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• 14 October 2014
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 9, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Maurice Hogan, of the Society of Saint Columban for Foreign Missions (S ...
• 14 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Two thousand prefabricated houses for Christian refugees who have sought refuge in Erbil Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The government in Baghdad has announced the launch of a project for the construction of at least two thousand prefabricated housing units for refugees - mostly Christians - who have found shelter ...
• 14 October 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "There is no justice without life": Asian conference against the death penalty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The first Asian International Conference: "There is no justice without life" will be held in Manila on 27 and 28 October, and will focus on the campaign for the abolition of capital punishment. M ...
• 14 October 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops on the Iguala case: "clarify what happened, the truth is the path to justice" Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the dioceses that constitute the ecclesiastical province of Acapulco (Tlapa, Ciudad Altamirano, Chilpancingo - Chilapa and Acapulco) have expressed their deep concern with regard ...
• 14 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New threats to priests and religious women because of the opposition of the Bishops to the constitutional amendment Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Priests threatened and a nunnery was devastated on Sunday, October 12 in Lodja, 750 km north of Mbuji-Mayi, capital of Kasai Oriental, in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the Pastoral Le ...
• 14 October 2014
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - New parish center inaugurated by the Minister of Culture Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development of the United Arab Emirates, took part in the recent inauguration of the new parish center of St. Jose ...
• 14 October 2014
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - 30% of children between 10 and 14 years of age have been sexually abused Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Minister for Solidarity of Côte d'Ivoire, in 2014 about 30% of children between 10 and 14 years of age have been sexually abused. Teenagers are the most at risk. According to s ...
• 14 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscan Indians in the front line against violence on women New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We Franciscans, known for the charism of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, the followers of Christ and his Gospel, lovers of God, of humanity and of every creature, say 'No' to violence ag ...
• 13 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A regional system for the protection of human rights in South Asia is necessary Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Malala Yousafzai and the Indian, Kailash Satyarthi "is a powerful appeal to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SAARC to establish a regional sy ...
• 13 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGER - Resignation of the Archbishop of Niamey and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 October 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Niamey (Niger), by His Exc. Mgr. Michel Christian Cartatéguy, S.M.A., in acc ...
• 13 October 2014
  VATICAN - The memory of the missionaries, their examples, attract and inspire us to imitate their faith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -"Missionaries are those who, in docility to the Holy Spirit, have the courage to live the Gospel": the Mass of thanksgiving that Pope Francis celebrated yesterday, Sunday, October 12in the V ...
• 13 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A court hearing for Asia Bibi Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi's lawyers are working on the final "statement of defense" that will be presented at the Lahore High Court on October 16, a date that – unless there are more surprises - may be the las ...
• 13 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The five Christians of the Orontes Valley, who were still being held by jihadists, have been released Knayeh (Agenzia Fides) - The five Syrian Christians of the Orontes Valley who were still being held after being kidnapped by a brigade of jihadists together with the pastor of Knayeh, Fr. Hanna Jallouf, OFM and other par ...
• 13 October 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Only the Church assists victims of Boko Haram in the north of Cameroon," says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "In the north of Cameroon there is a silent ongoing war which few people know about but has serious humanitarian consequences" says to Fides Agency Friar Fabio Mussi, a PIME missionary, at the he ...
• 13 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "We are greatly concerned about the well-being of the President" say civil society Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are greatly concerned about the wellbeing of President Michael Sata" say several society organisations in Zambia, including the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, in a statement sent t ...