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29 October 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - More than 700 Christian families among the refugees welcomed in Baghdad,
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are already at least seven hundred Christian families from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain living as refugees in makeshift housing and accommodation in Baghdad, after being forced to leave the ...
29 October 2014
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Pope's visit confirmed
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, during a meeting with the priests of the Archdiocese of Colombo, confirmed the Holy Father' visit in Sri Lanka, scheduled from 13 to 15 January 2 ...
29 October 2014
ASIA/JORDAN - An Armenian baptismal church consecrated on the banks of the Jordan
Amman (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of October, the new St. Garabed Armenian Church will be consecrated in Jordan, on the bank of the Jordan River. This was announced by the Armenian Apostolic Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ...
29 October 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA – There is a risk of an outbreak of Chikungunya and Dengue: 4,500 cases in the last two months
Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - The cases of Dengue fever and Chikungunya in the city of Cartagena and Bolivar do not give signs of stopping. In the month of September alone, 28 girls were diagnosed with chikungunya and 30 w ...
29 October 2014
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets against the extension of the presidential mandate
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, on October 28 to protest against the Constitutional Reform Project which aims to allow Presid ...
29 October 2014
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President Sata has died after a long illness
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Zambian President Michael Sata died yesterday, 28 October, in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness that had long prevented him from fulfilling presidential dut ...
29 October 2014
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Solidarity and concrete evangelization: meeting of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Reyes (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes hosts the meeting of the diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Bolivia, from October 27 to 31. The note sent to Agenzia Fides informs tha ...
29 October 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas calls for equal rights for women working in agriculture
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Equal rights for women working in agriculture and the promotion of "sustainable" agriculture: is what Caritas Pakistan asks the government during the conference organized in Sargodha, Punjab, in ...
29 October 2014
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The Camillians and the emergency of Ebola: the virus exacerbates an already complex and precarious situation
Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - The emergency of Ebola in Africa, in particular in Sierra Leone, Guinea Conakry and Liberia, also involves at the forefront the Camillian religious. A few days ago Father John Toai left for a vis ...
28 October 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government "cannot ignore Asia Bibi’s case"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The federal and provincial ministries should take the responsibility to monitor, protect and defend cases against people accused of blasphemy, including that of Asia Bibi": is what is said in a ...
28 October 2014
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino: "Respect for political prisoners"
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, called for the respect for political prisoners. The note sent to Fides by local sources reported that during the celebration of the 150th ...
28 October 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - St. Catherine's Monastery denies the news of an Islamist attack
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - St. Catherine's Monastery, located in the region of Sinai, has denied reports of alleged assaults carried out by Islamist groups, put into circulation in recent days by Christian media and blogs. ...
28 October 2014
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Even a life sentence is inhuman"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Life sentence is "a death sentence in disguise" because it kills the heart and mind of an individual. After Pope Francis’ appeal to put an end to life imprisonment, the Commission on Prison Pas ...
28 October 2014
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops' spot: where are the children who disappeared during the State terrorism?
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in Argentina's history, the Bishops publicly ask for news about missing children during the last dictatorship. The President of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, His ...
28 October 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - There has not been any negotiation so far with the "real" Boko Haram
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is divided into several groups, and those who say they negotiate in its name is not the main component", says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of the Social Communications Office of t ...
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