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• 28 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Clarification on the trip of the Archimandrite Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the testimony of the French priest Fr. Philippe Tournyol du Clos, published by Fides Agency on 4/6/2012, please note that - as confirmed in the letters signed by the then ...
• 28 June 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church wants to be a bridge for unity among all political protagonists, for the good of the country Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - President Ricardo Martinelli and the Archbishop of Panama, Monsignor José Domingo Ulloa, met on the afternoon of June 26 at Palazzo der Las Grazas, according to a note sent to Fides Agency. ...
• 28 June 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Malnutrition, lack of food, rickets: children between 6 and 23 months the most vulnerable Brickaville (Agenzia Fides) - In the months of May and June, Madagascar has abundance of rice crops and fruit, but this year hurricane Giovanna and the effects of tropical storm Irina, which hit the country from January ...
• 28 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 18 victims in clashes between security forces and Boko Haram in the north of Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll is 18 due to the violent clashes on June 26 in Kano (north of Nigeria) between security forces and a group belonging to the Islamic sect Boko Haram. In the clashes a police officer ...
• 28 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "People are tired of violence, peace initiatives are urgently needed," says the Apostolic Pro-Vicar Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - As the country is sinking into a civil war, "the majority of the population is tired of violence, wants peace and dignity. What is urgently needed are peace initiatives, as Franciscans, we encour ...
• 27 June 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Disappointment of the Bishops before the reform of justice Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference, through the Office for relations with the State, has negatively assessed the procedures for approval of the reform of justice and called on members of Congress who parti ...
• 27 June 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Poverty increases human trafficking and prostitution La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - In Bolivia, at least 200 people each year fall into the net of criminal organizations that bind them in centers where they are exploited sexually or taken out of the country to work as seamstress ...
• 27 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Desperate situation for Christian families in Homs, where now there is urban guerilla warfare Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of the civilians in the center of Homs is getting worse. About 400 Christian civilians trapped in the Hamidiyeh and Bustan Diwan neighborhoods along with 400 other Sunni Muslim c ...
• 27 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Peace in Syria": the popular movement for reconciliation "Mussalaha" grows Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - New meetings and new initiatives for the inter-religious popular movement "Mussalaha" ("Reconciliation"), which proposes a "reconciliation from below" starting from families, clans, the differ ...
• 27 June 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Controversy for the publication of a UN report on the support of Rwanda to the Congolese guerrilla Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The UN Security Council decided on June 26 to publish a controversial document in which it denounced the Minister of Defence of Rwanda and several Rwandans senior officers as supporters of the ...
• 27 June 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - Jesuits at a Conference on Social apostolate, after 50 years of independence in Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits from over 15 African countries gathered from June 24 to 28 in Nairobi, Kenya, for a seminar on "the Jesuit Social Apostolate in Africa to test the budget of independence: the role of ...
• 27 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support on behalf of the U.S. Bishops to the pastoral care in Latin America, primarily in Haiti Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the United States of America (USCCB) has announced the delivery of aid to the Church in Latin America for a total value of $ 5 million. 121 projects of various pas ...
• 27 June 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Drinking water and sanitation: rural areas are more scarce and more prone to diseases Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia just over half the population, a total of 83 million inhabitants, can now benefit from clean water and sanitation. According to experts of the World Bank's Ethiopia, although the ...
• 26 June 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ketapang and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on June 25, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Ketapang (Indonesia), by His Exc. Mgr. Blasius Pujaraharja, in accordan ...
• 26 June 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Illiteracy rate favors poverty in rural areas Lubango (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent study by the Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) Antena/Huila, NGOs and voluntary associations that offers aid in case of disasters, calamities and wars and at the ...