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9 October 2017
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Bishops: it is necessary to develop an inclusive and sustainable economy
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The “Justice and Peace” Commission of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council (ACSJC) presents the new report entitled "Everyone’s Business: Developing an inclusive and sustainable e ...
7 October 2017
AFRICA/LIBYA - Libyan authorities confirm: the bodies of the 21 Coptic martyrs have been found
Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, October 6, the Libyan General Prosecutor officially confirmed the finding of the bodies of the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were beheaded in 2015 by jihadists linked to the Islamic ...
7 October 2017
EUROPE/ITALY - "Mission is possible": Mission Festival is born
Brescia (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 October Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples will preside the solemn opening Mass of the "Mission Festival" to be held in Brescia from 12 ...
7 October 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops invite to vote and announce a Day of Prayer on October 13
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis that the Country is facing is still there. This is the context in which the elections for state Governors have been announced. This is an electoral process of constitutional rank tha ...
7 October 2017
ASIA/INDIA - The "small communities", the heart of the Church's mission in Kerala
Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - The "Basic ecclesial communities" are at the heart of the Church's mission today and are "the new way of being a Church": according to the Latin Church of Kerala (state in the south of India) tha ...
6 October 2017
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Not even one young person must die for drugs": a year ago Father Viroche's death
Tucuman (Agenzia Fides) - "Ni un pibe menos por la droga" (Not even one young person must die for drugs): this is what Mgr. Fernando Maletti, Bishop of Merlo-Moreno and representative of the National Commission for drug ...
6 October 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops deplore "the ingratitude" of Syrian refugees who commit crimes
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The growing involvement of refugees in the escalation of crimes committed in Lebanon is fueling intolerance among the Lebanese population towards refugees. And the crimes committed by the Syrian ...
6 October 2017
ASIA/CHINA - The testimony of Msgr. Silvestro Li Jiantang: 14 years of forced labor for his faith
Taiyuan (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 August, at 5:50 pm, His Exc. Msgr. Silvestro Li Jiantang, Archbishop Emeritus of Taiyuan, in Shanxi Province (Mainland China) passed away. He was almost 93 years old and died in the home, ...
6 October 2017
ASIA/CHINA - Msgr. Paolo Xie Tingzhe, a passionate evangeliser and formator of future priests
Urumqi (Agenzia Fides) - On August 14, at 8:25 am, at the age of 86, His Exc. Msgr. Paolo Xie Tingzhe, Bishop/Apostolic Prefect of Xinjiang-Urumqi, in Xinjiang (Mainland China), passed away in the town of Urumqi. He was ...
6 October 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination against religious minorities is "institutionalized"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Pakistani region of Sindh, in the south of Pakistan, issued a public competition announcement at the end of September for some jobs in the police administration. Among the p ...
6 October 2017
AMERICA/ANTILLE - Still a very slow recovery after the passage of the hurricanes
Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - The area most affected by recent Hurricane Irma regards the northern islands of the Antilles (see Fides 20/9/2017). The most affected and damaged dioceses are Saint John's-Basseterre, whic ...
6 October 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - Families of the "Martyrs of Libya" ask the government for confirmation regarding the announced discovery of the bodies of their relatives
Minya (Agenzia Fides) – The families of the 21 Copts beheaded in Libya in 2015 by jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) have addressed the Egyptian Foreign Ministry an urgent request to confirm the discovery of the de ...
6 October 2017
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Vice President poisoned. Tension increases. The Bishops: "No to violence"
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Tension increases in Zimbabwe after the announcement that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was poisoned. Mnangagwa fell ill in August and was hospitalized in South Africa, where doctors said h ...
5 October 2017
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The possibility of becoming a candidate again: "A serious damage to democracy"
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "A serious damage to democracy" is how the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) defined the decision of the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal to accept the request of the Movement for Socialism ...
5 October 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Francis greets the Egyptian delegation who went to the Vatican to promote the "The Path of the Holy Family"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – During the General Audience on Wednesday, October 4, Pope Francis welcomed the large Egyptian delegation who are in Rome to promote pilgrimages along the "The Path of Holy Family", the itinerary ...
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