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15 November 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslim Governor of Jakarta criticized at the school of Jesuits
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of the new governor of Jakarta, the Muslim, Anies Baswedan, at the 90th anniversary of the prestigious male college, Canisius College, run by the Jesuits in Indonesia, generated a l ...
15 November 2017
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The encounter with God in the city of Kapchagay
Kapchagay (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in Kazakhstan I experience every day that every little help, insignificant in appearance, for many people can be a key step in restoring dignity. I have seen vagrants find a job, those w ...
15 November 2017
ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - After Maronite Patriarch's visit, the first inter-religious dialogue center in Saudi territory could open
Riyadh (Agenzia Fides) - One of the concrete fruits of the brief but important visit to Saudi Arabia by Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai could be the green light of the Saudi monarchy to the creation of a permanent Interna ...
14 November 2017
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Elections in Somaliland, Mgr. Bertin: "Democracy is possible in the Horn of Africa"
Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) – The vote in Somalia gives hope and represents an encouraging form of democracy: the November 13 elections, to choose the president who will succeed Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, took place regularly ...
14 November 2017
ASIA/IRAN - Iranian priest: Christians donate blood and collect aid for the brothers and sisters killed in the earthquake
Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities present in Iran "are involved in the mobilization to assist Iranian brothers and sisters affected by last Sunday’s earthquake. Many go to donate blood, and they all pray f ...
14 November 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - 2018 "Year of Unity" in Jakarta, to "practice the Pancasilla"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 2018 will be for the faithful of the Archdiocese of Jakarta the "Year of Unity": as Fides learns, this was decided and announced by Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo, highlighting the three-year pasto ...
14 November 2017
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The case of the assassination of missionary Vicente Cañas, defender of the indigenous, reopens
Cuiabá (Agenzia Fides) - "Kiwxí" was the Indian name of Jesuit missionary Vicente Cañas, who together with his confrere Fr. Thomaz Aquino Lisbôa made the first contacts with the indigenous peoples living in the north ...
14 November 2017
AMERICA/PERU - Horror and violence against ashaninka communities, in the memory of a Franciscan nun
Puerto Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Ocopa is a town in the district of Río Tambo, province of Satipo (Junín). It is one of the areas most affected by the violence of the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group (PCP-SL), whi ...
14 November 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic radical protesters take to the street: "Put Asia Bibi to death"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi’s death penalty, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and awaiting trial before the Supreme Court; resignation of the Minister of Justice Zahid Hamid; release of Is ...
14 November 2017
AFRICA - Migrants and land-grabbing, spies of injustice; the commitment of all against fake news
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Migrants from Africa are the spies of a series of global economic and social injustices who call all to work for true justice based on solidarity: this is the sense of the series of speeches during ...
13 November 2017
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - For East Timor: Social and economic development is priority
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of East Timor need real development. People in my country need education and a quality health system, food security that is generated through technical expertise on agriculture, infrast ...
13 November 2017
ASIA/PALESTINE - The "Arafat Prize" awarded to Latin Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah
Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah delivered the "Arafat Prize" to Michel Sabbah, Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem of the Latins, for the exceptional role he carried out in serving "the cause of Pale ...
13 November 2017
AMERICA/ECUADOR - To build the "Amazonian face" of the Catholic Church
Quito (Ecuador) - The call to create a "Church with an Amazonian face" is a great challenge that opens after Pope Francis’ invitation "to explore paths, expressions and processes that help build and structure a model o ...
13 November 2017
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - With Caritas "voluntary work" is born in Central Asia
Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the challenges of Caritas of Almaty is to create a spirit and sensitivity towards charitable actions within people. Kazakhstan does not want to be considered a 'developing country': on th ...
13 November 2017
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - An attack against a peace concert in the Muslim area relights tensions in Bangui
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Four dead and about twenty injured is the toll of the explosive attack against a coffee bar on November 11 in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic.
Some strangers threw an explosive w ...
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