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• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Qadri’s lawyer is the former judge who denied Asia Bibi forgiveness Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The story that binds the lives of Asia Bibi, Salman Taseer and Mumtaz Qadri, is shaking the country, generating a heated debate and protests, while Qadri’s appeal is in progress, the governor o ...
• 14 October 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Possible arson destroys Malawi’s Bishops’ headquarters Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – An arsonist may have started a fire that destroyed theoffices of the Malawi Catholic bishops’ Conference, in the capital Lilongwe. A source provided reports to "Aid to the Church in Need", ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 2, 2011 appointed National Director of Pontifical Mission in East Timor for the years ...
• 14 October 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Monitoring program for victims of violence in Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Official statistics speak of 3 million people who have been dispossessed from their lands and properties in Colombia because of armed conflicts that have affected the country for years. The prote ...
• 14 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - While the country is experiencing a climate of high tension, the Bishops stress that "dialogue is the path to solve problems" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Bolivia issued a separate statement to help calm the tense atmosphere that lives in the country. In the note sent to Fides, together with the Bishops’ statement, we ...
• 13 October 2011
  VATICAN - Witnesses of faith, hope and love in today's world of indifference and individualism: the Pontifical Missionary College St. Paul celebrated the new academic year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon, October 12, the Pontifical Missionary College St. Paul the Apostle celebrated the inauguration of the new academic year through a solemn Eucharist presided by His Excellency Ms ...
• 13 October 2011
  VATICAN - "Give voice to children": the strong point of the Secretary General of the Holy Childhood Association Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The commitment of Holy Childhood Association is to raise children’s awareness that they have a role to carry out in the Church today and not only that of tomorrow" explains Ms. Baptistin ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Minister for Harmony provides "more protection in jail for Asia Bibi" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for inter-religious harmony – appointed as a delegate for religious minorities - has "intensified all the controls of the case and ordered an internal investigation" to ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Torture, arbitrary detention, drug crimes: reform of the prison system is urgently needed slamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic story of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and imprisoned unjustly in Shiekupura (in Punjab), brings the attention back on the old question of degradation ...
• 13 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Last night the capture (then denied) of Gaddafi's son was celebrated", said Msgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Late last night several gun fire shots were heard as a sign of celebration. Usually this happens when you obtain an important goal or capture a personality of the former regime. But I have no c ...
• 13 October 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "The words of Benedict XVI encourage us and we will spread the words in our parishes", says the Director of the PMS in Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The last words spoken by the Holy Father yesterday, encourage us and we will reread them during World Mission Day" says Fr. Nabil Fayez Antoun to Fides, National Director of the Pontifical Missi ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of the Laity: the importance of catechetical formation and a practical life of faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catechetical formation and to live faith concretely are two fundamental elements for the growth and the deepening of Christians’ faith, especially in the Year of the Laity, that the diocese ...
• 13 October 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope's sorrow for the violence in Cairo and the invitation to pray for "true peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, October 12, held in St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI expressed regret for the violence that took place on Sunday in Cairo, inviting us ...
• 13 October 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionaries from 11 countries are studying the Brazilian reality in which they will work Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the Mission Cultural Center of Brazil twenty missionaries from abroad are participating in the 106th edition of the course promoted by CENFI (Center for Intercultural Formation) as an intro ...
• 13 October 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The worst forms of child labor continue to occur Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - In Guinea Bissau and Mauritania, despite the law does not allow it, there are still the worst forms of child exploitation. In Mauritania, the law prohibits work for children under the age of 14, ...