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26 September 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - U.S. Bishops: even the barrier Wall and the new colonies close the door to peace
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy Land, "the route of the barrier wall, the confiscation of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, especially now in the Bethlehem area and the Cremisan Valley, and any expansion of se ...
26 September 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy murdered in prison: condemnation of the Bishops
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Pastor Zafar Bhatti, two years in prison on charges of blasphemy, was murdered in prison yesterday by a policeman in Rawalpindi. The policeman killed Bhatti, awaiting trial, and ...
26 September 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "I have never uttered those sentences on the CAN President", said Mgr. Kaigama
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a political and media manipulation. I have never uttered those sentences ascribed by the media in Nigeria", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and ...
26 September 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - The Universities in the north open its doors to student-refugees of the Nineveh Plain
Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - College students who fled from Mosul and from towns and villages in the Nineveh Plain under the violent offensive of jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) can hold their exams at other universities ...
26 September 2014
ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: with the Pope, commitment towards the poor, for peace, for development
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in India reaffirm their commitment, next to Pope Francis, for the poor, for peace, for development: is what was said in a message sent to Fides by Fr. A.J. Mathew OFM, presiden ...
25 September 2014
ASIA/CHINA - Born into a family of martyrs, Fr. Bonaventura De Li Chong has died, a witness of the Gospel and the life of charity
Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - He was born in a Catholic family, in which there are no less than 16 martyrs during the persecution of Geng Zi of the Qing Dynasty of China (1821-1850), as well as 5 priests and 7 nuns: Fr. Bon ...
25 September 2014
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Violence does not stop due to a mega project in the indigenous territories: 11 dead and several wounded
San Juan Sacatepéquez (Agenzia Fides) - The government has declared a curfew in the district of Sacatepéquez, where indigenous peoples have suffered violence once again in their territories. According to a statement of ...
25 September 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - Mission, dialogue, peace: diocesan priests in National Assembly
Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Union of diocesan priests will hold its 11th National Assembly in Ambon, in the Moluccas, from 1 to 8 October 2014. As reported to Fides by Fr. Dominikus Gusti Bagus Kusumawanta, Pr ...
25 September 2014
AFRICA - Ebola and witchcraft: children accused of causing the spread of the virus
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of boys and girls are abused and killed in Africa because accused of witchcraft (see Fides 22/09/2014), and this reality is also increasing due to the spread of the Ebola virus. In fa ...
25 September 2014
AFRICA/LIBYA - Not only in Syria and Iraq, air raids also continue in Libya
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - While the attention of the whole world is focused on the bombings of the Arab-American coalition on extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, in Libya the bombings against emplacements of the so-calle ...
25 September 2014
ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II to the UN: Christians are a "constitutive" part of the Middle East
New York City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let me say it once again: Arab Christians are an integral part of my region's past, present and future". This is what the King of Jordan, Abdullah II said in his speech at the 69th UN Gen ...
25 September 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "The Church supports good governance"
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church supports good governance and urges the faithful to vote for those who give proof of good governance": says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai, in a note sent to Fi ...
25 September 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - Kidnappings continue to the detriment of the Copts, a dentist kidnapped killed
Assiut (Agenzia Fides) – Ehab Karam - a Coptic dentist was killed on Tuesday, September 23 in the province of Assiut, Upper Egypt, after he was abducted by unknown persons, probably for ransom. Karam had been stopped b ...
25 September 2014
AMERICA - Indigenous people continue to be the poorest in Latin America
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent study prepared by the World Bank, a child born in an indigenous place in Latin America is twice as likely to live in poverty and three times to live in a state of poverty com ...
25 September 2014
AFRICA/GHANA - "A fast-growing Country, where one feels the effects of secularization", says the President of the Episcopal Conference
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Ghana is blessed with a population that naturally and easily expresses its belief in God and which seeks to honour him in the variety of religious traditions present in your country", said ...
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