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• 5 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Honor crimes" caused the death of about a thousand women in 2012 Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Terrorist attacks, acts of violence against the different sectors of Pakistani society, violation of human rights, particularly of women and children, continue to increase the violence in the ...
• 5 April 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Less Catholics in the country, "a fact that cannot leave us indifferent," says the Church Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The National Census of the Chilean population of 2012 revealed that 67.37% of the population is Catholic, with a decrease of 2.59 percentage points compared to 2002. The spokesman of the Episc ...
• 5 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Winds of War, the Bishops appeal to the Pope: "Ask the leaders to work for peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The dominant feeling in the South Korean people is not so much the fear but rather anguish and bitterness due to this agonizing situation. The war today, with lethal weapons that exist, would be ...
• 5 April 2013
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Clashes between police and Renamo: at least 4 victims Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - 4 people have died and 16 injured in the attack in the early hours of the morning by the men of the Renamo, the main opposition party in Mozambique, at the police command in Muxungué, in the pro ...
• 5 April 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - In Aleppo Christians fleeing rebel-held areas. A fatwa "authorizes" to rape women who are not Sunni Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The conquest of the district of Cheikh Maksoud by the anti-Assad militia which took place in recent days could mark the fate of Aleppo, the metropolis battered for months by a bloody civil war. " ...
• 5 April 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The continuous bombing on villages in the Nuba Mountains aims to drive out the civilians Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Air Force of Khartoum continues to bomb villages of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, State of Sudan on the border with South Sudan, where a strong military confrontation has long been ...
• 4 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of Patagonia: "social peace can be reached with the participation of all" Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) - Public education must promote the value and care for life, the integral development of individuals and social cohesion. This is what the Bishops of Patagonia (Argentina) said in their Easter me ...
• 4 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Indigenous children are the poorest among the poor Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - 53.8% of children living in Mexico live in poverty and 8 out of 10 belong to a different ethnic group. This is what emerges in a recent report released by an official body. Among the 112 mil ...
• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Funeral for the priest killed in Kerala in Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Fr. Kochupuryil J. Thomas, Rector of the Major Seminary of Bangalore, who was assassinated by unknown persons on the night of 31 March and 1 April will be held on April 8. The f ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros: I will go to Rome to meet Pope Francis Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, Tawadros II, has expressed his desire to go to Rome to meet Pope Francis. According to Egyptian media sources - such as the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm - th ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The people of Bangassou are terrorized by armed bandits" denounces the local Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I would love to be with my people in this difficult moment but I am stuck in Bangui" says to Fides Agency Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, from the capital of the Central Afr ...
• 4 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - More than 50 victims due to the torrential rains in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 50 victims due to the rains, and unfortunately the death toll due to flooding caused by storms that have affected the area of La Plata, in the Province of Buenos Aires i ...
• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a Christian area, stones at a church in Punjab: the local community on alert Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A fight between young Christians and Muslims, a Muslim mob that attacked the Christian area, burned shops, cars and motorcycles, stopped only by the intervention of the police, with a toll of six ...
• 4 April 2013
  AFRICA - Africa among the continents most affected by the scourge of landmines Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Out of 110 million mines scattered around the world, 44 million are in Africa according to the latest statistics. These weapons still pose a threat to the lives of present and future generations, ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul, "Graces and blessings on our brothers and sisters in North Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The response to threats of war are "abundant graces and blessings for our brothers and sisters, separated from us, in North Korea": This is what the Archbishop of Seoul, His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom ...