Portoviejo - First breakfast, lunch and a snack: this is what homeless families, volunteer rescuers and firefighters receive every day, thanks to the work of a large group of faithful organized by the Capuchin missionaries in Portoviejo after the earthquake on April 16th. Every day 3,600 meals are distributed."The tragedy ...
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London - About 75 million school age children and adolescents, who live in Countries affected by the crisis, need schooling programs. This is what the British organization Overseas Development Institute reported in a study urged by UNICEF and the Governments of Great Britain, United States and Norway. Around the world ...
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Morelia - In the Mexican state of Michoacįn 15.5% of girls and 19.4% of boys between 6 to 9 years of age suffer abuse and beatings by parents. Data were collected by Children and Youth Study 2012. Equally alarming are the figures of sexual abuse of children in the same ...
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Tibł - Farming families flee due to the increase in homicides, for the presence of armed groups that threaten and extort the population, denounced the Colombian Bishop of the Diocese of Tibł, His Exc. Mgr. Omar Alberto Sanchez, to some local journalists.The letter sent to Fides reports that, according to ...
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Juba - "Pollution of the water, of the land, of the air; deforestation and cutting of trees, burning the forests, overgrazing and desertification and oil exploitation as the major income for the country but as a grave polluting agent". These are the human and natural threats that South Sudan has ...
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Bkerké - The Arab world is threatened in its very existence by "murderous identities", and crises and wars which upset the whole region have their deep roots in "regional conflicts" and "international politics". This is what the Maronite Bishops, gathered in the patriarchal headquarters of Bkerké for their monthly meeting, ...
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New Delhi - The Indian police arrested 14 people, accusing them of having organized and participated in the kidnapping of Mgr. Prasad Gallela, Bishop of the diocese of Cuddapah, in Andhra Pradesh, kidnapped and released after one night on 25 April . Among the 14, announced the Police Superintendent, there ...
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Lahore – The trial regarding the culprits of the lynching of a Christian couple Shahzad Masih and Shama Bibi, burned alive for alleged blasphemy on November 4, 2014 appears to be complicated. In yesterday’s hearing, May 5, before the anti-terrorism Court in Lahore, which judges the case, a "cross-examination" of ...
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Diyarbakir - The Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Giragos in Diyarbakır has been awarded for its recent restoration by the European Union, but the awards ceremony and the laying of the commemorating plaque of the award cannot be held at the place of worship, which since March has been confiscated ...
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Fort McMurray - The city of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta , is completely deserted, abandoned by its inhabitants because of a fire that has destroyed 1,600 buildings. The fire forced the evacuation of over 90,000 people. The numbers of the tragedy are staggering which is now considered the "most ...
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Cairo - Heavy criticism was expressed by Coptic Orthodox priest Boulos Mansur towards Christian women who, according to him come to church not wearing appropriate clothing, provoking reactions and controversy within the Orthodox Coptic community. Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate intervened, and has temporarily suspended a divinis the priest. The "case", which ...
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Istmina - An appeal for solidarity for the victims of the recent floods: says the Colombian Episcopal Conference, relaunching the appeal of Mgr. Julio Hernando Garcķa Pelįez, Bishop of the diocese of Istmina-Tadó, who highlights the dramatic situations many families are living. The territory of the department of Chocó, western ...
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Lahore – To overcome divisions, differences, political tensions that exist between India and Pakistan and rediscover the common roots, in the sign of culture, faith, fraternity: with this spirit the Diocese of Lahore, capital of Pakistani Punjab, organized a jubilee pilgrimage in Indian Punjab at the end of April, visiting ...
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Beirut - Almost two years after the end of the mandate of Michel Sleiman, the office of President of the Lebanese Republic remains vacant due to the vetoes among different political blocs. In the face of the now ingrained institutional paralysis, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai continues to have high-level ...
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La Deutsche Bank di Francoforte Sul Meno č indagata per manipolazione di mercato dalla procura di Trani assieme all'ex management del gruppo. La vicenda riguarda la massiccia vendita, per 7 miliardi di euro circa, di titoli di Stato italiani avvenuta nel primo semestre 2011. Nei giorni scorsi militari della Guardia ...
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'Un'altra giornata nera per la libertą di stampa in Turchia: due giornalisti del quotidiano d'opposizione Cumhuriyet sono stati condannati a 5 anni e 10 mesi di carcere per rivelazione di segreto di Stato nel processo per il passaggio di armi dei servizi segreti in Siria. E, uno dei due, il ...
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«Che cosa ti č successo Europa umanistica, paladina dei diritti dell'uomo, della democrazia e della libertą' Che cosa ti č successo Europa terra di poeti, filosofi, artisti, musicisti letterati' Che cosa ti č successo Europa madre di popoli e nazioni'». Francesco scuote l'Europa. La mette davanti allo specchio perché ...
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Sadiq Khan č il nuovo sindaco sindaco di Londra. Secondo i dati finali, Khan ha ottenuto il 56,8% dei voti, contro il 43,2 del conservatore Goldsmith; l'affluenza si č assestata attorno al 46%, la pił alta a livellolocale degli ultimi anni. Si tratta del primo sindaco musulmano, e di origini ...
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«Mamma Erasmus' Č un soprannome coniato, anni fa, da studenti e colleghi, diventato un affettuoso attestato di stima, di cui vado fiera». Nel cortile della parrocchia romana di Santa Marcella, la professoressa Sofia Corradi ripercorre con memoria di ferro e tono allegro la storia di una vita, la sua, dedicata ...
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Si chiamano cristiani lgbt. Pregano, riflettono sulla propria condizione e mandano ai vescovi documenti con proposte pastorali. Sono anche riuniti in un Forum che, una volta l'anno, chiama a raccolta chi, ritrovandosi in questa complessa 'frontiera esistenziale', non intende rinunciare a cercare la propria posizione nella comunitą ecclesiale. Se pensiamo ...
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