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22 November 2010
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Biblical Week reflects on eternal life
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Biblical Week, an important gathering involving all the Catholic parishes of South Korea, has begun today. This year, the reflection will be on eternal life. As Fides learns from the local Churc ...
22 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi raped by accusers; death threats from Islamic fundamentalists
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Before being handed over to police and put on trial for blasphemy, Asia Bibi was suffered rape at the hands of her accusers. This is what she told the Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, who vis ...
22 November 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - “They've closed the border, but only to the poor”: Claretian Missionaries' testimony
Jimani (Agenzia Fides) - “In Jimani, the small town on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, security measures have been taken to make sure cholera does not enter the Dominican Republic. The most serious ...
22 November 2010
AFRICA/SUDAN - Cardinal Wako's would-be assailant released from prison on grounds of mental instability
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Hamdan Mohamed Abdurrahman, the man who tried to kill Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan), has been released, being deemed incapable of understanding or free will. Th ...
20 November 2010
AMERICA - "Countries should not only devote effort to the control of migration flow, but also to the protection of migrants and the fight against organized crime," Archbishop Vegliò concludes Continental Meeting of the Pastoral Care of Migrants
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Continental Meeting for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees in Latin America was held in the capital of Colombia, November 17 to 20, on the theme "Towards a better pastoral economic and ...
20 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anti-blasphemy motion scheduled for upcoming Parliament session
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Sherry Rehman, a Muslim member of Parliament, of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Chairman of the Jinnah Institute, the prestigious Institute of Political Studies in Islamabad, has told Fides ...
19 November 2010
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: “The aim of the ecumenical path remains unchanged, as does the firm commitment in pursuing it.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In the course of 50 years, it has covered much territory...They are 50 years in which a truer knowledge and greater esteem have been acquired with the Churches and the ecclesial communit ...
19 November 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Are authorities using force against coup leaders? - Eyewitness Testimony
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Malagasy authorities have called on civilians who are near the barracks on the outskirts of Antananarivo, where the military coup is barricaded (see Fides 18/11/2010), to leave the area. ...
19 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's legal defense overseen by Pakistani Christians in the diaspora
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Pakistani Christian community in the United Kingdom has taken up the case of Asia Bibi and is providing legal assistance for the woman. The Pakistani community in the United Kingdom has ...
19 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - NGOs and US government put the spotlight on Asia Bibi, discrimination and religious freedom
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Social discrimination, the controversial blasphemy law, and the status of religious freedom in Pakistan are now coming into the spotlight. International NGOs like Amnesty International and C ...
19 November 2010
ASIA/IRAQ - Petition from Arab Christians in the Holy Land: “Canonize Iraq's martyrs”
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – “We ask that the martyrs of Iraq be canonized, because the example of their lives and their sacrifice is an inspiration to us all as Christians, Arabs and non alike, living in the Middle E ...
19 November 2010
EUROPE/SPAIN - Catholic Church saves the State 4 billion Euros on public education
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “In education, the Church allows the state to save more than 4 billion euros," noted Diego Zalbidea, Professor of Canon Law at the University of Navarra, during the 26th Refresher Course in C ...
18 November 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan writes to brother bishops on the relationship of a bishop with his priests
Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - “I pray for you, your dioceses and the whole Church in China...May the Lord also grant you that your evangelization and pastoral work progress smoothly and successfully. May all the Catholic ...
18 November 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Military coup members surround barracks
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "We saw a number of truckloads of armed soldiers head toward the base where the coup leaders are holed up," Fides was told by an editor of Radio Don Bosco, whose head office is located 15 ...
18 November 2010
VATICAN - Statement from the Holy See Press Office concerning news of an episcopal ordination in China
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office today published, in English, the following “Statement of the Director of the Holy See Press Office Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ concerning news of an episcopal or ...
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