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• 18 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Execution of a person sentenced to death has been suspended Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A Pakistani court in Rawalpindi has suspended the execution of the Muslim Shoaib Sarwar, previously fixed for September 18, who was sentenced to death for murder. As Fides learns, local offici ...
• 18 September 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The President of Caritas Lebanon: organized chaos in the Middle East also kills charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Some time ago a Lebanese bishop tried to collect money to help Syrian refugees. Well, he did not manage to collect any money. People said: enough, we do not want more help. For many people, aid to ...
• 18 September 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Elections of October 5: corruption enters the electoral debate Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption scandals involving state oil company Petrobras entered the debate sponsored by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, which was attended by eight of the eleven presidential c ...
• 18 September 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "He protected the Muslims": the Alison Des Forges Award to a Central African camillian Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Bernard Kinvi, camillian, was honoured with the Alison Des Forges award, because he distinguished himself in defending the rights of man. Fr.Bernard offered protection and assistance to h ...
• 18 September 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Children have died due to contaminated measle vaccine Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of Idlib, northeast of Syria, about 35 children have died due to some contaminated doses of measle vaccine. Children began to suffer from serious symptoms immediately after adminis ...
• 18 September 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops: "Joseph Vaz, apostle of peace, first saint to Sri Lanka: the Church rejoices" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "What would you say if a wish comes true after 300 years? The whole Church in Sri Lanka rejoices today. The canonization of Joseph Vaz, co-founder of our Church is a great gift and we thank Pope ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Commission "Justice and Peace": stop the executioner, Pakistan must not go back in time Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop the executioner and not to bring Pakistan back in time. We say 'no' to the execution of the Muslim Shoaib Sarwar, who would be the first civilian after six years, and we ask ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the presence of Christian immigrants is an asset for the local church Jaffa (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Christian immigrants in the Holy Land for work reasons "is an asset for the Church and a gift for the local Christians, often too involved in politics". The Patriarch of Jerusalem ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – The Bishop after the flood: "In Kashmir we are like Ground Zero" Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Jammu and Kashmir has experienced the worst-ever floods in living history and our area is like Ground Zero. The lives and livelihood of the people have been completely upturned. C ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - 240,000 children return to school in Gaza Gaza City (Agenzia Fides) - 240,000 children return to United Nations-run classrooms in Gaza where many of their schools have been damaged and destroyed. "After the traumatic 50 days of brutal conflict, death, destructio ...
• 17 September 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – The Bishops on Law 779: the reform is urgent, the Church is not the auxiliary of the police Managua (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. César Bosco Vivas Robelo, Bishop of Leon, Vice president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN), said that the Sandinista legislator Edwin Castro, chief representative of ...
• 17 September 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to the revision of the Constitution, because it puts at risk the stability of the Country", say the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The peaceful future of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resides unquestionably in compliance with the Constitution", say the Bishops of the DRC in a Pastoral Letter which reiterates thei ...
• 17 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Malakal destroyed by the war - testimony of a nun Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "There is instability and a large part of the population live in extremely precarious conditions", says Sister Elena Balatti, contacted by Fides Agency in Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, whic ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II: we will do our best to increase the presence of Arab Christians Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the sectarian conflicts afflicting the Middle East, Jordan wants to represent even in the future "an oasis of security and stability", while pledging to do its utmost to protect the Christian A ...
• 17 September 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Join forces for joint action: establishment of the "Red Eclesial Pan-Amazon" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Brazil the meeting that led to the establishment of the "Red Eclesial Pan-Amazon" was held in recent days, organized by the Department ...