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• 13 October 2014
  ASIA - China, India, Bangladesh and Vietnam on the blacklist of child exploitation in the textile sector New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The textile industry in China, India, Bangladesh and Vietnam continues to be on the blacklist for the exploitation of minors. In all, 25 Countries violate international standards for jobs in t ...
• 13 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Premier of Iraqi Kurdistan: Christians must not emigrate Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi Christians must resist anything that pushes them to leave their land and migrate abroad, while patiently waiting for the defeat of the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), which will open th ...
• 13 October 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Caminando con amor": 5,000 pairs of shoes have been distributed for children at risk San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - The solidarity campaign of "Caminando con amor", now in its fourth edition, has taken steps to distribute 5,000 pairs of shoes to children who are socially at risk and are part of the var ...
• 11 October 2014
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Church of Phnom Penh launches the Year of Charity Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh announced the opening of a special "Year of Charity": this is the first visible fruit of the Diocesan Synod, which was held from September 25 to 28. As r ...
• 11 October 2014
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Newness of the Blessed Scalabrini in the Migration world today Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - The work, thoughts and spirituality of Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini (1839-1905), Bishop of Piacenza, Father and Apostle of migrants, were the themes of the Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits held fr ...
• 11 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - A Liberian boy who beat Ebola Foya (Agenzia Fides) - In the Ebola-confirmed area of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Case Management Centre (CMC) in Foya, Liberia, roughly two thirds of patients don’t survive the Ebola virus. The patients gather on wo ...
• 11 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Festival of young Christians in Ankawa. To keep hope alive Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church organized a three-day festival for young people in Ankawa - Erbil suburb inhabited by Christians - with a program characterized by moments of celebration, singing, prayer and r ...
• 11 October 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - During the debate on drugs, the government also looks at the position of Bishops Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Cristina Kirchner is at a crossroads with regards to the strategy to be adopted on the consumption of drugs. A part of the government is in favor of the decriminalization ...
• 11 October 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mission Month: schools in Sucre also go on missions Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - During mission month the Catholic Church invites all people to join in solidarity activities and help in the collection of donations on 19 October for World Mission Sunday. As reported in the st ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Asia-Pacific Congress: "As a Church, we cannot remain silent witnesses of the conditions of migrants and their families" Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Migration and Family in the Work of Mission Towards a Better World" was the theme of the Congress held in Tai Pei, which in recent days gathered eighty participants, including Bishops, priests, ...
• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "After military action, social and economic development is now necessary", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Military operations must be followed by a real economic development and the creation of State structures if one wants to stabilize Somalia", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Five Christians of the Orontes Valley still held by Islamic jihadists Knayeh (Agenzia Fides) - After the release of Father Hanna Jallouf OFM, parish priest in the Syrian village of Knayeh, about five men of the twenty parishioners who with him had been kidnapped by a brigade of jihadists, ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bosco Tea Project for more than 700 tea laborers Dimapur (Agenzia Fides) - India is one of the largest tea producers in the world. The districts of Golaghat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia in the Indian state of Assam, in the northeastern region of the country, have ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians to the government: "We are not terrorists" Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have sent a letter reminding the government that they are "not terrorists and are not involved in criminal or anti-social activities" As Fides lea ...
• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA - The campaign "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" has been launched Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" is the title of the campaign promoted by associations of African and European civil society so that in sub-Saharan Africa the democrat ...