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• 16 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Director of a Christian magazine: "With the Pope we say no to the vilification of Islam" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Freedom of press is sacred, but it cannot be used to offend, ridicule or insult religion, especially the Islamic religion, which is very sensitive to the issue of blasphemy. We found a source of ...
• 16 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – The Bishops of Guerrero appreciate the good will of the army Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the four dioceses of the area of Guerrero have positively judged the army's decision to give free access to military facilities to families looking for the 42 students who disapp ...
• 15 January 2015
  NORTHERN EUROPE - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 12, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed deacon rev. Kaare Nielsen, of the diocesan clergy of Kobenhavn (Denma ...
• 15 January 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Over 3000 child beggars on the streets of big cities Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Near the traffic lights of the Las Colinas colony in Tegucigalpa children continuously beg. The many young children between 2 and 15 years of age are forced by adults to this kind of life an ...
• 15 January 2015
  AMERICA - New web portal of CELAM, to reach the "suburbs" of the continent Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "A portal of portals", this is how the new web page can be described that was opened recently by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) and is promoted by all the Bishops' Conferences of L ...
• 15 January 2015
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Twenty years with Blessed Peter ToRot, an example for every Christian Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "Twenty years ago, in January 1995, Peter ToRot, catechist and martyr was beatified in Port Moresby. This historic event certainly gave a new dimension of enthusiasm for the life and the presenc ...
• 15 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Director of the PMS: "The Pope in the Philippines shows us mercy towards the last" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "It will be a journey of compassion, even the official theme chosen, 'Mercy and compassion', explains it. The Pope is in the Philippines and will give a testimony of closeness and compassion towa ...
• 15 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: the cartoons on Muhammad are offensive Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The cartoons on Muhammad published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo are "offensive" and any insult must be rejected "at all levels". This is how Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II ...
• 15 January 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Divine Word Missionaries from Asia, Africa and Oceania work in Argentina Oberá (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 15, the feast of Saint Arnold Janssen, founder of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), the Bishop of the diocese of Oberá (Argentina), His Exc. Mgr. Damián Santiago Bitar, recal ...
• 15 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER – Project of a social-medical centre in Dosso, for the welfare of women and children Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - In an attempt to address the situation of particular urgency and improve health coverage in the Region, the Movement for the Struggle Against World Hunger and the Diocese of Lodi (Italy) have init ...
• 15 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite League: a UN resolution against the attacks on religions is needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Governing Council of the Maronite League met on Wednesday, January 14 and condemned what happened in France last week as an "attack on human rights and human dignity, which is in contradictio ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Bishops' Holy Land Coordination visit the Cremisan Valley Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The 16 Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination – body that brings together Bishops and representatives of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe and North America (see Fides 07/01/2015; 12/01/201 ...
• 14 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Corruption: a serious disease that has infected all Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is seriously injured and infected with a bacterium that has brought democracy to the point of death: corruption, a common practice that has become 'something natural', to the po ...
• 14 January 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI – Parliament dissolved, demonstrations against President increase Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Parliament in Haiti has been dissolved after the failure of last-ditch negotiations over a new electoral law, according to a twitter sent to Fides. President Michel Martelly now effective ...
• 14 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Signs of hope but still too much violence, also due to the strong movement of weapons", say the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Muslim and Christian communities are beginning to talk to each other and seek peace" say the Bishops of the Central African Republic in their message entitled "Therefore choose life" publish ...