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• 6 June 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "When the repression began, the Church was not silent": the testimony of Cardinal Quezada Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - There are many accounts submitted to Fides Agency regarding the valuable role carried out by Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala, who died on June 4 at the ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The Catholic community has resumed its activities," says the Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi Benghazi(Agenzia Fides) - "We have resumed the normal pace of our activities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi, in Libya. "Today, for example, we celebrate the Novena of Our ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Serious human rights violations in the north continue Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of Mali for the Protection of Human Rights (AMHR) has reported serious violations of human rights in the North African area controlled by Tuareg rebels and the armed Islamist grou ...
• 6 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First report on violence against indigenous peoples Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) will present on 13 June the 2011 Annual Report on violence against indigenous peoples in Brazil. The presentation will take place at the headquarters o ...
• 6 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - At least 16 suspected members of Boko Haram killed in a security operation Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were killed in a major operation conducted by the army in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. After having surrounde ...
• 6 June 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor killed in Tamil Nadu Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor C. Wilson, 54, was murdered in Tamil Nadu, in South India. His body was found last Saturday, June 2, near a highway and, according to police, his skull was fractu ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA-The Asian Bishops: enhance religious institutes for the mission of the Church Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - For the mission of the Church in Asia the contribution of the institutes and religious congregations, called to collaborate with the Bishops, clergy and laity is essential. This is why the Offic ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA/CHINA-Five years of the "House of the Faithful", where the laity immigrants cultivate their faith in order to evangelize others Ning Bo (Agenzia Fides) – To provide a reference point to the faithful lay people from other places where one can live the life of faith, develop the sense of belonging to the Church and therefore to be able to evangel ...
• 5 June 2012
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-The Diocese of Bangassou welcomes the victims of the "tyrant of child soldiers" Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - For about 5 years, the Bishop of Bangassou, His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre, welcomes boys and girls who succeed in escaping from the criminal Joseph Kony, "the tyrant of child soldiers", in ...
• 5 June 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Libya is free, but it is a freedom that must be conquered," said Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm again. When we left this morning at 7 am after Mass, we did not notice anything special " said His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli to F ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Auxiliary of Lahore: "Thanks to firm faith, the status of Christians has improved " Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "To remain steadfast in faith": is the appeal to the faithful by His Exc. Mgr. Sebastian Francis Shaw (OFM), auxiliary Bishop and apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese of Lahore, on the occa ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA/THAILAND-Alarming phenomenon of child trafficking: forced to sell flowers and to beg Pak Kred (Agenzia Fides) - In Bangkok, about 1 thousand children are given for "rent" for very little money from the poorest families to traffickers who force them to beg and sell flowers on the streets. According to the ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Ashton should speak of religious minorities, religious freedom, blasphemy": appeal of the NGOs Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Abuses against religious minorities, human rights, religious freedom, the blasphemy law: these are the hot spots and issues of "serious concern" that Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative f ...
• 5 June 2012
  AFRICA/MALI-The divisions of the North could favour a Pan-African military intervention Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - " Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, is engaged in raising the morale of the army to prepare it for a possible intervention in the north. Last weekend he traveled to the Tibou region to meet mi ...
• 4 June 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Maryknoll Missionary awarded the "Humanitarian Award of Hong Kong" for commitment in favour of prisoners, the elderly and poor Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Thomas A. Peyton, 81, a missionary of the Society for Foreign Missions, Maryknoll, was honored with the Red Cross of the Hong Kong Special Administration "for his contributions to the car ...