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1 October 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - We start from culture to build "Dialogue for Peace"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Mario Ángel Flores Ramos, Rector of the Pontifical University of Mexico, announced the meeting of different intellectuals, religious and professors in the country, with the aim of pr ...
1 October 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child soldiers and young suicide bombers increase
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan there are more than 10 million child workers between 10 and 15 years of age, many of whom work in fisheries, mines and kilns. According to the latest annual report of the Society f ...
1 October 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - "This is not a war of religion, but Christians are exacerbated while cartoons against the Prophet harm us" say Church sources
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not want a war of religion, but Christians are fed up with the attacks against their places of worship" say to Fides Agency sources of the local Church in Nairobi. In the capital yesterda ...
1 October 2012
EUROPE/FRANCE - Cardinal Filoni: a new "missionary audacity" for the new frontiers of mission
Paris (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelizing is never a simple thing. In some countries in order to evangelize, an authentic missionary boldness is necessary. This is the case of Tibet: not only today, but since the first attem ...
1 October 2012
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Blasphemy on Facebook: Buddhist temples destroyed by Islamic extremists, Christians are frightened
Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - There are 22 Buddhist temples on fire, as well as two Hindu temples and more than 100 private houses: this is the toll of a day of violence committed by more than 20 thousand Muslim militants ...
1 October 2012
AFRICA/MALI - "We appreciate the President's efforts for peace and national unity," write the Bishops
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray, like all Malians, for the Country’s unity and for the return of peace," write the Bishops of Mali in a letter addressed to the President ad interim, Dioncounda Traoré. The document, ...
29 September 2012
VATICAN - October - a month full of missionary events
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (1873-1897), proclaimed Patroness of the Missions in 1927 with St. Francis Xavier, marks on October 1st the beginning of Missionary October, whi ...
29 September 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians after the blasphemy film on Mohammed: a Bishop injured
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan are the target of violence on behalf of Islamic extremists who pour out on them feelings of anger and revenge after the release of the movie "The Innocence of Muslims," bla ...
29 September 2012
ASIA/LAOS - Repressive campaign against Christians in Savannakhet: three priests arrested
Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) – The campaign of repression of the Laotian authorities towards the Christian communities is getting more and more intense: in past days, the police arrested three Protestant pastors, who le ...
29 September 2012
AMERICA/PERU - Hospitals and schools still on strike: Church’s appeal to dialogue
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – To start "constructive dialogue" in order to put an end to the strike, "thinking of the common good": is the appeal made by the President of the Episcopal Conference, Mgr. Salvador Piñeiro Garci ...
29 September 2012
ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church: new electoral law and voting rights for the Lebanese abroad
Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - The debate on the electoral law is a "top priority." It should set aside the 1960 model, used in the last election in 2009, because it does not guarantee "a fair representation of the electorate. ...
29 September 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The candidates are opponents, not enemies": Church calls for a vote without violence
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming municipal elections, which will be held on October 7, is "an opportunity to strengthen the Brazilian democracy." The use of violence, which characterizes the campaign in many areas ...
29 September 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "crucified" football player is blasphemous: Bishops protest
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Shameful and disgraceful" image published on the cover of the famous sports magazine "Placar" which, in a montage, depicts the player Neymar as the Crucified Christ. The Bishops of Brazil prot ...
28 September 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Director of the PMS: "Fighting in Aleppo, no electricity: humanitarian emergency"
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere is very tense. This morning at 10 armed rebel groups entered the neighborhood of Sheik Maqsoud, in Aleppo, home to many Kurds and Christians and there is intense fighting. In our ...
28 September 2012
EUROPE/FRANCE - An exhibition which narrates the "impossible mission " for the world missionaries MEP
Paris (Agenzia Fides) – To call one’s attention to the memory of the confreres who gave their lives for a mission considered "impossible" for man; to follow the example of their courage and their self-sacrifice to no ...
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