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18 September 2014
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops: "Joseph Vaz, apostle of peace, first saint to Sri Lanka: the Church rejoices"
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "What would you say if a wish comes true after 300 years? The whole Church in Sri Lanka rejoices today. The canonization of Joseph Vaz, co-founder of our Church is a great gift and we thank Pope ...
17 September 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Commission "Justice and Peace": stop the executioner, Pakistan must not go back in time
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop the executioner and not to bring Pakistan back in time. We say 'no' to the execution of the Muslim Shoaib Sarwar, who would be the first civilian after six years, and we ask ...
17 September 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the presence of Christian immigrants is an asset for the local church
Jaffa (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Christian immigrants in the Holy Land for work reasons "is an asset for the Church and a gift for the local Christians, often too involved in politics". The Patriarch of Jerusalem ...
17 September 2014
ASIA/INDIA – The Bishop after the flood: "In Kashmir we are like Ground Zero"
Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Jammu and Kashmir has experienced the worst-ever floods in living history and our area is like Ground Zero. The lives and livelihood of the people have been completely upturned. C ...
17 September 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - 240,000 children return to school in Gaza
Gaza City (Agenzia Fides) - 240,000 children return to United Nations-run classrooms in Gaza where many of their schools have been damaged and destroyed. "After the traumatic 50 days of brutal conflict, death, destructio ...
17 September 2014
AMERICA/NICARAGUA – The Bishops on Law 779: the reform is urgent, the Church is not the auxiliary of the police
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. César Bosco Vivas Robelo, Bishop of Leon, Vice president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN), said that the Sandinista legislator Edwin Castro, chief representative of ...
17 September 2014
AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to the revision of the Constitution, because it puts at risk the stability of the Country", say the Bishops
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The peaceful future of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resides unquestionably in compliance with the Constitution", say the Bishops of the DRC in a Pastoral Letter which reiterates thei ...
17 September 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Malakal destroyed by the war - testimony of a nun
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "There is instability and a large part of the population live in extremely precarious conditions", says Sister Elena Balatti, contacted by Fides Agency in Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, whic ...
17 September 2014
ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II: we will do our best to increase the presence of Arab Christians
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the sectarian conflicts afflicting the Middle East, Jordan wants to represent even in the future "an oasis of security and stability", while pledging to do its utmost to protect the Christian A ...
17 September 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Join forces for joint action: establishment of the "Red Eclesial Pan-Amazon"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil the meeting that led to the establishment of the "Red Eclesial Pan-Amazon" was held in recent days, organized by the Department ...
16 September 2014
ASIA/CHINA - “The mission of priests today”: cultural sharing in Taiwan for a group of priests from He Bei
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “The mission of priests today” was the focus of a Cultural Formation Discussion in Taiwan for a group of priests from He Bei, held 20 August to 10 September. The meeting was organi ...
16 September 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission: a ray of hope for India’s minorities
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “There is a ray of hope for the security and future of religious minorities in India”: says the Justice, Peace and Development Commission of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Ind ...
16 September 2014
AMERICA/VENEZUELA – Laity meet apostolic Nuncio, a tradition which encourages the unity of the Church
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The National Council for the Laity, a body of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela (CEV), has invited lay Catholics to a meeting with the Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela, Archbishop ...
16 September 2014
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “With Francesco to remain in the love of the Lord”
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – “For the Papal visit to Sri Lanka planned from 13 to 15 January 2015, we have chosen the words ‘Remain in my love’, from the Gospel of Saint John, because we believe the cipher of this p ...
16 September 2014
ASIA/LEBANON - New Mufti installed, a man of dialogue
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Today 16 September, the new Mufti of the Republic of Lebanon Sheikh Abdel Latif Deria elected in August, will assume his duties. The ceremony of investiture will be held at Mohammad el-Amin Mos ...
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