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• 24 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Amnesty for Boko Haram, doubts of some bishops who criticize MEND, too Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Churches in Northern Nigeria, amd my diocese in particular, have been recording depletion in the number of faithful attending church services owing to Boko haram insurgencies," said His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 24 April 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The religious: " Government insufficient on ecology, human rights, corruption, land reform" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Benigno Aquino Jr. has not given satisfactory results to the population on important issues such as human rights, corruption, impunity, land reform, ecology. This was stated in ...
• 22 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas in Quetta to help the earthquake victims in Baluchistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas in Quetta, charitable arm of the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, has sent a team of volunteers in the district of Mashkail, an area hard hit by the earthqu ...
• 22 April 2013
  AFRICA - Reception centers for 4,000 street children in the Sahel Segou (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, in order to survive, thousands of children are forced to beg on the streets. To cope with this latest emergency affecting the African continent, and to try to help vulnerable children, ...
• 22 April 2013
  VATICAN - "Finding the right and peaceful paths to overcome the crisis," Pope's appeal for Venezuela Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - As Cardinal Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas launched an appeal for calm and relaxation Pope Francis, in the Sunday prayer of the Regina Caeli, called "the beloved Venezuelan people, esp ...
• 22 April 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Horacio Cartes elected President Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior Court of Electoral Justice of Paraguay announced that, based on the results of yesterday's elections Sunday, April 21, Horacio Cartes is the new President of Paraguay. According to ...
• 22 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Sexual abuse concerning 50 thousand children in 10 years: "What is the value of life?" Asks the Church Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "What is the value of human life? What meaning does it have?: "From this question of meaning one must start, at a cultural, anthropological and religious level, to seek answers to the sad phenomen ...
• 22 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Stop to arms also those built illegally": Msg. Kaigama’s appeal Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a tragedy that continues. Unfortunately, it is no surprise that there are clashes in the area and that a large number of people have lost their lives. What should surprise us is that this s ...
• 22 April 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Even a nurse of the Diocese of Torit among the victims of clashes between military and civilians Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Calm is back again in the village of Lorema in Budi County (Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan) where last week 5 people were killed in clashes between the army and the local population. Acco ...
• 22 April 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Temporary" occupation of a Christian hermitage by Jewish settlers Taybeh (Agenzia Fides) - A small hermitage with a chapel, built on a plot of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, near the town of Taybeh (30 kilometers north-east of Jerusalem), has been the scene in recent days of a br ...
• 19 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A happy world for street children Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – April is the month of childhood in Bolivia. Even the media emphasize in particular news or articles concerning children. Among the protagonists unfortunately there are plenty of street children ...
• 19 April 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "The elections are an example of civilization to strengthen democracy," the Bishops hope Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the general elections, the Bishops of Paraguay launch an appeal for "the pacification of spirits, leaving out any attitude of fanaticism, of confrontation and violence". In ...
• 19 April 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY – Vote-buying is a serious sin ", warns the Apostolic Vicar of Pilcomayo Pilcomayo (Agenzia Fides) - "Vote-buying is not only a fraud but it is also a shame." Warned Mgr. Lucio Alfert, O.M.I., Apostolic Vicar of Pilcomayo, in Paraguay. "It is a sin to be on the part of both buyers and those w ...
• 19 April 2013
  AFRICA – Hunger emergency for a half million children in the Sahel region Gao (Agenzia Fides) - In just 8 years three serious famines have been recorded in the Sahel region and the population has not had time to recover. According to the international NGO Action Contre la Faim (ACF), approxima ...
• 19 April 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - In Mesopotamia the church of the Franciscans in Deir Ezzor has been destroyed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A violent explosion destroyed the church and convent of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars in Deir Ezzor, in Mesopotamia. The information sent to Fides by Fr. Tony Haddad, Vice-Provincial of the Fria ...