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4 November 2013
ASIA/IRAN - Christians whipped: judgment accomplished for Eucharistic wine drinkers
Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The sentence of 80 lashes for Christians convicted for "having drunk alcohol", during a Christian liturgy (see Fides 24/10/2013), was carried out. As Fides learns, Behzad Taalipasand and Mehdi Da ...
4 November 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO - A net divides the two countries, many families and even the altar for the Mass for Migrants
Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - Some people were able to meet after months and even after years: the occasion was a Mass for Migrants, which is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of November at the "Rancho Anapra" ...
4 November 2013
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The defeat of the M23 seems likely but there are 40 other armed groups in North Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese army offensive against the rebels of the M23 in North Kivu (eastern DRC ) continues, despite the unilateral ceasefire announced on Sunday, November 3 by the leadership of the rebe ...
4 November 2013
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC- Nearly two children die every day in the hospital in Santiago
Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report, released by the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) of the Dominican Republic, about 50 children, almost two a day, die every month in the pe ...
4 November 2013
AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The young, family pastoral, missionary commitment and social needs of the country: the plenary assembly of bishops
Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - As of today, Monday, November 4, until Saturday 9, the 106th Plenary Assembly of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA), will be held at the retreat house El cenáculo-La Montonera in the town o ...
4 November 2013
ASIA/TURKEY - The Museum of Ayasofia will not become a mosque, at least not for now
Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The Administrative Court of Trabzon rejected the request concerning the transformation of the local museum of Ayasofya into a mosque. As reported by Turkish sources consulted by Fides Agency, th ...
31 October 2013
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Miri and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 30 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Miri (Malaysia ), by His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Lee Kok Hin, in accordance with canon ...
31 October 2013
AMERICA/PANAMA - Priest killed in broad daylight in front of the Bishop's house
Colon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Colon (Panama) is appalled by the death of the priest Anibal Gomez (67 years old), of Spanish origin, whose body was found around 1pm (local time) yesterday, 30 October, ...
31 October 2013
ASIA/CHINA - Faith and service to people with mental disabilities: a parallel and complementary path for Huiling
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment towards the mentally disabled, inspired by Mother Teresa, has not only changed her life, but has paved the way of faith, hitherto unknown, which led her to baptism and to take on th ...
31 October 2013
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Lahore: "Being fully Christian and being fully Pakistani are not contradictory perspectives"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with immense pleasure that I can meet you all today; I would say that, through you, I meet the entire Church of our beloved Country", said Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congrega ...
31 October 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Mass graves in Sadad: 45 Christian civilians killed by Islamist militias
Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of thirty Christian civilians have been found in two separate mass graves, including women and children, killed by Islamist militias in the city of Sadad. And, altogether, the Christian ...
31 October 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Alnemeh: "In Sadad, the largest massacre of Christians in Syria"
Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened in Sadad is the most serious and biggest massacre of Christians in Syria in the past two years and a half": this was stressed by Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh, Syriac Orthodox ...
31 October 2013
ASIA/TURKEY - Ankara denies: the kidnapped Syrian bishops are not in Turkey
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called the allegations which have been circulating in recent days "baseless and misleading" with regards to the two metropolitan bishops of Aleppo abdu ...
31 October 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO - No to Halloween, "we must enhance our traditions", says the Bishop of Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of All Saints and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, the Bishop of Aguascalientes, His Exc. Mgr. José María de la Torre Martin, called on the faithful and th ...
30 October 2013
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop of Mongolia: "Thanks for the missionary commitment of the Korean Church"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Aid and missionary cooperation guaranteed by the Korean Church have been and still are crucial for the growth and progress of the small Church in Mongolia: this is what Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, ...
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