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• 28 October 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino: "Respect for political prisoners" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, called for the respect for political prisoners. The note sent to Fides by local sources reported that during the celebration of the 150th ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - St. Catherine's Monastery denies the news of an Islamist attack Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - St. Catherine's Monastery, located in the region of Sinai, has denied reports of alleged assaults carried out by Islamist groups, put into circulation in recent days by Christian media and blogs. ...
• 28 October 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Even a life sentence is inhuman" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Life sentence is "a death sentence in disguise" because it kills the heart and mind of an individual. After Pope Francis’ appeal to put an end to life imprisonment, the Commission on Prison Pas ...
• 28 October 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops' spot: where are the children who disappeared during the State terrorism? Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in Argentina's history, the Bishops publicly ask for news about missing children during the last dictatorship. The President of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, His ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - There has not been any negotiation so far with the "real" Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is divided into several groups, and those who say they negotiate in its name is not the main component", says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of the Social Communications Office of t ...
• 28 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A Congolese priest has disappeared for three weeks in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There has been no news of Father Jean-Berchomans Nguna for three weeks, a priest of the Diocese of Bunia, Ituri District, in the Eastern Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Thi ...
• 28 October 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - A new Caritas center in Karak Amman (Agenzia Fides) - A new center run by Caritas Jordan was inaugurated yesterday, October 27, in the town of Karak, 130 kilometers south of Amman, one of the poorest areas of the Hashemite Kingdom. The activities of ...
• 28 October 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "City of Hope": an integral project for young landfill workers Verapazz (Agenzia Fides) - Father Sergio Waldemar Godoy Peláez coordinates the Comunidad Esperanza, an institution committed to the young workers of the municipal landfill of the city of Coban, in the center of a region ...
• 27 October 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Dilma Rousseff re-elected President with a narrow margin: she will have to face recession, corruption and discontent Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Brazilian incumbent President Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected for a second four-year term and garnered 51.64% of the votes so far, while Aécio Neves has 48.36%. The persons entitled to vo ...
• 27 October 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Living Rosary: 30 thousand faithful pray for drug traffickers and organized crime Leon (Agenzia Fides) - Led by the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of León, Guanajuato (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Juan Frausto Pallares, about 30 thousand faithful filled the stadium of the city to pray to the Virgin of ...
• 27 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The debate on the constitutional reform creates a power vacuum and emphasizes the political instability Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The discussion on a possible revision of the Constitution creates a vacuum and instability in the political life of the Country and distances the same Congolese political class from the real l ...
• 27 October 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY – The "challenge of charity" for many "outlawed poor people" of our times Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In all countries, even where the welfare state is more advanced, there are so many 'outlawed poor people' and for them free charity is needed, a divine providence that intervenes through the heart ...
• 27 October 2014
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Tunisian society is maturing a democratic consciousness" notes Fr. Alamat Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an atmosphere of hope and confidence. The very fact that the elections were conducted in an almost peaceful manner is gratifying for everyone" says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of ...
• 27 October 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenians discuss the election of a new patriarch Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The lengthy absence of Mesrob Mutafyan, the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch in Turkey, due to his illness, has fueled a debate in the country's Armenian religious community regarding whether the pa ...
• 27 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Churches send the government their draft of a bill on the construction of places of worship Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The draft of a bill on the construction of churches, prepared by representatives of the major Churches and Christian communities in Egypt, was sent last week to the Egyptian government. This is co ...