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• 1 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Interreligious prayer on the Day of Creation Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The first World Day of Prayer for the protection of creation, which is held today, September 1, will be celebrated in India with interreligious meetings. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by ...
• 1 September 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We cannot accept violence, we have to react": the Archbishop of Cordoba at the funeral of the murdered priest Alta Gracia (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot accept the culture of death, it seems that the lives of people has no value. We must react, we cannot accept violence". This is what His Exc. Mgr. Carlos José Nanez, Archbishop o ...
• 1 September 2015
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appeal to release children detained in the center for immigrants in Nauru Yaren (Agenzia Fides) - A Committee of the Australian Senate has just presented a document that defines the "inadequate, inappropriate and unsafe" living conditions of asylum seekers at the detention center in Nauru. On ...
• 1 September 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Heads of Churches: the protests risk being "infiltrated" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Popular protests against the political class that for weeks have been shaking Lebanon, represent a legitimate expression of "democratic" pressure against factions and discredited politicians, lar ...
• 1 September 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young friends of the environment, starting from small daily practices Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To protect the environment, respect nature, adopt new lifestyles starting from small daily practices: with this spirit some young volunteers launched a campaign inspired by the recent encyclical o ...
• 1 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Christian schools strikes against "discriminatory measures" of the government Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Christian schools in Israel will begin a number of strikes as of today, September 1, just when the new school year begins in the Country. Through the extreme measure of suspension of all schoo ...
• 1 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Francis Xavier" Philosophical Seminary in Agra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 5, 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Tharcius Britto as Rector of the "St. Francis Xavier" Regional Philo ...
• 31 August 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - New reception facility for the poorest families who live on the outskirts of the capital Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The new reception center recently opened by the Pope John XXIII Community (APG23), destined to welcome the poorest families, especially single mothers with children, is situated in the Cr ...
• 31 August 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of the PMS of Cone sur: from Ad Gentes to Evangelii Gaudium Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - With a small mission in Berazategui, in the Diocese of Argentina's Quilmes, the meeting of the National Directors and the Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Southe ...
• 31 August 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "People fear that the peace agreements may not be respected", said the Auxiliary of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - People rejoiced because of the peace agreement but did not publicly manifest it because they fear that it will not be applied. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Santo Loku Pio Doggale, Auxiliary Bishop of ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate delivers a dossier on the abuses suffered by Christians in Baghdad to the authorities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - There are 14 cases of illegal expropriations of real estate of Christians in Baghdad documented in the first dossier that the Chaldean Patriarchate delivered yesterday to the leaders of the comm ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - In Orissa the Day of Remembrance for the victims of anti-Christian massacres Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The "Day of Remembrance" which will commemorate the victims of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in the district of Khandamal in 2008 will be held today, August 31, in Orissa. As report ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Islamic-Christian summit postponed, while protests against politicians continue Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic-Christian summit scheduled for today, Monday, August 31, to be held at the Maronite patriarchal see in Bkerké, has been postponed until a later date. This was reported by Lebanese of ...
• 31 August 2015
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Prayer and solidarity of the Church for the tragic accident of the girls Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - Daily prayers until 6 September to commemorate the young victims of the road accident on August 28 in Swaziland. This was decided by Mgr. José Luis Ponce de León, IMC, Bishop of Manzini. Acc ...
• 31 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple lynched for blasphemy: the police accused of negligence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan criticized the inaction of the police in front of the lynching of the Christian couple Shahzad and Shama Masih, accused of blasphemy and killed in Kot Radha Kishan, ...