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• 20 February 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Caritas Sahel Meeting: focus Humanitarian Crisis in Mali Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - To unite Caritas Sahel efforts addressing socio-political and food crises in the region, is the aim of a meeting opened on 19 February in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, attended by ...
• 20 February 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Procurator Francois Eid: “orthodox” electoral law approval is instrumental Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday joint commissions of the Lebanese parliament approved with a majority, article 2 of the electoral law as put forward by the so-called "orthodox group". The article in question co ...
• 20 February 2013
  ASIA - The next Pope and the hopes of Asia Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Rejuvenate" the world, launch new hope, raise a voice, "prophetic and merciful": these are the expectations of Asia regarding the next Pope, Fides learned from Franciscan Fr. Nithiya Sagayam, ...
• 20 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian Christian martyred: violence and kidnapping continues Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian belonging to the Apostolic Armenian community in Syria was shot dead point blank by terrorists in the grip of religious fanaticism. Yohannes A (whose surname Fides chooses not dis ...
• 20 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN -Argument over religion: Muslim kills Christian in cold blood Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Roshan Masih, a 45 year old Christian, was shot dead after an argument over religion in Lahore, capital of Punjab Province. Fides learned that the episode, on 16 February, brought bewilderment ...
• 20 February 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fighting trafficking of women with international emergency telephone help lines Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Increasing numbers of Brazilian women are victims of prostitution exploitation, with the complicity of sex tourism which reaches its peak during the Carnival season. During this period with ...
• 19 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Slaughter of Shiites: political and religious leaders call for social harmony Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – While the nation is still suffering from shock following the slaughter of Hazara Shiites at Quetta, in Beluchistan, on 16 February, which left 89 dead and over 200 wounded, Pakistan’s pol ...
• 19 February 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Another Catholic priest killed in Latin America Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides)- Another Catholic priest has been killed in a Latin American country. Fr. José Ramón Mendoza, age 44, was shot dead in the evening of Sunday 17 February in the Venezuelan state of Lara (abo ...
• 19 February 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Director says Cardinal's visit is proof of whole Church's concern for Syrian refugees Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "In Jordan alone there are 380 thousand refugees who fled Syria and the number grows day by day. The visit by Cardinal Robert Sarah is proof that the whole Church is concerned about this most seri ...
• 19 February 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Anti-discrimination law urgently needed say Civil Society and religious communities Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The rights to "equal opportunities" and to equality, principles stated in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are also guaranteed by the Constitution of Bangladesh. Ye ...
• 19 February 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Church in perfect harmony with the Pope’s Message for World Communications Day Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic world of social communications in Hong Kong is in perfect harmony with the Message issued by Pope Benedict XVI for this year’s World Communications Day with the theme " Soci ...
• 19 February 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian government ready to accept Boko Haram cease-fire Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- The Nigerian government is ready to accept the offer of a cease fire put forward by Boko Haram and to grant amnesty to members of the sect if the leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau publicly renounces vi ...
• 19 February 2013
  AFRICA - Africa’s Catholic bishops confirm commitment to promoting human development Accra (Agenzia Fides)- "The Church cannot be indifferent or isolated in the face of present day socio-political and economic challenges facing Africa" says a report received by Fides regarding the presentation of Pastor ...
• 18 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Witnesses of faith, spiritual retreat, visiting confessors for the faithful of Wen Zhou Catholic diocese Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – Witnesses of faith, a spiritual retreat, visiting confessors are just some of many initiatives undertaken by the Catholic Wen Zhou diocese, in the Zhe Jiang province of mainland China, to he ...
• 18 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Thousands of villages in Marathwada affected by famine and drought Aurangabad (Agenzia Fides) – At least 12 thousand villages affected by prolonged drought in the district of Marathwada, in the central Indian state of Maharashtra, now face severe famine due to massive damage to crops ...