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• 19 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA – Syrian-Orthodox priest and laity arrested by Kurd military Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) – Members of the Kurd armed forces connected with Pyd (Kurdish Democratic Union Party, Syrian section of Pkk) since Monday 16 February have been holding, Syrian-Orthodox priest Abba Gabriel Dao ...
• 19 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionary says: “someone wants to destabilise Mindanao” Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – Learn from painful experience and errors, in order to build a future of reconciliation: this is how PIME missionary Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra, founder of the Silsilah movement for dialo ...
• 19 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA – Muslims re-launch “pluralism and respect for minorities” Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The importance of values such as pluralism, respect for minorities, tolerance, dialogue, unity among believers of different faiths: these were some of the key words heard during the Indones ...
• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – Christian and Muslim religious leaders: “the peace process must not be abandoned” Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Philippines government “must not abandon the peace process in Southern Philippines”, if it is to avoid more massacres such as those in Mamasapano: this is the call launched by Christian ...
• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch urges Muslims: Join us in our Lenten fast to obtain the gift of peace Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – An invitation to “Muslim brothers and sisters” to join for a few days the annual Christian time of fasting to obtain “as soon as possible the gift of peace, stability and a dignified lif ...
• 18 February 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign 2015 starts today, theme "Brotherhood: Church and Society " Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Brazilian National Conference of Catholic Bishops (CNBB) opens the Fraternity Campaign 2015. As customary, on Ash Wednesday, at the head offices in Brasilia (DF), Bishop Leonardo U ...
• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister promises protection for minorities, bishops call for “concrete action” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Words to be followed by concrete action: with this remark the Catholic Bishops of India responded to a statement by India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who promised commitment on the pa ...
• 18 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The poor are the ones who pay the price of corrupt politicians” Bishops denounce Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “Corruption is a temptation for everyone, Pope Francis has said, observing that the poor are those who pay the price of corrupt politicians, businessmen and church men who neglect pastor ...
• 18 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops: “No to human trafficking, abominable business and one of the most profitable” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “Human trafficking is said to be one of the three most lucrative businesses in the world – along with drugs and arms. And it is on the rise in Africa – South Africa has become a parti ...
• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - President Rohani: massacre of Copts: now, whoever funds these jihadists must be made to beg for pardon Teheran (Agenzia Fides) – The Islamic Republic of Iran “strongly condemns” the “inhuman and savage" murder of the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya by jihadists affiliated with the so-called Islamic State ( ...
• 18 February 2015
  AFRICA/TANZANIA – Kidnapping of one year old albino toddler triggers indignation Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – The kidnapping of an albino boy has raised widespread indignation among Tanzanians, who are demanding measures against witch doctors and the use of body parts in magic practices. The one ...
• 17 February 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - During Lent let us assess our spirit of mission: message from Archbishop Arancedo Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) – “The spirit of mission is not evading my duties or my personal relations, instead it is generous concrete witness of my faith in my daily life”: writes Argentinean Archbishop José María ...
• 17 February 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Antonios Aziz Mina: Libya’s martyrs died with the name of Christ on their lips Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Copts slaughtered in Libya by jihadist of the so-called Islamic State died with the name of Christ on their lips. This was confirmed to Fides by Anba Antonios Aziz Mina, Coptic Catholic Bish ...
• 17 February 2015
  EUROPE/POLAND – National Mission Congress: missionary cooperation and conversion Lodz (Agenzia Fides) – The programme of the 4th National Mission Congress to be held 12 to 14 June 2015, was the focus of a National Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) Poland, which took place 9 and 10 ...
• 17 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA – Hopes grow in religious minorities for greater security and more tolerance Jacarta (Agenzia Fides) – Hopes grow in religious minorities for greater security and more tolerance. With the presidency of moderate Joko Widodo, communities such as Ahmad and Christians, express good wishes, judging ...