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• 26 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Fatwa of Ulema of Damascus: "It is legal to confiscate goods belonging to Christians, Alawites and Druze in order to buy weapons" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Life for Syrian religious minorities gets more and more difficult and in the conflict they are the most vulnerable sectors of society. As Fides learns, 36 ulemas (Muslim religious leaders) of D ...
• 26 September 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Conclusion of the 13th Plenary Assembly of the Biblical Centre for Africa and Madagascar Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – To put the Bible at the center of pastoral activities of the Church in Africa. This was the subject of discussion of the 13th Plenary Assembly of the Biblical Centre for Africa and Madagascar ...
• 26 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "The situation is critical for Christians" Lahore ( Agenzia Fides ) - "It is a very sad moment for the Church of Pakistan. The situation is very critical. The faithful Christians who died in the attack at the church of Peshawar are the innocent martyrs of faith, ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts : "The government has to seriously address the issue of sectarian violence " Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The government has to seriously address the growing religious and sectarian violence that has reached alarming proportions, as evidenced by the incident in the Church of Peshawar": says, in a n ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/LAOS - Christians expelled from a district because of their faith Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The civil authorities of the district of Atsaphangthong, in the province of Savannakhet, have determined that the Christian Lao citizens in the various villages in the district, must renounce ...
• 25 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA – End of the siege at the mall in Nairobi. Cardinal Njue visits the wounded Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Life is sacred and no one has the right to take it. We need to respect the sanctity of life", said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi during his visit to the people who were injured in t ...
• 25 September 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No food for 10,000 displaced people in 18 months in West Darfur El Geneina (Agenzia Fides) - The displaced people in refugee camps in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, are suffering a severe food crisis and live in conditions of total insecurity. One of the elders of the camp of El ...
• 25 September 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Two thousand victims rescued from human trafficking, 42% are minors Lima (Agenzia Fides) - More than two thousand victims (42% of whom are minors) of human trafficking have been rescued by the police since June 2011 to date, according to data released by the General Secretariat of the Mi ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - A library for the University of Madaba Madaba (Agenzia Fides) - Among the projects that the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has decided to support in the near future, according to the program already foreshadowed for the second half of 2013, there is also the ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA – Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo: here are the figures of the Syrian disaster Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The figures of the Syrian catastrophe do not stop the devastating number of people who die and are wounded. In a note sent to Fides Agency, Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Metropolitan of Ale ...
• 25 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou: "The Central African Republic is drifting away. The UN has to intervene" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central African Republic is now a Country adrift , with the entire population trapped like in a concentration camp, hostage of the Seleka government in turn adrift", writes Mgr. Juan Jose Ag ...
• 24 September 2013
  EUROPE/POLAND - A family of people to help future priests and consecrated persons in mission countries Niepokalanów (Agenzia Fides) - "Adopt missionary seminarians" is the slogan of the initiative that will start in Poland on 1 October, the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Patroness of the Missions, in order to p ...
• 24 September 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - First day of school for 3500 pupils in Goma Goma (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing conflicts in North Kivu have delayed the opening of the school year in Goma. Recently, however, activities of the Don Bosco Centre in Goma-Ngangi have started, as reported in a statemen ...
• 24 September 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The Year of Faith: Catechesis of the Bishop of Palencia for the internet Palencia (Agenzia Fides) – There are more than 500 people who follow the catechesis of the Bishop of Palencia (Spain), His Exc. Mgr. Esteban Escudero, through the internet. The Bishop in fact collaborates with the prog ...
• 24 September 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Sacrifice and dedication up to martyrdom: six priests ordained on the feast of St. Matthew Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – To be willing to sacrifice and dedication up to martyrdom to defend the Church: with these wishes the community of the Diocese of Han Dan (Yong Nian) has welcomed 6 new priests who were ordain ...