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16 July 2013
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Disciples in a multicultural world: IV American Missionary Congress
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Missionary disciples of Jesus Christ in a secular and multicultural world": this is the title of the fourth American Missionary Congress (9th Missionary Congress of Latin American) (CAM 4 - Com ...
16 July 2013
EUROPE/ITALY - "To love sick brothers and sisters with the love of a mother for her sick child", celebrations in honor of St. Camillus de Lellis
Bucchianico (Agenzia Fides) - The 400th Jubilee Year of the death of St. Camillus de Lellis has just been inaugurated. Among the most striking initiatives celebrated on 14 July is that of two daring "pilgrims" who walked ...
16 July 2013
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - A day of prayer for peace and social justice
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - As a result of the serious political situation that has paralyzed the population of the Central African Republic since March 24, the Order of Carmel in Bangui has organized a real "crusade of pra ...
16 July 2013
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Greek-Orthodox monastery under attack. The nuns are appealing to President Abbas
Bethany (Agenzia Fides) – The nuns of the Greek-Orthodox monastery in Bethany have sent a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to urge the leaders of the Palestinian Authority to take charge, with appropriate ...
16 July 2013
ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Shang Chuan of the Cathedral of the Diocese of Jiang Men for prayer and evangelization
Jiang Men (Agenzia Fides) - Pray for the church in China and for the Universal Church so that the mission of evangelization in the world and China take its course and strengthens faith, especially in the Year of Faith: a ...
16 July 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Two Christian children affected in the bombings in Aleppo
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The civilian population of Aleppo pay the highest price of the clashes that inflame the city. Over the past three days, more than 150 mortar shells have hit residential areas killing 15 people an ...
16 July 2013
ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in Orissa: for the Bishop "the government should act"
Balasore (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence still strikes Christians in Orissa. Very often those responsible are Hindu fundamentalist groups who do not look kindly upon Christians. As a Church we are insisting with the governme ...
15 July 2013
AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 8, 2013 confirmed rev. Fr. Jacques Mahougnon Agossou of the diocesan clergy of Porto Novo a ...
15 July 2013
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A Bishop and a deputy minister mediators in the dispute between the government and farmers
Tibú (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Omar Alberto Sanchez, Bishop of Tibú in Norte de Santander, which borders Venezuela, and the deputy minister of labor, Jose Noe Rios, were charged with preparing an act of agreement in the ...
15 July 2013
AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops’ appeal for the end of the war in Congo: conclusion of the Assembly of SECAM
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Congo launch a strong appeal to African political leaders so that they "put an end to the war that has bloodied the Democratic Republic of Congo" and "not to work for their own i ...
15 July 2013
AFRICA/KENYA - A bridge of solidarity between the Christian and Muslim communities
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian mission of the Camillian Task Force (CTF) in Wajir, in north western Kenya has just concluded. CTF Kenya, the humanitarian agency of the Order of the Servants of the Sick (MI) l ...
15 July 2013
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: sectarian militias will lead the country to ruin
Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Any non-state army should be considered "illegitimate" and will result in the return of the country to the "law of the jungle and an increase in crime, a phenomenon that unfortunately we are alr ...
15 July 2013
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to life imprisonment for a blasphemous SMS
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The controversial blasphemy law continues to claim victims in Pakistan: Sajjad Masih Gill, a 28-year-old Christian, residing in the district of Pakpatan, in the province of Punjab, was sentenced ...
15 July 2013
ASIA/CHINA - Urbanization, Immigration and Pastoral Care: Seminar of the local Church to respond to the social evolution
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Urbanization and internal immigration have become the most pressing challenges for the pastoral care of the Catholic Church in mainland China. With this awareness and sensitivity, the local chur ...
13 July 2013
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Petition for the release of a Christian Pastor jailed for false accusations
Astana (Agenzia Fides) - Immediate and unconditional release of Christian Protestant Pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, imprisoned in Kazakhstan two months ago on the basis of invented accusations: This is what the internat ...
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