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• 5 September 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Armenian Catholic Synod: in agenda Genocide centenary, martyrs’ beatification, situation of Middle East Christians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The annual meeting of the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church has begun at the patriarchal See at the Convent of Our Lady of Bzommar, just outside Beirut. The synodal assembly chaired by Patr ...
• 5 September 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Enough violence in northern Kenya!” cry Catholic Bishops Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation of contining insecurity and violence is unacceptable. How many lives must still be lost before we Kenyans say enough is enough?” . This was said by the Kenyan Catholic Bishop ...
• 5 September 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Elections: Bishops concerned about serious signs of corruption and distrust in politics Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Twenty one million Peruvians, including two million young people voting for the first time, will soon take part in an electoral consultation. On October 5 they will be called to elect thirteen th ...
• 4 September 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Catholic Bishops of Bolivia and Peru take communications course “For a culture of encounter” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Today is the final day of a Seminar on Communications for Bishops of the Bolivarian region which brought together 23 Bishops of Bolivia and 13 Bishops from Peru, for reflection and discussi ...
• 4 September 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA – Rector for St. Thomas Aquinas major seminary in Nairobi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 12 March 2014, appointed as Rector of St. Thomas Aquinas major seminary in the Archdiocese of N ...
• 4 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Catholic Patriarch: to free Ninive province we need a peacekeeping operation and Christians enrolled in local police force ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Catholic Patriarch: to free Ninive province we need a peacekeeping operation and Christians enrolled in local police force Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – One month after the attack by Jihadists of Isl ...
• 4 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Announcing Christ on the streets: “committed to mission” for the archdiocese of Salta Salta (Agenzia Fides) – From Monday 15 September, feast of El Señor y de la Virgen del Milagro, (Our Lord and Our Lady of Milagro), until Sunday 21 December, the archdiocese of Salta will live a period of “committ ...
• 4 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem: in Gaza 400,000 children need psychological care Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – In Gaza, where still in place is the ceasefire which ended operation Protective Edge launched by the Israeli government and the rocket firing by Hamas militants, now 400,000 children and you ...
• 4 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - May the Year of Consecrated Life become a ‘lived reality’ Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Religious men and women in India are working to prepare and organise the Year of Consecrated Life – announced by Pope Francis, which is to open on 30 November 2014,– that it may truly be ...
• 4 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “What is happening in the north of Nigeria is similar to what happened in Iraq” says a priest in Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “What is happening in north-east Nigeria is very similar to recent events in the north of Iraq” Fides was told by Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Communications Director of the Archdiocese of Abuja ...
• 4 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Justice and Peace Commission: “The Church supports democracy, crisis demands a compromise Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In the political crisis in Pakistan “the Catholic Church supports democracy, supreme good for the nation to safeguard, and stresses the urgency of to find those solutions with legal and democ ...
• 3 September 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Ebola: local Catholic church commitment AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Ebola: Catholic church commitment Makeni (Agenzia Fides) – “We use our pulpits to explain to people how to avoid becoming infected with the disease. A special task force, headed by the diocesan ...
• 3 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “Let us work together for peace”: Christian leaders urge traditional chiefs Juba (Agenzia Fides) - “Traditional chiefs are inspired by God to work for peace in our communities. They settle disputes between individuals and groups ” said Pentecostal Bishop Michael Taban, President of South Sud ...
• 3 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The Month of the Bible, ideal context for giving new impulse to the evangelising mission of the Church La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) – “For the Catholic Church every year September is the Month of the Bible. It is an exceptional opportunity to reflect on our encounter with Jesus the Lord, … the month of September is a ti ...
• 3 September 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians in Qamishli collect aid for Yazidis fleeing Iraq Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) – It lasted only 72 hours, but was of great symbolic value, a popular campaign to collect food, drugs and clothing organised over the past few days by Christians in the Syrian city of Qamishli ...