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• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - In Jordan and Palestine Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter according to the Julian Calendar Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Since last Wednesday, April 8, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal has been in Jordan to preside the liturgies of Holy Week, that the Latin Catholics of the Hashemite Kingdom are celebrati ...
• 10 April 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: "Who knows must denounce the terrorists; the government has to address the obvious breakdown in the security intelligence system" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope the Government will get to the bottom of this problem of terrorism and radicalization with a view to proactively stemming such incidences from recurring", said the message of condolence ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A new law on religions is being studied Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Vietnam is considering the possibility of reforming the law regulating religious communities in the country: according to some representatives of Christian Churches, government o ...
• 10 April 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "The massacres in Butembo are a crime against humanity" denounce religious orders in the area Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The massacres in the region of Mbau, in the Diocese of Butembo-Beni are clearly a crime against humanity", said the message written by members of the General Councils of different religious Or ...
• 9 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another priest killed Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Morelia (in the Mexican state of Michoacan), Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda, announced the sad news of the murder of Fr. Francisco Javier Gutiérrez, pastor of Our Lady of the R ...
• 9 April 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: Iraqi families all expect to be able to return to their homes, and we are ready to help them start over Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I spent Palm Sunday in Amman, Jordan, where refugees are welcomed in parishes; then I transferred to Baghdad, Iraq. But I spent most of my time in the north, in the areas of Iraqi Kurdista ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Caritas operator dies in the bombing in Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The operator of Caritas Syria, Safouh Al-Mosleh, was killed at noon on Tuesday, April 7, in the bombing that hit his home, located in Farhat square, where Greek-Catholic, Armenian and Maronite ca ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - School programs in the name of religious tolerance in Sindh Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In the name of the affirmation of religious tolerance and respect for religious minorities, the Sindh government has included a well-known speech of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, ...
• 9 April 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - Bishops' message: "Easter, the feast of all the believers who work for peace" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "On the feast of the Resurrection, as believers, we encourage to fight against all forms of hatred, destruction and death", write the Bishops of Niger in their Easter message. "Whether we are Chr ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - A "hunger strike" to draw attention on the centenary of the Assyrian Genocide Midyat (Agenzia Fides) - To commemorate the genocide of their ancestors during the events of 1915, the members of the Syriac community in the city of Midyat will begin a collective hunger strike on April 20, also to draw ...
• 9 April 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Children forced to attend classes under trees infested by wasps Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Chiclayo, in the Peruvian region of Lambayeque, over 50 children aged 3 to 5 are forced to attend school lessons under some trees infested by wasps. Teachers reported to RPP Noti ...
• 9 April 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church to the President: "It is time to approve land reform" Manila (Agenzia Fides) – To approve the Agrarian Reform is an urgent need for the country. With this awareness Caritas Philippines has launched a new appeal to President Benigno Aquino inviting him to "keep the promise ...
• 9 April 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The opposition demands an investigation into the mass grave discovered 80 km from Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Congolese civil society and the opposition demand an independent investigation into the mass grave discovered on March 19 in Maluku, 80 kilometers from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Repub ...
• 9 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Twelve million people live in favelas: educational projects for children San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - In Brazil, young people have two choices to survive: to work or become criminals. Opportunities are very precarious especially for those who live in the favelas. The aim of a new campaign call ...
• 8 April 2015
  VATICAN - Easter 2015: "Our brothers and sisters are persecuted, exiled, killed and beheaded simply because they are Christians, they are our martyrs of today" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask Jesus, the Victor over death, to lighten the sufferings of our many brothers and sisters who are persecuted for His name, and of all those who suffer injustice as a result of ongoin ...