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• 23 March 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Thousands for the March for Life, rather than a law, the testimony of the population Lima (Agenzia Fides) -The Episcopal Conference of Peru invites the Archdiocese of Lima and all the faithful to participate in the "March for Life" 2013, which will be held today Saturday, March 23, as a public and peacef ...
• 23 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Environments close to the Guardians of the Revolution launch an alarm for the distribution of Christian pamphlets Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian semi-official Fars news agency, close to the body of the Islamic Revolution Guardians, has recently published a statement of Hojatol-Eslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari in which the Secreta ...
• 23 March 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Truce of God for Holy Week, a call for peace with small gestures Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The archbishop of Cali, Monsignor Dario Monsalve Mejía, urged the armed groups to engage in a"truce of God" during Holy Week, to show a "sign of hope for peace." In a statement, sent to Fides, Mg ...
• 22 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - With Pope Francis, the charism of religious life for the renewal of the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "History has repeatedly demonstrated that the charism of religious life can bring about change and growth of the Church in terms of holiness and effectiveness of its mission. St. Benedict, St. ...
• 22 March 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - Safe drinking water is needed where necessary: World Water Day Lodi (Agenzia Fides) - In 2013, water remains a priority sector for international cooperation. The water supply in the southern countries of the world is still an emergency. According to a report prepared by UN Water, th ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Conflicts, floods, migration leading causes of early school drop-out Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing conflict between the two ethnic Oromo and Somali are also severely impacting on the education of children. There are thousands of those living in agricultural regions of Ethiopia ...
• 22 March 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for respect for the rights of ethnic and religious minorities Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for respect concerning the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar: was launched by a group of non-governmental organizations that include "Human Rights Watch", "Chri ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Continuous attacks on the Church must not cancel the work of many who work generously for evangelization" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The continuous attack on the Catholic Church by some academics and media of the Western world cannot obliterate the good works of the Church in all parts of the world since it was founded by Jesu ...
• 22 March 2013
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - From the religions a contribution of values in the financial crisis Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) – To maintain an atmosphere of peace in the financial crisis: is what the Christian leaders of the island of Cyprus, part of the World Council of Churches ask, who expressed "support for dialogu ...
• 22 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Fighting between the army and rebels restart Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Hostilities between the forces of President François Bozizé and the rebels of the coalition Seleka have restarted. The rebels of Seleka are already 80 km from Bangui, according to what local ...
• 21 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - "I am the first on the rebels’ list of people to be hit" denounces the Bishop of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, sent to Fides Agency the following testimony on the conquest of the Central African city on behalf of a faction of the rebel coalition Selek ...
• 21 March 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "March for Peace", a traditional Via Crucis to stop the violence in the country Comayagua (Agenzia Fides) – On 22 March the "Caminata por la Paz" (Peace March) will start from the parish of St. Gaspar Taulabé (Comayagua), the procession of thousands of faithful who come from all over Honduras. " ...
• 21 March 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "We feel close to the Pope, humble person, who knows the life of the poor" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very close to the figure of Pope Francis: he is a humble person who knows the life and problems of the poor": is what the Catholic Rosaline Costa, an activist of the NGO "Human Rights Hotl ...
• 21 March 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The Bishops criticize the words of the leader of UNITA Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Inappropriate, defamatory and offensive" – this is how the Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST) qualifies the words of the President of UNITA (Total Union for the Independence o ...
• 21 March 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Emeritus Sabbah: the great people in the world visit us, but our situation does not change Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "All the great people in the world come to visit us. They arrive and depart, and our reality does not change. We are in the same situation." So says to Fides Agency Patriarch Emeritus of Jerus ...