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• 31 August 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - New reception facility for the poorest families who live on the outskirts of the capital Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The new reception center recently opened by the Pope John XXIII Community (APG23), destined to welcome the poorest families, especially single mothers with children, is situated in the Cr ...
• 31 August 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of the PMS of Cone sur: from Ad Gentes to Evangelii Gaudium Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - With a small mission in Berazategui, in the Diocese of Argentina's Quilmes, the meeting of the National Directors and the Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Southe ...
• 31 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "People fear that the peace agreements may not be respected", said the Auxiliary of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - People rejoiced because of the peace agreement but did not publicly manifest it because they fear that it will not be applied. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Santo Loku Pio Doggale, Auxiliary Bishop of ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate delivers a dossier on the abuses suffered by Christians in Baghdad to the authorities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are 14 cases of illegal expropriations of real estate of Christians in Baghdad documented in the first dossier that the Chaldean Patriarchate delivered yesterday to the leaders of the comm ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - In Orissa the Day of Remembrance for the victims of anti-Christian massacres Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The "Day of Remembrance" which will commemorate the victims of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in the district of Khandamal in 2008 will be held today, August 31, in Orissa. As report ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Islamic-Christian summit postponed, while protests against politicians continue Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic-Christian summit scheduled for today, Monday, August 31, to be held at the Maronite patriarchal see in Bkerké, has been postponed until a later date. This was reported by Lebanese of ...
• 31 August 2015
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Prayer and solidarity of the Church for the tragic accident of the girls Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - Daily prayers until 6 September to commemorate the young victims of the road accident on August 28 in Swaziland. This was decided by Mgr. José Luis Ponce de León, IMC, Bishop of Manzini. Acc ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple lynched for blasphemy: the police accused of negligence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan criticized the inaction of the police in front of the lynching of the Christian couple Shahzad and Shama Masih, accused of blasphemy and killed in Kot Radha Kishan, ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Rector of the regional "Holy Trinity" Major Seminary in Jalandhar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 April 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Alphonse Shah, of the archdiocesan clergy of Delhi as Rector of the ...
• 29 August 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A year after the last war, the kindergarten of the Latin parish in Gaza has been renovated Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one year since the ceasefire that ended the last military campaign in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army against Palestinian guerrillas of Hamas - called "Margin of protection - two new pro ...
• 29 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans in India: an hour of Adoration for the Day of Creation New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 thousand among monks, nuns, lay Franciscans, members of the Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) - which brings together the religious orders of men and women and la ...
• 29 August 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - A Muslim-Christian summit on the agenda to overcome the institutional crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A religious Muslim-Christian summit will take place next Monday at the Maronite patriarchal headquarters in Bkerké. The purpose of the meeting - Lebanese sources consulted by Agenzia Fides said ...
• 29 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five arrests for the attacks against churches in Lahore Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After an intelligence operation, the Pakistani police arrested five terrorists, suspected of having played an active role in organizing the attacks on two churches on March 15 in the district of ...
• 28 August 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Scalabrinians: international meeting to find new answers to the issue of migration Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - Migration and the responsibility of how many have the task of being leaders in the scalabrinian female congregation: This is the main theme of the meeting of the Missionary Scalabrinian Sis ...
• 28 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - India is polio-free: thanks to the collaboration between State and Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Church and State have been working together to eradicate a disease that has caused suffering to millions of people. The positive outcome is the result of a joint effort": is what Fr. Ferdinan ...