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• 11 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Mass celebrated again in the Nineveh Plain Tel Isqof (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean church of St. George in the village of Tel Isqof, in an area of the Nineveh Plain disputed between jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) and Pershmerga Kurdish troops, was reopened ...
• 11 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – To cancel foreign debt in order to contribute to the reconstruction after Typhoon Haiyan Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which hit the central Philippines in November 2013, religious organizations, environmental groups, human rights organizations have su ...
• 11 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The government presents a commission of inquiry on the tetanus vaccination after the protests of the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Health of Kenya established a Commission of Inquiry into the controversial campaign of vaccination against tetanus, which the Catholic Church affirms hides a program of forced st ...
• 11 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Show all the corruption and lies of those who have turned away from God and from the truth Campeche (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a very corrupt country, where the people and the politicians are not interested in living in the truth" complained the Bishop of Campeche, His Exc. Mgr. José Francisco Gonzalez, in ...
• 10 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The poor and the marginalized become producers of their food Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) - El Vergel is a community in the region of Durango, located three hours from Pijijiapan, Chiapas. To get there you have to cross over 30 miles of dirt roads, with very dangerous slopes, that beco ...
• 10 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops' appeal: "No more corruption and violence! Thorough investigation is needed" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, November 7, in Chilpancingo, the Attorney General, Jesús Murillo, met the parents of the 43 students missing in Ayotzinapa (see Fides 10/10/2014), and told them the confession of ...
• 10 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest: "Punish the muggers of Kasur and repeal the blasphemy law" Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Bring to justice the muggers who killed the Christian couple in Kasur on November 4; take immediate action to repeal the blasphemy law: are the requests made by hundreds of Christians who demonstr ...
• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox: may the Churches unify the dates for the Easter celebration Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - A new appeal to all Christian Churches so that they celebrate the solemnity of Easter on the same date has been launched by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, Tawadros II. According to what Agenzia F ...
• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Without outside help the Country is collapsing", says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Malawi is experiencing an uncertain period with regards to its democratic experience", says Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary, in a note sent to Agenzia Fides, while the local Bish ...
• 10 November 2014
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Two other US citizens released Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller, two American citizens who were detained in North Korea for religious reasons, were released and arrived in the United States. Bae thanked the North Korean gove ...
• 10 November 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai accuses the Lebanese politicians: "You have betrayed the Constitution" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, launched accusations against Lebanese politicians, accusing them of betraying the Constitution and aiming for the power v ...
• 10 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Kaigama: "Politicians must abandon the electoral struggle and unite to fight Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time for our politicians to put aside the election campaign and unite to fight Boko Haram", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 10 November 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops' Conference asks to "put a stop to corruption" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Widespread corruption has meant that "narco politicians" manage to infiltrate easily at all levels, pointed out His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop of Caacupé and President ...
• 10 November 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - The number of Nigerian women destined for sexual slavery has tripled Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, denounces an increase of 300% of women potential victims of trafficking in prostitution. "In 2014, 16,839 w ...
• 7 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The families of the married coupe burned ask for justice, while investigations continue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The families of the Christian married couple burned alive on November 4, in the District Of Kasur ask for justice and hope for a better future. As reported to Agenzia Fides by lawyer Sardar Mus ...