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24 September 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Christians arrested and beaten by Hindu extremists
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The police of Madhya Pradesh state (Central India) arrested five Christians, near the city of Khargone, accusing them of attracting people to convert to Christianity by offering money. Accordi ...
24 September 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest found dead in the river Balsas
Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Attorney General of Guerrero state, Mexico, has opened an investigation into the death of the parish priest of Arcelia, Father José Acuña Asención Osorio, whose body was found in the ...
24 September 2014
AFRICA/SUDAN - Severe floods are affecting tens of thousands of new refugees in Darfur
Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3,000 homes have been destroyed by torrential rains that have recently hit the refugee camps of Nierteti in central Darfur. In the south of the Country, in the camp in Kalma, near Nyala ...
24 September 2014
ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church is preparing for the consecration of the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - In the church of the Holy Family in Kuala Lumpur, the Episcopal ordination of Mgr. Julian Leow, the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur will be held on October 6. As reported to Fides by the loc ...
24 September 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops’ warning: "In the face of Boko Haram, the nation is in danger"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of Boko Haram group and other criminal militias, the nation is in danger" warn the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement issued at the end of their second Plenary Meeting, held in Warri ( ...
24 September 2014
ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian Archbishop of Aleppo: for the people, the perpetrators of the raids are certainly not "liberators"
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The air raids against jihadi bases in Syria, carried out by the United States with the support of some Arab countries, do not elicit positive expectations among the population of Aleppo in Syria ...
24 September 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Prostitution and abuse of all kinds, in the name of tradition, for devadasi women
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - In the twenty-first century there still remains an ancestral tradition in the Indian state of Karnataka according to which some women, boys and girls of the lowest caste are offered to the Yal ...
24 September 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Campaign 2014: One cannot combat human trafficking without combatting poverty and inequality
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, Sept. 22, the Pontifical Mission Societies of Brazil (PMS) presented, in a press conference, the materials prepared for the Missionary Campaign of the missionary month of October 201 ...
24 September 2014
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: Lebanese Christians and Muslims share the same fate
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "For the good of the nation, as spiritual leaders, our duty is to protect the moral and spiritual values and the fundamental and national constitutional principles". This is what the Patriarch of ...
24 September 2014
VATICAN - Pope's appeal to the countries of Africa affected by the ebola virus
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, the Holy Father launched the following appeal: "My thoughts now go to those countries in Africa that are suffering because of the outbreak of ebola. ...
23 September 2014
AFRICA/MALAWI - A "creative" finance act, while 640,000 people are at risk of hunger
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Restoration of Fiscal Discipline as a Foundation for Poverty Reduction" is the title of the Finance Act of Malawi currently being discussed in the local parliament. "Like every year, poverty- ...
23 September 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Caritas India renews "the joy of service
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The "joy of the Gospel" corresponds to the "joy of service": with this spirit and with this slogan the National Assembly of Caritas India was held in Bangalore in past days, which saw the pa ...
23 September 2014
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dengue and chikungunya: the most affected age group ranges from 5 to 19
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - According to recent data provided by the Directorate for Civil Protection of the State of El Salvador, the age groups of people most affected by chikungunya fever in the Country range from ...
23 September 2014
ASIA/VIETNAM - Family, cradle of faith and of Christian witness
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "For the Church in Vietnam, the family is still the traditional cradle of faith, the place where faith is transmitted to their children, it is the first training school for the younger generation, ...
23 September 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch to priests and religious who emigrated without permission: come back to serve those most in need
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A reprimand to priests and religious who left Iraq without having asked and obtained the necessary consent of their superiors was released on Monday, September 21 by the Patriarch of Babylon of ...
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