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13 September 2012
AFRICA/EGYPT - Many Christians among those protesting against the film insulting Islam
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Even Christians join their voices to that of the Muslims to protest against the film that denigrates the Prophet Mohammed. This was reported to Fides Agency by Fr. Rafic Greiche, director of the ...
13 September 2012
ASIA/INDIA - The Home of Hope - Marialaya accommodates 200 girls and the young disadvantaged Dalits
Dharmapuri (Agenzia Fides) - The house for the young people of Dharmapuri was recently inaugurated and opened : Home of Hope - Marialaya. The project involved the extension of the home of the Salesian Sisters of the dist ...
13 September 2012
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Severe state of famine for 30 000 families in the province of Gaza
Maputo (Fides Service) - About 30,000 families in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza have been in a state of famine since March. The problem is particularly serious in Chibiuto, Changalane, Bilene, Güija and Chicu ...
13 September 2012
AMERICA/PANAMA - The journey for the 500th anniversary of the first diocese erected in America has begun
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Santa Maria de la Antigua in Panama, established on September 9, 1513 by Pope Leo X, celebrated last Sunday, September 9, the 499th anniversary of its creation. This is the fi ...
13 September 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha will not be in the courtroom for the trial; the blasphemy law is "a thorn for the country"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl accused of blasphemy and released on bail by a Court in Islamabad, will not be in the courtroom for the trial, scheduled for tomorrow, September 14. This is conf ...
13 September 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - More than 100 deaths, the Christian churches are asking the government to intervene
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Churches urged to the Government of Kenya to ensure security in the Tana River District, prey to violent clashes between pastoralists and farmers. The latest violence dates back to ...
12 September 2012
ASIA/LEBANON - The Apostolic Nuncio, Mgr. Caccia: expectations and scenarios that will welcome Benedict XVI
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Waiting for the Pope, Lebanon experiences the grandeur and beauty of its national vocation again: that of a country where different identities want to live together in mutual respect." Archbisho ...
12 September 2012
EUROPE/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Appeal for peace from the Meeting Living Together is the Future: "living together among different people is possible in every corner in the world"
Sarajevo (Agenzia Fides) - "We need new courage in the face of difficulties. Gazing into the distance, dialogue in the language made up of sympathy, friendship and compassion has to be created. This common language allow ...
12 September 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - Renewing our commitment to respond adequately to society: the duty of every Christian during and after the Year of the Laity
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Focus on mission in society to defend the core values: a commitment of every Christian, not only for the Year of the Laity. This is the belief of the participants at the Seminar for the Year o ...
12 September 2012
EUROPE/SPAIN - "Mission Madrid" to renew the faith of believers and lead them to the mission towards those who are far away
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Madrid will start, until the end of this month, a mission that seeks to "renew faith" of all believers in raising their missionary commitment to reach out to people far from th ...
12 September 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - "A promising future, the new President could be a pleasant surprise," said Mgr. Bertin
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The future is promising, it seems to me this could be the turning point to see the revival of the State" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Ad ...
12 September 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - Children under 14 years of age are victims of abuses of all kinds; alarm in the country with 35% of child population
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico is the country which has the highest rate of physical violence, sexual abuse and murder among children under 14 years of age, and where more than 3.6 million children work, of whom 1, ...
12 September 2012
AFRICA/LIBYA - "Do not offend the peoples religious sensibility," said Mgr. Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "What has happened is terrible, but we need to avoid offending the peoples religious sensibility," says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, on heari ...
12 September 2012
AMERICA/HONDURAS - "An intense missionary work even in prisons": the testimony of Mgr.Lenihan, the first Bishop of La Ceiba
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In the new diocese of La Ceiba, on the northern coast of the country, of which I am Bishop, the main problems the Church has to face are of political and social origin. Lately violence related to ...
11 September 2012
ASIA/LEBANON - The Lebanese religious mosaic
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon is the most religiously heterogeneous and diversified society in the Middle East, with 18 officially recognized religious groups. Among Christians, the Maronite Catholic Church - which trac ...
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