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• 15 March 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The Coptic church in Benghazi set on fire Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic church in Benghazi was set on fire by unknown persons. The event took place yesterday, March 14. According to reports from the site of the "The Libya Herald" newspaper, unknown assail ...
• 15 March 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Why do so many by-elections deprive hospitals of the funds they need?" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – A new appeal on behalf of religious leaders of Zambia to stop political violence linked to the partial renewal of the Parliament. Like the previous one on 27 February (see Fides 28/02/2013), e ...
• 15 March 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Nearly 800,000 people have been killed by gunfire in the last 30 years Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Center for Latin American Studies (CeBeLa) and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), presented a study on deaths caused by firearms in the last decades in Brazil ...
• 14 March 2013
  VATICAN - The Argentine Bergoglio elected Pope of the Catholic Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Argentine, 76, a Jesuit, is the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is the first Pope to be called Francis and he is the first South American in the histor ...
• 14 March 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The joy and the prayer of Pope Francis’ compatriots Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz and President of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA), His Exc. Mgr. José Maria Arancedo sent a note to the newly elected Pope Francis, in ...
• 14 March 2013
  VATICAN - The missionary world celebrates the election of Francis, a Pope close to the poor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis is a man of great pastoral ability of strong faith, a man of prayer and very close to the priests, the elderly, the poor, and above all, a man who emphasized the missionary co ...
• 14 March 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Enthusiasm for the new Pope and waiting for further progress against hunger and poverty Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The echo of the election of the new Pontiff, Pope Francis, is felt even among Catholic organizations. Among these, great joy was expressed by the NGO Manos Unidas of the Spanish Church, which exp ...
• 14 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - 70 000 Indian children exploited in 5000 coal mines Shillong (Agenzia Fides) – From a bamboo ladder children descend into humid wells up to 20 meters deep, they crouch to get into a hole 60 cm wide and crawl in the mud for 90 metres before starting their long day of wor ...
• 14 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - "We look forward to having Pope Francis in Africa," says the Bishop of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are trying to open a humanitarian corridor to get aid to the population and evacuate people in need of treatment" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Munos, Bishop of Bangas ...
• 14 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop Machado: "Hindus and Christians welcome Pope Francis, a man of dialogue and charity" Vasai (Agenzia Fides) - "All the people of India, Hindus and Christians, welcome with joy Pope Francis. We believe he will be a man of dialogue and charity ", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Felix Machado, Bishop of V ...
• 14 March 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church in Indonesia near the new Pope: "We hope to promote dialogue with Islam" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Emotion and high hopes for a renewed dialogue with Islam in the Indonesian Church, after the election of Pope Francis. His Exc. Mgr. Johannes Maria Pujasumarta, Archbishop of Semarang and Sec ...
• 14 March 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "The Church needs Pope Francis’ simple gestures," said Bishop Ponce de Leon who knew him Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "I met the then Cardinal Bergoglio two years ago when I was in Buenos Aires on holiday" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Gerardo Ponce de Leon, Apostolic Vicar of Ingwavuma (in ...
• 14 March 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni: "Pope Francis exhorts us to evangelize with apostolic zeal" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The new Pope told us that evangelization presumes apostolic zeal. And one must go out towards those in need, to proclaim the Gospel in the suburbs": is what Cardinal Fernando Filoni said, ...
• 13 March 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 4000 weapons collected in the Campaign "voluntary disarmament" Cuajimalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 4,000 weapons have been recovered since 24 December within the campaign "For your family, voluntary disarmament" which provides for the exchange of weapons in exchange for money or foo ...
• 13 March 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The old restored church in the city of Hai Kou of the Diocese of Hai Nan consecrated and opened Hai Kou (Agenzia Fides) - On March 9, the old restored church in the city of Hai Kou of the Diocese of Hai Nan was consecrated and opened. According to reports from Faith of Hei Bei, the church dedicated to St. Joseph wa ...