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16 October 2014
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishops' strong condemnation regarding the attack against priests and religious women in Lodja
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "It is unacceptable to blame the church personnel who, faithful to the hierarchy, exercise their pastoral ministry", said a statement from the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of ...
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15 October 2014
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 28, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Elliott Willy Rojas Vargas, of the archdiocesan clergy of San José ...
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15 October 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Never accept violence as a solution", warns Mgr. Lona Reyes who proposes a prayer campaign
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Arturo Lona Reyes, asked the Bishops of the whole country to hold special prayer days after the massacre of Iguala (i ...
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15 October 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - The Monastery of Mar Behnam profaned by the militiamen of the Islamic State
Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - The militiamen of the self-proclaimed "Islamic Caliphate" have removed the crosses and burned ancient manuscripts in the ancient Monastery of Mar Behnam, ten minutes from the city of Qaraqosh, ...
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15 October 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Contacts with the kidnappers of the Polish missionary
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There is an ongoing dialogue with the kidnappers of Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Polish "Fidei Donum" priest, of the diocese of Tarnow, who was kidnapped on Sunday 12 October in Baboua, in the Centr ...
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15 October 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic extremists object to an interfaith marriage with violence
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A young couple from Lahore, the Christian Amin and the Muslim girl Sadia, both college students, were seized in Karachi by a group of Islamic extremists who intend to oppose to their marriage. T ...
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15 October 2014
AFRICA/LIBYA - "The population is locked in the house, fighting continues on the outskirts of Benghazi", says the Apostolic Vicar
Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is locked in the house while they is ongoing fighting in the outlying areas of the city", says His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi where today, Oct ...
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15 October 2014
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "The ideology and money of the IS arrive in Southern Philippines": the story of a missionary
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The ideology and the violent proposal of the Islamic State (IS), the group that operates in Iraq, have arrived in the southern Philippines and is trying to attact converts, thanks to substanti ...
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15 October 2014
ASIA/INDIA - A center of excellence for technical formation regarding disadvantaged young people
Maligaon (Agenzia Fides) - The first technical school was inaugurated in the North East region of India at the premises of Don Bosco Technical School in Maligaon, Guwahati to promote and encourage the economically weaker ...
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15 October 2014
EUROPE/ARMENIA - Armenian and Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs: Recognize the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide
Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church are turning to the whole Christian world and the international community so that, on the occasion of the centennial co ...
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14 October 2014
EUROPE/IRELAND - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 9, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Maurice Hogan, of the Society of Saint Columban for Foreign Missions (S ...
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14 October 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Two thousand prefabricated houses for Christian refugees who have sought refuge in Erbil
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The government in Baghdad has announced the launch of a project for the construction of at least two thousand prefabricated housing units for refugees - mostly Christians - who have found shelter ...
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14 October 2014
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "There is no justice without life": Asian conference against the death penalty
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The first Asian International Conference: "There is no justice without life" will be held in Manila on 27 and 28 October, and will focus on the campaign for the abolition of capital punishment. M ...
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14 October 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops on the Iguala case: "clarify what happened, the truth is the path to justice"
Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the dioceses that constitute the ecclesiastical province of Acapulco (Tlapa, Ciudad Altamirano, Chilpancingo - Chilapa and Acapulco) have expressed their deep concern with regard ...
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14 October 2014
AFRICA/CONGO DR - New threats to priests and religious women because of the opposition of the Bishops to the constitutional amendment
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Priests threatened and a nunnery was devastated on Sunday, October 12 in Lodja, 750 km north of Mbuji-Mayi, capital of Kasai Oriental, in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the Pastoral Le ...
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