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• 2 October 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Even for disabled children an opportunity to receive adequate education Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Madagascar there are about 200 000 children who are excluded from school because they are handicapped. In 2008, the Government had issued a decree with the introduction of a program prov ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer and Fasting to say "No" to anti-Christian violence New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Christian communities, of all denominations, scattered in different states of the Indian Federation, live today, October 2, a special day of community prayer and fasting, to invoke ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Churches’ appeal: "Save the religious, historical and cultural heritage of the country" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to the heartfelt and urgent appeal to keep innocent civilians out of the conflict, the Christian churches of Syria launch a new message: "We join our voices to those of internation ...
• 2 October 2012
  VATICAN - "Bibliographia Missionary" has been published for the year 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Library of the Pontifical Urban University has published the LXXV volume of " Bibliographia Missionaria" for the year 2011. This work is unique in its kind, it offers vast documentation ...
• 1 October 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope during the Angelus recalls the suffering of the people in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus prayer at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday, September 30, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the tragic violence of the population in the eastern pa ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Pastoral Letters of three Bishops for the Year of Faith have been published Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There are several diocesan Bishops in mainland China who have published their Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith. Three of them published them on the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, on Sept ...
• 1 October 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "There is a link between faith and dignity of human life": Respect Life Month begins Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the United States is getting ready for the month of October with a series of initiatives to promote the defense of life. The first will take place on Sunday, October 7, ...
• 1 October 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - We start from culture to build "Dialogue for Peace" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Mario Ángel Flores Ramos, Rector of the Pontifical University of Mexico, announced the meeting of different intellectuals, religious and professors in the country, with the aim of pr ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child soldiers and young suicide bombers increase Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan there are more than 10 million child workers between 10 and 15 years of age, many of whom work in fisheries, mines and kilns. According to the latest annual report of the Society f ...
• 1 October 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "This is not a war of religion, but Christians are exacerbated while cartoons against the Prophet harm us" say Church sources Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not want a war of religion, but Christians are fed up with the attacks against their places of worship" say to Fides Agency sources of the local Church in Nairobi. In the capital yesterda ...
• 1 October 2012
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Cardinal Filoni: a new "missionary audacity" for the new frontiers of mission Paris (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelizing is never a simple thing. In some countries in order to evangelize, an authentic missionary boldness is necessary. This is the case of Tibet: not only today, but since the first attem ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Blasphemy on Facebook: Buddhist temples destroyed by Islamic extremists, Christians are frightened Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - There are 22 Buddhist temples on fire, as well as two Hindu temples and more than 100 private houses: this is the toll of a day of violence committed by more than 20 thousand Muslim militants ...
• 1 October 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - "We appreciate the President's efforts for peace and national unity," write the Bishops Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray, like all Malians, for the Country’s unity and for the return of peace," write the Bishops of Mali in a letter addressed to the President ad interim, Dioncounda Traoré. The document, ...
• 29 September 2012
  VATICAN - October - a month full of missionary events Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (1873-1897), proclaimed Patroness of the Missions in 1927 with St. Francis Xavier, marks on October 1st the beginning of Missionary October, whi ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians after the blasphemy film on Mohammed: a Bishop injured Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan are the target of violence on behalf of Islamic extremists who pour out on them feelings of anger and revenge after the release of the movie "The Innocence of Muslims," bla ...