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10 November 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops' appeal: "No more corruption and violence! Thorough investigation is needed"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, November 7, in Chilpancingo, the Attorney General, Jesús Murillo, met the parents of the 43 students missing in Ayotzinapa (see Fides 10/10/2014), and told them the confession of ...
10 November 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest: "Punish the muggers of Kasur and repeal the blasphemy law"
Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Bring to justice the muggers who killed the Christian couple in Kasur on November 4; take immediate action to repeal the blasphemy law: are the requests made by hundreds of Christians who demonstr ...
10 November 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox: may the Churches unify the dates for the Easter celebration
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - A new appeal to all Christian Churches so that they celebrate the solemnity of Easter on the same date has been launched by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, Tawadros II. According to what Agenzia F ...
10 November 2014
AFRICA/MALAWI - "Without outside help the Country is collapsing", says a missionary
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Malawi is experiencing an uncertain period with regards to its democratic experience", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary, in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, while the local Bish ...
10 November 2014
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Two other US citizens released
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller, two American citizens who were detained in North Korea for religious reasons, were released and arrived in the United States. Bae thanked the North Korean gove ...
10 November 2014
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai accuses the Lebanese politicians: "You have betrayed the Constitution"
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, launched accusations against Lebanese politicians, accusing them of betraying the Constitution and aiming for the power v ...
10 November 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Kaigama: "Politicians must abandon the electoral struggle and unite to fight Boko Haram"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time for our politicians to put aside the election campaign and unite to fight Boko Haram", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
10 November 2014
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops' Conference asks to "put a stop to corruption"
Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Widespread corruption has meant that "narco politicians" manage to infiltrate easily at all levels, pointed out His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop of Caacupé and President ...
10 November 2014
EUROPE/ITALY - The number of Nigerian women destined for sexual slavery has tripled
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, denounces an increase of 300% of women potential victims of trafficking in prostitution. "In 2014, 16,839 w ...
7 November 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The families of the married coupe burned ask for justice, while investigations continue
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The families of the Christian married couple burned alive on November 4, in the District Of Kasur ask for justice and hope for a better future. As reported to Agenzia Fides by lawyer Sardar Mus ...
7 November 2014
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education, communication and drug trafficking: the Bishops prepare three pastoral Letters
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - With a Mass and greetings from Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, the Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bolivia (CEB) opened yesterday, November 6. ...
7 November 2014
AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We want thorough investigation into the violence against the clergy in Lodja" asks civil society
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - After more than 20 days since the violent act against two priests and a nun, which took place on 12 and 13 October in Lodja in Kasai Oriental Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (s ...
7 November 2014
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops in defense of indigenous people appeal to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights
Salto del Guairá (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, through the Indigenous Pastoral, has announced that it will appeal to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights if the State does not ensure th ...
7 November 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Heads of Churches: no one must violate the "status quo" on the Holy Sites of Jerusalem
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with the worsening of the situation in the Holy City, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement to express their concern about the outbreak of violence and t ...
7 November 2014
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops reaffirm: "tetanus vaccination is a program of population control in disguise"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Kenya reiterate their accusations on the campaign of vaccination against tetanus which, they say, hides a program of population control (see Fides 17/10/2014); they also denounce ...
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