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16 September 2017
ASIA/JAPAN - Pastoral visit to Japan by Cardinal Filoni starts tomorrow
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow Sunday 17 September, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, will arrive in Japan for a pastoral visit which will conclude on 26 Septem ...
16 September 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi crisis: “amidst suffering we continue to hope”, Bishop says
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation in Marawi continues to be critical, but we hope for a positive outcome. News is encouraging, we know our hostage Catholics are alive and that the army has guaranteed they will ...
16 September 2017
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Inclusive dialogue only path to peace: bishops make new appeal to overcome political crisis
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “Inclusive dialogue is the only path to peace” the Bishops of Burundi say in a message issued at the end of a Plenary Assembly and read out in all parishes at every Mass on Sunday 10 Septe ...
15 September 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Appeal by Maronite Bishop Matar to stop installation of high tension cables ignored
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – So far public requests by Maronite Archbishop Boulos Matar of Beirut addressed to the highest institutional charges in Lebanon to reconsider a project for the installation of high tension ...
15 September 2017
ASIA/TURKEY - New deadlock in process to elect Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – The process to elect a new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople is again at a stage of stalemate, due to episodes of silent boycotting on the part of Turkish institutions as well as pers ...
15 September 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy on WhatsApp: Christian youth condemned to death
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian youth accused of blasphemy has been condemned to death by a high court in Gujarat, Pakistani Punjab. Nadeem James, aged 24, living in the Christian community of Yaqoobabad, was ac ...
15 September 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Eight days after earthquake: 90 dead, villages still totally isolated, aid hub: Mexico's Catholic Church
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – A week has passed since the tremendous 7 September earth quake in Mexico epicentre area of Pijijiapan, in Chiapas, followed by 634 after-quakes, which left thousands of families homeless and c ...
15 September 2017
AFRICA/TOGO - “We are seriously concerned about what may come now” National Director Pontifical Mission Societies tells Fides
Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is still worrying in a Lomé. Since my return to Togo on 23 August tension is high with Opposition protests” Fides was told by Rev Donald Charif-Dine Fadaz, National Director of ...
14 September 2017
AMERICA/PERU - Lake Titicaca: a route without any control for the trafficking of children
Puno (Agenzia Fides) - To raise awareness among citizens about the serious crime of trafficking and establish common working criteria between the Church, society and the State in order to reduce these cases that occur da ...
14 September 2017
AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We are tired of the impunity of guerrillas": protest of civil society in northern Kivu who call for greater security
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Some "dead city days" in Beni and Butembo (in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo) to protest the insecurity that persists in the area due to the presence of numerous arm ...
14 September 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Christians divided on the Kurdish independence referendum. The Chaldean Patriarchate: there is a risk of armed conflict
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - While September 25th approaches, date of the referendum announced by the government of the autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan to sanction its independence from Baghdad, there are contrasting s ...
14 September 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - In Parliament the case of the Christian student killed in school
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The case of Sharon Masih is tragic and a shame for the country. It is necessary to act urgently. That is why I have asked all members of the National Assembly to reconsider the issue of the s ...
13 September 2017
ASIA/INDIA - A Jesuit: "India must be united in the defense of pluralism, against emerging violent forces"
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "The premeditated murder of Gauri Lankesh is an unprecedented offense to the nation and causes rage, shock, and sadness. Gauri represented the best of a free and fearless India that respects t ...
13 September 2017
AMERICA/CHILE - "Let us share the journey of life with everyone": Rancagua and the commitment to migrants
Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years it has been estimated that more than half a million migrants have arrived in Chile, mostly from the countries of America. Several thousand arrived in the O'Higgins region, at th ...
13 September 2017
AFRICA/KENYA - Religious Kenian confessions: "The Electoral Commission must assure a credible vote"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) should focus on the coming elections by ensuring that they put their house in order first. Do not drive with the rear mirror on. You do no ...
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