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7 November 2014
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - An American arrested for a Bible has been released
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The US citizen Jeffrey Fowle is back home in the United States, after being held in North Korea for six months for leaving a copy of the Bible in a bar. "I had heard about the severe persecution o ...
7 November 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - The furniture of Christian homes put up for sale in the markets of Mosul
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In the markets of Mosul entire areas are now occupied by the furniture and the tools looted in the houses abandoned by the Christians. The looted goods are put on sale at bargain prices. This is r ...
6 November 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: "A Church which 'goes forth' to meet the man of our time"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "A Church in communion with God and proclaims the Good News; a Church that goes forth to meet people, to give love and happiness, peace and justice, unity and brotherhood; a Church which is sens ...
6 November 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Justice and Peace Commission: "The government has failed in protecting its citizens"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pakistani government has failed in protecting the right to life of its citizens". This was reported in a statement from the "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Catholic Bishops of Pakistan ...
6 November 2014
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - An agreement for the transition has been reached; for the Bishops: a "historic turning point, now let us work for peace"
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential elections in Burkina Faso will be held in November 2015. It is one of the main points of the agreement reached yesterday, November 5, between the military that took power after ...
6 November 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Two future Saints for the Holy Land
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Holy Land is preparing for the upcoming canonization of two Blessed: Blessed Mariam Bawardi, known as Mary of Jesus Crucified, and Blessed Maria Alphonsina Ghattas. ...
6 November 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean diocese of Erbil conducts a census of the refugees who fled from the Nineveh Plain
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 10 thousand Christian families who fled Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plain who have found refuge in the suburbs of Erbil and in other parts of Iraqi Kurdistan. Some stat ...
6 November 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Cali is suffering a pandemic of violence", denounces Mgr. Monsalve Mejía
Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "Cali is suffering a pandemic of violence", denounced the Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia, with regards to the alarming increase in homicides in the region. The poli ...
6 November 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Prayer Vigil for peace in the nation
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and the faithful of about 55 archdioceses, dioceses and apostolic vicariates of Nigeria, are invited to a national prayer vigil which will be held at the National Ecumenical Centre in ...
6 November 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Ecumenical Initiative: 43 hours of fasting and prayer for the 43 students of Ayotzinapa
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - 43 hours of prayer and fasting for 43 students who disappeared in Ayotzinapa (see Fides 10/10/2014) ends today, November 6. The "Ecumenical Day of solidarity" with the families of the missin ...
6 November 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Uromi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 November 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Father Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A., Master of students of Philosophy and Director of the St . Augustine's Institute in Makurdi, as Bish ...
6 November 2014
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Dodoma and appointment of the first Archbishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 November 2014 the Holy Father erected the ecclesiastical province of Dodoma (Tanzania) and appointed the first Archbishop of Dodoma His Exc. Mgr. Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap., who was ...
5 November 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Married couple burned alive: Christians protest in Lahore and call for the UN to intervene
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked and worried. Christians in Pakistan are now wondering: what country do we live in? The horrible and barbaric execution of a Christian couple, accused of blasphemy, is an act that ...
5 November 2014
ASIA/CHINA - After years of waiting, the small community of Lai Gang has its own chapel
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Enthusiasm marked the celebration of Mass on All Saints day, November 1, and All Souls' Day, in the small community of Lai Gang. In fact, after years of absence of priests and lack of a place to ...
5 November 2014
AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops are always close to the 3 and a half million Peruvians away from home
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) has sent a message to the "three and a half million Peruvians who are away from their homeland in search of a better future for themselves and their families ...
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