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• 25 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram wants to destabilize the government," says President Jonathan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist sect Boko Haram wants to destabilize the government and therefore attacks Christian places of worship, seeking to divide Christians from Muslims. This is the meaning of the speech on ...
• 23 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Boko Haram threatens more attacks: there are 300 suicide bombers who are ready Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm in the Christian community in Nigeria after the terrorist group Boko Haram, author of several recent attacks on Christian churches, issued a threat to carry out new attacks in order to make ...
• 23 June 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - President Lugo disqualified, Bishops’ appeal for peace Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the serious political crisis that the Republic is experiencing, as Bishops of Paraguay, we turn to the representatives of the government and all citizens to express once again our exhor ...
• 23 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Government Format: Paul Bhatti confirmed at the Ministry for Harmony Islambad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan has a new prime minister: Raja Pervez Ashraf, of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), who yesterday received the positive vote of the Federal Parliament, and has already formed the new g ...
• 23 June 2012
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Bishops condemn violence and call for peaceful confrontation Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - In the phase of social tension that exists in Togo, it is necessary to seek peaceful and constructive confrontation, without degenerating into gratuitous violence: So says the local Church, which ...
• 23 June 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Sexual intercourse among minors: No on behalf of the Bishops to the amend of the Criminal Code Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference criticized a bill that proposes to decriminalize sex among minors in Peru: this bill would increase, "libertinism and promiscuity," they said. In a statement sent ...
• 23 June 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church to the people of North Korea: "Peace be with you" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace be with you": a strong appeal for reconciliation, solidarity, fraternity comes from the Church of South Korea to the people of "Brothers and sisters in North Korea." This is what is said in ...
• 22 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to R.O.A.C.O.: "Every effort should be made to bring Syria out of the present situation of violence and crisis" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Assembly of the Reunion Of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO), which was held yesterday, his holiness Benedict XVI reaffirmed his closeness "to the suff ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo: "The Pope's words are a help to seek ways of peace" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Urgency for us is national reconciliation. The situation is serious, it is necessary to re-establish dialogue. Syria has always been an example of conviviality and today must find its peaceful f ...
• 22 June 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Maternal Infant Care and tuberculosis Center, assistance to AIDS patients in one of the poorest neighborhoods of the capital Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, out of 80 million inhabitants, only 0.7% are Catholic, but the Catholic Church runs 12% of medical centers throughout the country, all included in the public health system. In K ...
• 22 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Fortnight for freedom: "These rights are fundamental to every human being, we cannot allow them to be trampled on" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Fortnight for freedom": from June 21, the eve of the feast of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, to July 4, Independence Day, the campaign for religious freedom promoted by the Bishops wil ...
• 22 June 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "A truly secular state respects the religious freedom of citizens": Bishops' statement Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM), calls Catholics to defend the amendments made by Congress, which are now under discussion in the local chambers, on everything that concerns the const ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Converted to Christianity? Two soldiers discharged Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of May 2012, Khamsorn and Tonglai, two members of the security forces in the village of Alowmai in the district of Phin, part of the province of Savannakhet, converted to Christia ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Homs: "Respect the humanitarian truce" Homs (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to respect the humanitarian truce in Homs reaches Fides Agency by representatives of the Christian community, civic leaders and important Sunni Muslims of the city. Families trapped ...
• 22 June 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - The rights of refugees and asylum seekers should be respected Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The rights of refugees and asylum seekers should be respected. If they have the right to flee to save their lives, they should be granted the right to enter the Country of arrival. In addition, ot ...