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• 15 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic extremists object to an interfaith marriage with violence Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A young couple from Lahore, the Christian Amin and the Muslim girl Sadia, both college students, were seized in Karachi by a group of Islamic extremists who intend to oppose to their marriage. T ...
• 15 October 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The population is locked in the house, fighting continues on the outskirts of Benghazi", says the Apostolic Vicar Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is locked in the house while they is ongoing fighting in the outlying areas of the city", says His Exc. Mgr. Sylvester Carmel Magro, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi where today, Oct ...
• 15 October 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "The ideology and money of the IS arrive in Southern Philippines": the story of a missionary Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The ideology and the violent proposal of the Islamic State (IS), the group that operates in Iraq, have arrived in the southern Philippines and is trying to attact converts, thanks to substanti ...
• 15 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - A center of excellence for technical formation regarding disadvantaged young people Maligaon (Agenzia Fides) - The first technical school was inaugurated in the North East region of India at the premises of Don Bosco Technical School in Maligaon, Guwahati to promote and encourage the economically weaker ...
• 15 October 2014
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - Armenian and Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs: Recognize the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - The primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Syrian Orthodox Church are turning to the whole Christian world and the international community so that, on the occasion of the centennial co ...
• 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 ...