslims in Kasur – more than a month after the incident, which occurred on June 3, which caused outrage in Pakistan ...
• 17 July 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The President of Caritas Jerusalem: Gaza continues to be an open-air prison Gaza (Agenzia Fides): "I was shocked by the level of poverty that I saw in Gaza. The Strip continues to be an open-air prison, closed by the sea, the embargo of Israel and now Egypt". This is how Father Raed Abusahlia, D ...
• 17 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Children poisoned in a school in Bihar: the Church relaunches food safety New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The case of the 22 children who died from food poisoning in a school in the Indian state of Bihar "strongly raises the issue of food safety and food quality and the urgency with which India ha ...
• 17 July 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - A "Missionary Year": 100 years since the arrival of the first Orionini missionaries in Brazil Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The first missionaries of the "Work of Divine Providence" were sent to Brazil by the founder, Don Orione, a century ago: on December 17, 1913. They left from Genoa and landed at the port of Santos ...
• 17 July 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Educational programs for 250,000 blind children around the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The National Organization for blind people (ONCE), thanks to a program of international cooperation, has promoted various educational projects of which in the last 15 years more than 250,000 chil ...
• 16 July 2013
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Prohibit non-Christian faiths? For the Church, it would be absurd Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Parliament of Papua New Guinea has approved a motion that asks to start a nationwide consultation on the issue of religious freedom and to "prohibit the worship of non-Christian faiths" ...
• 16 July 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Disciples in a multicultural world: IV American Missionary Congress Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Missionary disciples of Jesus Christ in a secular and multicultural world": this is the title of the fourth American Missionary Congress (9th Missionary Congress of Latin American) (CAM 4 - Com ...
• 16 July 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - "To love sick brothers and sisters with the love of a mother for her sick child", celebrations in honor of St. Camillus de Lellis Bucchianico (Agenzia Fides) - The 400th Jubilee Year of the death of St. Camillus de Lellis has just been inaugurated. Among the most striking initiatives celebrated on 14 July is that of two daring "pilgrims" who walked ...
• 16 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - A day of prayer for peace and social justice Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - As a result of the serious political situation that has paralyzed the population of the Central African Republic since March 24, the Order of Carmel in Bangui has organized a real "crusade of pra ...
• 16 July 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Greek-Orthodox monastery under attack. The nuns are appealing to President Abbas Bethany (Agenzia Fides) – The nuns of the Greek-Orthodox monastery in Bethany have sent a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to urge the leaders of the Palestinian Authority to take charge, with appropriate ...
• 16 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Shang Chuan of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Jiang Men for prayer and evangelization Jiang Men (Agenzia Fides) - Pray for the church in China and for the Universal Church so that the mission of evangelization in the world and China take its course and strengthens faith, especially in the Year of Faith: a ...