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13 October 2012
ASIA/LEBANON - Catechists and missionaries "special envoys" in the Year of Faith
Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the "special envoys in the Year of Faith" to "radiate the missionary spirit and zeal of universal solidarity": more than 700 priests, nuns, lay people, educators, leaders, catechists r ...
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13 October 2012
AFRICA/CHAD - Expulsion of the Bishop of Doba: "there seems to be an opening attitude towards dialogue on behalf of the government"
N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an openness to dialogue on behalf of the government to resolve Mgr. Russo’s situation in a positive way" sources of the local church in N'Djamena, capital of Chad, say to Fides whe ...
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12 October 2012
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Religious in politics: the pastor of the Cathedral of Tegucigalpa asks for the respect of the Constitution
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest, Father Carlo Magno Núñez, pastor of the Cathedral of Tegucigalpa, has asked the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Honduras, to uphold the Constitution of the Republic ...
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12 October 2012
AFRICA/MALI - Women and children are the main victims of violence in the north of the country
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The plight of women victims of sexual violence continues to worsen in northern Mali. They have no human rights, cannot work, study nor have access to basic social structures. Since last January, ...
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12 October 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian boy accused of blasphemy for an sms; bail to the imam who framed Rimsha
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Protests, threats and an attempt to "rough justice" against a Christian teenager, accused of having sent some Muslims peers a blasphemous text message: This is what occurred in the district of G ...
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12 October 2012
AFRICA/SENEGAL - More than 160 graves desecrated in two Catholic cemeteries, bronze crosses stolen
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - More than 160 graves were desecrated in two Catholic cemeteries in Dakar. "Crucifixes and other stone objects were taken away from their graves in the Christian cemeteries of Saint Lazarus of Bet ...
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12 October 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Despite the difficulties that can arise we must support the peace process": Bishops' appeal to prayer
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the start of the second phase of the negotiation process for peace (see Fides 05/10/2012), the Catholic Church in Colombia calls the faithful and all people of good will to pray ...
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12 October 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - Conversion, relationship with God, community life for the new evangelization: Cardinal John Tong’s exhortation
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Conversion, a more intense relationship with God, faith formation, community life marked by the participation and prayer, service to the poor in order to witness faith, to fulfill the mission ...
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12 October 2012
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - There is always a high number of children who lose their basic right because not registered
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of minors in the Republic of Santo Domingo do not have access to the study and other basic services simply because they are not registered in the census, because either immigrant ...
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12 October 2012
VATICAN - Year of Faith: to revive in the whole Church that yearning to announce Christ to contemporary man
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Faith which we launch today is linked harmoniously with the Church's whole path over the last 50 years," said Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Mass he presided at St. Peter' ...
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12 October 2012
ASIA/INDIA - An Indian court: praying at home does not have to be authorized
Madras (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom to carry out prayer meetings in private homes, of any religion cannot be prevented and do not need any permission on behalf of the civil authorities or police: is what was laid down b ...
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12 October 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Violence on the rise: trade unions are losing control of the protest" said the Bishop of Rustenburg
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence is growing and I do not know what will happen. The unions are losing control of the miners in protest. The miners are abandoning unions and want to choose their own representative ...
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11 October 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community lives the opening of the Year of Faith also live on the web with St. Peter’s
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides Agency, dioceses and parishes in mainland China are living with great fervor the opening of the Year of Faith, proposing a number of religious a ...
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11 October 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - A nun collects abandoned disabled children from landfills and adopts them
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Spanish organization Mensajeros de la paz, a project to build two new shelters was presented, one for children with severe disa ...
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11 October 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Celebrating democracy means rejecting all forms of violence": the Bishops for the 30years of democracy
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Commemorating 30 years of uninterrupted democratic life in Bolivia, the Episcopal Conference issued a statement entitled "Bolivia, 30 years of democracy, justice and respect for all", a copy of w ...
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