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• 28 September 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - "Pro-Syrian" prayers of the Custody of the Holy Land Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land were asked to include in the daily recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours some invocations and intercession formulas in favor of the "dear ...
• 28 September 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - President of the Episcopal Conference calls for a "vote of conscience, in freedom and without violence" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, His Exc. Mgr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Archbishop of Cumaná, asked the candidates in the upcoming presidential elections on October ...
• 28 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Bollywood Movie: blasphemous scenes towards Christians have been cut out Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The scenes considered "blasphemous" concerning people and symbols of the Christian faith in the Bollywood film "Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal" (see Fides 27/09/2012), will be eliminated before the rel ...
• 27 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous film on the Christian faith in Bollywood: mobilization of the Church Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bollywood film "Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal" ("Laugh, be happy"), to be released tomorrow, September 28, "is blasphemous, an offense against Christian faith and the faithful’s feelings." For th ...
• 27 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - "Your faith has saved you": Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Han Dan for the Year of Faith Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - "Your faith has saved you" is the title of the Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith written by His Exc. Mgr. Yang Xiang Tai, Bishop of the Diocese of Han Dan, in the province of He Bei. Accordi ...
• 27 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishop of Machado: "Disappointment for the blasphemous film, but no violence" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "We express with firm and unequivocal words, the disappointment of the Indian Church for this film considered offensive towards the Christian faith, but with peaceful words. We do not want Cat ...
• 27 September 2012
  EUROPE/GREECE - The Catholic Church against intolerance and xenophobia that aggravate the situation in the country Kerkira (Agenzia Fides) - Protests against the greek government's economic policy continue and the difficult moment that the country has been going through for a long time increases. "The problems in Greece are many and ...
• 27 September 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic and Islamic scholars agree on the new Egyptian Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Towards an agreement to resolve disputes related to the new Egyptian Constitution. This is what is reported according to the newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egyptian political parties, Al-Azhar and th ...
• 27 September 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - New computer services and better training for young people in deprived areas Bevaneviky (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to a charity initiative created in collaboration by "Computer scientists Without Borders" (CWB) an organization formed by professional volunteers of information technology, and "Moncli ...
• 27 September 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops on the November 4 elections: "an opportunity to reflect on how power is exercised and politics practiced " Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) issued a Message urging everyone to seriously reflect in view of the upcoming municipal elections. "The country's political life is now dominated b ...
• 27 September 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Islamic schools also targeted by Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamist sect Boko Haram target not only churches and schools, but also Islamic schools, as what happened on September 25 in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State (north-east Nigeria), where a gro ...
• 27 September 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - A Bishop joins the "Commission for Life and water" Tacuarembó (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of the diocese of Tacuarembó (Uruguay), His Exc. Mgr. Julio César Bonino Bonino, announced his decision to join the "Commission Tacuarembó for life and water," which aims to pr ...
• 26 September 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Archbishop of Santiago is with the students: it is necessary to get free education Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - A vibrant request, addressed to all Chileans, to commit themselves to winning back trust, was made by the Archbishop of Santiago, His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Ezzati, on the occasion of the Te Deum ce ...
• 26 September 2012
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - "Friendship is the key to winning the mutual fears of Christians and Muslims," says to Fides the Bishop of Laghouat Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to inform ourselves, and not take everything that is proposed by the press and television as a true representation of the Muslim world. They show only the negative aspects, and instead it ...
• 26 September 2012
  AFRICA - HIV/AIDS is easily curable in developed Countries, this does not happen in Africa and Madagascar: A decade of the Jesuit network AJAN Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The African Jesuit network against AIDS (AJAN) has just celebrated its ten years of life. In fact the network was set up by the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (JESAM) in ...