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• 12 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Rebels and regular army officers united in the illicit trade of Congolese minerals Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The lucrative trade in tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been controlled by violent armed groups and factions of the government army for 15 years," t ...
• 12 June 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The poor cannot wait," meeting of Caritas Latin America and the Caribbean Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The poor cannot wait. The right to adequate and balanced diet is essential. This campaign has its foundation in the need that we all unite with one force to combat the scourge of hunger in the ...
• 12 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - More scholarships for tribal Christians and Dalits: the President of India’s appeal Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Increase scholarships for Christian students in India: is what the president of the Indian Federation, Pranab Mukherjee, two non-governmental Organizations made up of Christian laity in the state ...
• 12 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Instability in southern Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people have fled in recent days from the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia, because of the fighting between the two "warlords", which are fighting for the control of Jubalan ...
• 12 June 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Authorities confirm the thesis of "suicide" for the Christian leader who died in prison Dak Nong (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide by electric shock": the Vietnamese police authorities, after conducting an investigation, have confirmed such version concerning the 38 year-old Hoang Van Ngai, Christian leader of the ...
• 12 June 2013
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the Major inter-diocesan Seminary "La Purisima" in Bata Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 8, 2013 appointed rev. Gervasio Riloha Bela, of the diocesan clergy of Ebebiyin as Rector o ...
• 11 June 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops to the government: "Yes to decentralization and a new Constitution" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Sri Lanka have asked the government not to abolish the administrative decentralization system which gives recognition to the Tamil minority and to think about the draft o ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Human trafficking causes thousands of street children Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - One of the main reasons why many young people live on the streets in Sierra Leone is trafficking. After being mistreated, abused, many have no choice but to flee. Thousands find themselves livi ...
• 11 June 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The disarmament campaign continues with the help of the Church: More than 5000 weapons recovered Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In the first five months of 2013, the government of the Federal District collected, in 15 of the 16 delegations of the city, 5,522 firearms. It is a fact that confirms the good outcome of th ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Young Catholics from Senegal for peace in Casamance Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - La Jeunesse Etudiante Catholique (JEC) of Senegal is committed to peace in the Casamance region of Senegal wedged between Gambia and Guinea Bissau, for decades in the throes of a "low-intensity" s ...
• 11 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Feast of St. Anthony Istanbul, in the midst of the turmoil in Taksim Square Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - " Many young people who go to Taksim Square pass by our church, light a candle to St. Anthony, then they go to demonstrate. They are people of all social classes and religions. As Franciscans, ...
• 11 June 2013
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - The Concordat signed by Cape Verde and the Holy See arouses the interest of the Bishops of Angola Praia (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, yesterday 10 June, signed the Concordat between the Holy See and Cape Verde, in Praia. The agreement was signed on beh ...
• 11 June 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Fernando Filoni’s visit in the UAE to consecrate the new Church of St. Anthony Dubai (Agenzia Fides) – Consecration of a new Church, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in Ras Al Khaimah, on the outskirts of Dubai by His Emminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evang ...
• 10 June 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Dialogue and charity for a new society: Card. Sarah for the 60 years of Caritas Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Tireless work to "contribute to the formation and development of man": is what is carried out by Caritas Hong Kong, one of the largest diocesan Caritas in the world, with over 10 thousand volu ...
• 10 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - The first Bishop from Niger in Niamey Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mauro Armanino, SMA Missionary sent to Fides Agency the following testimony on the taking-possession of Msg. Djalwana Laurent Lompo, Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey held yesterday, Sunday June 9. ...