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• 12 July 2013
  AFRICA/BENIN - "The Virgin Mary is the sign of Catholicism in Benin" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Here, thank God, there is a Catholic instinct of openness to the Madonna", says Fr. Juan Diego M. Gay, Franciscan Missionary of the Immaculate in an interview sent to Fides Agency on the initia ...
• 12 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Ramadan of justice and reconciliation: message of the pro-dialogue "Silsilah" Center Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Month of Ramadan is "a special time to renew friendship and solidarity between Christians and Muslims": says the Message issued during the month of Ramadan by the Center for inte ...
• 12 July 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Survey: impatience towards Syrian refugees increases Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - 54 per cent of the Lebanese hopes that the borders of their own Country are barred, due to the influx of new refugees from Syria. As much as 90 percent of them prefer to see the freedom of unrest ...
• 12 July 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "Defender who does not defend", scandal in the country, the Church's intervention Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Panama issued a statement on the charges brought against the "Defensoria del Pueblo" (Institution which should collect the allegati ...
• 11 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A Coptic commission to outline the criticisms concerning the Provisional Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church has appointed a commission of jurists and Christian politicians to draw up a memorandum of critical observations on the provisional Constitution. This was confirmed to F ...
• 11 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Disarmament operations of the rebels start off slowly Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is estimated that in the Country there are about 25,000 rebels. Last week, according to local media, a hundred were disarmed. At this rate, it will take 5 years to disarm them all", says to F ...
• 11 July 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - More violence in the Country, national mourning for the murder of a well-known journalist San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "The case of Anibal Barrow is not the only case because there are so many others that happen every day", said Mgr. Romulo Emiliani, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Pedro Sula, afte ...
• 11 July 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A priest presents cassava bread to reduce imports of grain from abroad Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - 85% of bread made of wheat flour and 15% of cassava was presented on July 8 in Kimpese (in the province of Bas-Congo) by its inventor, Fr. Charles Kusika. According to the priest, who runs a p ...
• 11 July 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "While murders continue, the government reacts slowly," the voice of the church Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - "While disappearances and deaths linked to drug trafficking continue, the main characteristics of the strategy of the federal government advance slowly against organized crime and above all wha ...
• 11 July 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Religious tolerance under the UN lens in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - What is the status of respect for human rights and religious freedom in Indonesia? Is there an atmosphere of religious intolerance? These are issues that these days (in the July 8-26 session) ar ...
• 11 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - A food embargo in Aleppo: there is "no bread" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Supplies and goods have been blocked, including food, a real "food embargo", which is devastating the civilian population of Aleppo. The block, now in its seventh day, was imposed by rebel groups ...
• 10 July 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "A social response and not only military" is what the the Church hopes for Catatumbo Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "It is clear to everyone that the government must address the Catatumbo problem, it should do "all it can" to present the long-term plans for the area," said the President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 10 July 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Reconciliation, peace and justice at the center of the reflection of the African Bishops gathered in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The family Church of God in Africa at the service of reconciliation, justice and peace". This is the theme of the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and M ...
• 10 July 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Year of Faith: visit of the Papal Representative to the nuns of the diocese of Bui Chu Bui Chu (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of Bui Chu have dedicated their life to the Church and society as a whole, because it is based on prayer and service to the poor and the sick: this is the recognition of Mgr. Leopold ...
• 10 July 2013
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Compassion towards immigrants: young Australians welcome Pope Francis’ appeal (Agenzia Fides) - A cry of "compassion" towards immigrants and asylum seekers, especially towards children: Pope Francis’ appeal in Lampedusa was welcomed by the association "Australian Young Christian Students" (AYCS) ...