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3 September 2018
AFRICA/KENYA- The Church focuses on social communications to contribute to evangelization
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is coming at the right time, soon we will have the radio, so the agents will contribute to the radio programs because people need to know what happens at the grass root levels" said His Exc. ...
3 September 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Abuse of the blasphemy law: the floor to the government of Imran Khan
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The improper use of the blasphemy law continues in Pakistan, but "it is still unlikely that amendments to defuse these abuses are applied to the controversial legislation", says a Pakistani journ ...
3 September 2018
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops of Asia united: Forum for peace on the Korean peninsula
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To share an approach of peace and reconciliation applied to politics and society, to share experiences and launch a message of unity: with this spirit, Cardinals and Bishops from all over Asia a ...
3 September 2018
ASIA/ISRAEL - The project of a city reserved for "Aramaean Christians" has been submitted to the government
Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The project to build a new city reserved for "Aramaean Christians", motivated also with the intention of guarding the language and their Aramaic culture, has been submitted to the attention of ...
22 August 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians welcome address of Prime Minister but lament absence of representatives of religious minorities in the Federal Cabinet
Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - - "Pakistan’s religious minority citizens still face challenges and serious issues and welcome the fact that Prime Minister Imran Khan has raised the question of equal rights for all citizen ...
10 August 2018
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Release of political prisoners: an important step towards peace
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 August 2018, on the eve of Independence Day, the President of the Republic of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara decided to grant pardon to about 800 political prisoners including Simone Gb ...
10 August 2018
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Government anti-drug campaign: the Church's commitment to the rehabilitation of drug addicts
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Father Luciano Airel Felloni, an Argentinian missionary who has lived in the Philippines for twenty years, has started a serious effort to rehabilitate drug addicts and lead them to live a meanin ...
10 August 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic lay elected in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic layman Anthony Naveed is the only Christian member elected in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (southern Pakistan). Chosen by the Pakistan People Party (PPP), he will be present in the ...
10 August 2018
ASIA/SYRIA - The monastery of St. Tekla in Maalula reopens
Maalula (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox monastery of St. Tekla, in the Syrian town of Maalula, will soon be open again to the visits of pilgrims and tourists. In fact, reconstruction work on the monastery is nearing compl ...
9 August 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "A call to pray and serve my people and the universal Church"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "I am not chosen because I am the most capable". This is God's plan for me: serving him close to the Holy Father. It is a responsibility and a call to pray and serve more. My elevation to Cardin ...
9 August 2018
AFRICA/EGYPT - "St. Mary’s fast": Copts pray for the Patriarch and monasteries after the murder of Bishop Epiphanios
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Christians all over the world are experiencing the 15 days of "Holy Virgin Mary’s fast" praying with particular intentions for their Patriarch Tawadros II and for the monasteries ...
8 August 2018
ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "After the earthquake, the displaced are desperate: humanitarian aid is urgently needed"
Mataram (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a need for humanitarian aid for the thousands of people affected by the recent earthquake on the tourist island of Lombok": says to Agenzia Fides Catholic Catholic priest Fr. Laurenciu ...
8 August 2018
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Threats to those assisting Venezuelan immigrants, while the border reopens
Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - From death threats to members of the Jesuit Refugees and Migrants Service (SJMR), and to media attacks against members of the Catholic community, the Church responds with "a refusal to any inc ...
8 August 2018
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Churches burned and priests killed in the Somali region
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Patriarch Matthias I and the Holy Synod of the Tewahedo Orthodox Church of Ethiopia have decided to offer 16 days of fasting and prayer that precede and follow the liturgical solemnity of th ...
8 August 2018
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean Youth Day is approaching
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul will host the fourth Korean Youth Day, which is celebrated from 11 to 15 August on the theme "It is me; do not be afraid" (Jn 6:20) ). "The experience will see almost 2,00 ...
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