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• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Funeral for the priest killed in Kerala in Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Fr. Kochupuryil J. Thomas, Rector of the Major Seminary of Bangalore, who was assassinated by unknown persons on the night of 31 March and 1 April will be held on April 8. The f ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros: I will go to Rome to meet Pope Francis Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, Tawadros II, has expressed his desire to go to Rome to meet Pope Francis. According to Egyptian media sources - such as the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm - th ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The people of Bangassou are terrorized by armed bandits" denounces the local Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I would love to be with my people in this difficult moment but I am stuck in Bangui" says to Fides Agency Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, from the capital of the Central Afr ...
• 4 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - More than 50 victims due to the torrential rains in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 50 victims due to the rains, and unfortunately the death toll due to flooding caused by storms that have affected the area of La Plata, in the Province of Buenos Aires i ...
• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a Christian area, stones at a church in Punjab: the local community on alert Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A fight between young Christians and Muslims, a Muslim mob that attacked the Christian area, burned shops, cars and motorcycles, stopped only by the intervention of the police, with a toll of six ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA - Africa among the continents most affected by the scourge of landmines Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Out of 110 million mines scattered around the world, 44 million are in Africa according to the latest statistics. These weapons still pose a threat to the lives of present and future generations, ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul, "Graces and blessings on our brothers and sisters in North Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The response to threats of war are "abundant graces and blessings for our brothers and sisters, separated from us, in North Korea": This is what the Archbishop of Seoul, His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Parents forced to sell their children to cope with poverty Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The extreme poverty in which the majority of the Afghan population lives has fueled the phenomenon of child trafficking, particularly in the last decade. One of the last episodes reported in the l ...
• 3 April 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Jesuits’ initiative against weapons that fuel the crisis in the Great Lakes Region Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – To raise the awareness of the international public opinion on the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and to monitor the flow of weapons that fuel the war in the region. The ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Doors open to the immigration of the Copts persecuted? The Israeli government denies Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The recent, surprising rumors about an alleged preferential lane reserved by Israeli authorities to the immigration of Christian Copts fleeing Egypt politically in the hands of the Muslim Brot ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After eight years in prison, a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy has been acquitted Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Younis Masih, a Christian sentenced to death on false charges of blasphemy, in prison since 2005, was acquitted today, April 3, by the High Court of Lahore, at the conclusion of the appeal proces ...
• 3 April 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 1.3 billion people worldwide live on less than $ 1.25 a day Washington (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50% of the population living in extreme poverty are concentrated in China, India and Brazil. According to World Bank data, a total of 1.3 billion people live on less than $ 1.25 a d ...
• 3 April 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks on villages; the Archbishop of Jos "Where are the security forces?" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are amazed at how these gangs are able to attack the villages and the security forces do not intervene. Police and soldiers appear on the scene only when the attackers have gone away. The situ ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts: "At Easter, our churches will be packed" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and violence will not prevent Christians of Pakistan to celebrate with great devotion, and massive presence, Easter. His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Lahore and President of the E ...
• 27 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - To restore order in Bangui is being attempted, but the situation remains uncertain Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Mixed squads of soldiers of the Multinational Force of Central Africa (FOMAC) and the rebel coalition Seleka are patrolling the streets of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, to ...