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28 October 2016
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Religious leaders appeal for calm on the eve of the disputed constitutional referendum
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Read the text that you are asked to approve slowly and calmly. So you can express yourself with a clear conscience, because we are talking about the future of our Country", said His Exc. Mgr. J ...
28 October 2016
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Princesa, appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October 2016, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa (Philippines), presented by His Ex ...
28 October 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Pope and religious leaders of South Sudan: "Forgiveness and acceptance of the other is the privileged path to building peace"
Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday the Holy Father received in audience in the Vatican the principal Christian religious leaders of South Sudan: His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Archbishop of Juba, Rev. Danie ...
28 October 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace in Kashmir: religious leaders' appeal
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Condemnation of the atrocities committed in Kashmir and a strong plea for peace: is the message spread by the representatives of various faiths, Muslim, Christian and Hindu, gathered in the "A ...
27 October 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Do not continue with this clash", warns Cardinal Urosa Savino
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The first meeting between the opposition and the government representatives to determine how to continue dialogue and unblock the serious situation in which the country finds itself will take pl ...
27 October 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appeal to the Heads of State of the Great Lakes: "Terrorism is a threat to the entire area"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Need to also face the issue of security in North Kivu". This is the appeal launched by the Study Centre for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (CEPADHO) in Beni, in eastern Dem ...
27 October 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Release of 145 child soldiers
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan there are currently about 16,000 child soldiers involved in local armed groups and the national army. So far this year other 800 have been recruited. An initiative promoted by the Un ...
27 October 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch visits the liberated towns of the Nineveh Plain: "It is our Holy Land"
Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako with his auxiliary Bishop Basileo Salim Yado visited the five Christian towns of the Nineveh Plain already released in the concerted military operat ...
27 October 2016
EUROPE/SPAIN - Conclusion of the Meeting of Bishops of Southern Spain
Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Bishops of southern Spain, which includes the dioceses of Seville, Granada, Almería, Cádiz and Ceuta, Córdoba, Guadix, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Jerez ended in Cordoba (Spai ...
27 October 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A case of alleged blasphemy solved thanks to political and religious leaders
Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Islamic religious leaders who intervened to resolve a case of alleged blasphemy in Quetta, the Pakistani province of Baluchistan played a decisive role regarding two Christians. As ...
27 October 2016
AFRICA/ANGOLA - "The conflict in the DRC threatens peace in the whole region", says the Vice President of Kenya
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Great Lakes Region is a threat to all States of the region underlined the Vice President of Kenya, William Ruto, during the summit which opened on October 26, in Luanda (An ...
26 October 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Supreme Court judge, who refused to hear Asia Bibi’s death penalty appeal, resigns
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge, Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, who on October 13, 2016, suddenly withdrew from the final death sentence appeal of Asia Bibi, causing a postponement of the hearing, ...
26 October 2016
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - OAS Observer in Nicaragua, the Bishops call for authentic dialogue
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has officially accepted a formal invitation from the government of Nicaragua to visit the country, on 5, 6 and 7 November, ...
26 October 2016
EUROPE/SPAIN - Holywins not Halloween: holiness wins
Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - Several Spanish dioceses have encouraged the faithful to celebrate the feast of "Holywins" on 31 October, with images and costumes of saints, virgins and religious, in response to the most pop ...
26 October 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Archdiocese of Kisangani condemns the killing of Don Mulimbi
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn the cowardly murder of a servant of God who gave his life for the people. We demand thorough investigations to be carried out", says a statement of the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi for ...
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