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• 21 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Truce in Homs, but civilians cannot leave the city yet Homs (Agenzia Fides) – There is truce between the Syrian army and rebels: after long and difficult negotiations, a cease-fire agreement was reached to allow the release of civilians trapped in Homs. However, say Fides ...
• 21 June 2012
  VATICAN - "New evangelization, that is, new proclamation of the message of Jesus, which brings joy and frees us.": the instrumentum laboris of the Synod Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Handing on the Faith" is the title of the third chapter of laboris the XIII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: "The new evangelization for the transmission of the Chris ...
• 21 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic politician: "Solid democracy in Pakistan, Christians part of the country" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Democracy is solid in Pakistan, I see no danger of a coup," says to Fides Akram Gill, Catholic politician, until now Minister of State for National Harmony, commenting on the difficult politi ...
• 21 June 2012
  AFRICA/COMOROS - Flooding, damage to crops, diseases due to heavy rains Moroni (Agenzia Fides) - Following the heavy rainfall recorded in the wet season from November to May, about 65,000 inhabitants of the Comoro islands, corresponding to 8% of the population, have been severely affected by ...
• 20 June 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - To evangelize among violence, the atheist ideology and consumerist culture: witness of the Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Every community member should become a missionary, evangelist, the laity are having to become pastoral operators, only this will give us strength and courage to continue this mission,": says His E ...
• 20 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Premier disqualified, there is a risk of instability: the Church supports democracy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gilani from his office yesterday, due to the effect of the sentence imposed on him for contempt on April 26. The Supreme C ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/TOGO - Protect children with disabilities from cultural traditions that marginalize them Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - Fear, shame and deep-rooted cultural traditions, continue to marginalize disabled children in Togo, as in much of the continent, who are often ridiculed, locked up, hidden and neglected, cutting t ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram has declared war on Christians, but does not represent the entire Nigerian Islam," says Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is fair to say that Boko Haram is against Christians and the Christian religion, but let's be careful not to confuse this sect with the entire Muslim population of Nigeria, with which we try t ...
• 20 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The revolution is not and should not be an "Islamic Jihad" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The Syrian revolution is a struggle for the ideals of democracy, freedom, dignity, human rights. It is not and must not become an 'Islamic jihad', which is why Christians have nothing to fear ...
• 20 June 2012
  VATICAN - "The new evangelization is the call of the Church to its original missionary goal": the instrumentum laboris of the Synod Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "New methods and new forms of expression are needed to convey to the people of today the perennial truth of Jesus Christ, forever new and the source of all newness... This renewed dynamism ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Emergency food crisis: 800 000 people are undernourished, millions of children at risk Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to Niger, Mauritania and Mali, even Senegal, with its 12.5 million inhabitants, at least 800 000 people are seriously affected by the food crisis. Throughout the country, malnutrition ...
• 20 June 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Tension for new powers adopted by the military Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Egypt is tense, where the wait for the official announcement of the presidential ballot results is intertwined with the news concerning former President Hosni Mubarak’s health ...
• 20 June 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In Ecuador, the largest number of refugees of America Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2011 was a "record year" for displacement, considering the figures since 2000: says a report published by the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) of which a copy was sent to Fides. Regarding the si ...
• 19 June 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni for the 150th anniversary of the Missionaries of Scheut: "That seed today is a plant that has spread its branches in 23 countries across 4 continents" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Just 150 years ago, a group of Belgian priests volunteered to Propaganda Fide to work in missions. With them Theophile Verbist founded in Scheut, Brussels, Your Congregation and went to th ...
• 19 June 2012
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Human rights abuses continue despite the appeals of leaders Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Rigged elections, limited freedom of speech and press, media censorship or intimidation and attempts to control the activities of civil society and NGOs continue to violate human rights in many c ...