ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Church: Justice, the path to reconciliation
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The path of Justice is important to reach authentic reconciliation in Sri Lanka": says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando, head of social communications in the Archdiocese of Colombo. " ...
16 February 2016
ASIA/SYRIA - Caritas volunteer killed in Aleppo by a mortar shell
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - His name was Elias Abiad and was only 22 years old. The young volunteer of Caritas Syria was killed on Saturday, February 13th in Aleppo by mortar shells which fell in the area of Sulaymaniyah. T ...
16 February 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Beginning of the Year of Education in Faisalabad
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the Pakistani diocese of Faisalabad, during the Jubilee of Mercy, the special "Year of Education" has begun. As reported to Fides, in the solemn opening ceremony, which took place on Febru ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The murderer of Salman Taseer asks presidential pardon
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed criminal of Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab, gunned down five years ago for defending Asia Bibi, has applied for clemency to the President of Pakistan. The death ...
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Message: "During Lent rediscover chastity"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Created for love, created for chastity": is the title of the message of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines who express their concern regarding the phenomenon of pornography.
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ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "During Lent charity without hypocrisy"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Charity without hypocrisy: is what the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said, who during the Mass of Ash Wednesday tackled some concerns such as poverty and environment, but rese ...