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• 20 June 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Activist for Human Rights calls for the dissolution of the Salafist Party Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Lawyer Naguib Gabriel, leader of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, submitted to the Egyptian institutions a bill asking for the dissolution of the Salafist al-Nour Party, because of its ...
• 18 June 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The two assaults committed by Kenyans and foreigners, not by Shabaab", says the Bishop of Malindi Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There is still a lot of fear, even if one notices the presence of the military and police officers sent by the government to secure the area", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Emanuel Barbara ...
• 18 June 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Conclusion of the G77 + China, the Church hopes for commitment in favor of the poor Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – The Summit of the G77 + China, which was held on 14 and 15 June in Santa Cruz, Bolivia has concluded, launching a new roadmap for a more just world order and an appeal to the United Nations ...
• 18 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - No to bail for Islamic extremists who burned the Christian area Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Annul the bail granted by the High Court to extremists who burned and devastated the Christian area "Joseph Colony" in Lahore in March 2013: is what the application made to the Lahore High Court ...
• 18 June 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A video against drugs: the Church launches a campaign on social networking sites Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has launched a national campaign for the prevention of drug addiction in which the protagonists are young people using new technologies. The idea is that each person records a ...
• 18 June 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - Meeting in preparation of the Synod on the Family: "Let us be guided by the Gospel and by traditional African values" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The joys and the sufferings of the families of today concern the Church so much that Pope Francis has convened in October 2014, and in 2015 a Synod of the universal Church on the pastoral chall ...
• 18 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Prayer and fasting for peace. The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul: armed intervention does not solve problems Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "In the villages in the Nineveh plain that accommodated part of the population fled from Mosul, the situation is worsening day by day. There has been no water and electricity for two days. Fuel is ...
• 17 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation of the Bishop of Multan and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, 2014 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Multan (Pakistan) by Bishop Andrew Francis, in accordance with can. 401 § 2 of the ...
• 17 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Do not close the homeless shelter for migrants" asks the Bishop of Celaya Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Celaya, in the state of Guanajuato (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, has publicly asked the Commune not to close the "Manos Abiertas a ...
• 17 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholics protest to regain land seized by the government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The issue concerning land and the St. Francis school in Lahore is an open wound: this is why on Sunday, June 15 more than 1,500 Catholics, including men, women, priests, religious, children, yo ...
• 17 June 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo still without water, churches reactivate the wells Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Aleppo has been without water again for two days. The repeated suspension of water supplies in recent weeks has become an instrument of pressure in the hands of rebel militias that su ...
• 17 June 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - New assault against a Kenyan village, the commando has probably taken women and children hostage Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "At least 9 dead and, according to news still not confirmed, some women and children were abducted last night in the assault perpetrated by a group of men in the village of Majembeni on the coas ...
• 17 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Social inclusion and missionary work, the commitment of the Church in Brazil for Haiti continues Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), the Conference of Religious of Brazil (CRB) and Caritas Brazil have been working together for a long time for a series of solidarity activi ...
• 17 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Peace-building and formation of seminarians in Latin America among the 112projects funded by the U.S. Catholics Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Catholic Bishops' Conference has announced the allocation of $1.7 million to support 112 projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. "Through the generosity of Catholics al ...
• 17 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Congolese doctor who helps victims of sexual violence:"rape is a weapon of mass destruction" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Rape is a weapon of mass destruction" denounces Denis Mukwege, Congolese doctor, who has been working for years to treat victims of rapes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Mukwege ...