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• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pastor Zafar Bhatti is alive, another inmate wounded Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Protestant Pastor Zafar Bhatti, in prison in Rawalpindi since 2012 for alleged blasphemy, was not killed or hurt, as erroneously reported in Pakistan in recent days (see Fides 26/09/2014). In ...
• 30 September 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Violence in the country does not decrease: a military chaplain killed Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of La Guaira, in Venezuela, His Exc. Mgr. Raúl Biord Castillo, issued a statement, sent to Fides Agency, which informs the violent death of Fr. Reinaldo Alfonso Herrera Lures, who se ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - The armed conflicts, which so far have caused 6000 deaths, also involve minors Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Southern Thailand has become caught up in an escalating cycle of violence. It is easy to come across children who clean firearms and fight in the ranks of Islamist rebels. It is a reality that h ...
• 30 September 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Working with the indigenous open to inculturation: the commitment of the Apostolic Vicar of Mitu Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We work with indigenous groups open to inculturation": with these words His Exc. Mgr. Medardo Gesù Henao del Rio, MXY, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mitu, in the Colombian Amazon in South ...
• 30 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Prayers in South Africa for the recognition of the martyrdom of Benedict Daswa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Tzaneen, His Exc. Mgr. Joao Rodrigues, has asked the faithful to pray for the Congress meeting of theological advisers appointed by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, ...
• 30 September 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - How to prevent child labor and ensure adequate opportunities for growth Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Tierra de Niños" is the name of an organization established in Peru with the aim of offering aid to families and in the educational and social field so that boys, girls and adolescents acquire se ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Louis Raphael I to "Muslim brothers": condemn violent extremism that exploits religion Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope you openly express your rejection and your condemnation of violent religious extremism, because it distorts religion". This is the appeal that the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The Latin Bishops of the region discuss the pastoral care of immigrants in the Arabian Peninsula Ras Al Khaimah (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Conference of Latin Bishops in the Arab Regions (CELRA) began yesterday, September 29, and will continue until Thursday, October 2. This year the meeting will be held ...
• 29 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The High Court: It is legitimate to declare that one does not belong to any religion Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bombay High Court has ruled that the State cannot "compel any citizen to disclose his religion while submitting forms or declarations": the decision reaffirms the secular character of Indian ...
• 29 September 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Child workers: the exploitation of children represents a permanent crisis Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The exploitation of child labor in Guatemala represents a permanent crisis, where the perpetrators of this heinous phenomenon are mostly family members or friends of the family, who force ...
• 29 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops denounce the manipulation of tribalism: "Put an end to the civil war now" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "War is evil (...).There is no moral justification for any further killing. The fighting and killing must stop immediately and unconditionally" say the Catholic Bishops of South Sudan in a message ...
• 29 September 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "Twelve years after the tragedy of the ferry Joola, ships are still overloaded and continue to travel" denounces the Church Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The sinking of the ferry Joola, on September 26, 2002, "highlights even today our sins of negligence, lack of sense of responsibility, of fatalism", said Mgr. Alphonse Seck, Vicar General of Dakar ...
• 29 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prevention and relief centers: the Church committed against addiction Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - "We must find a strategy for the prevention of addictions, and there are many ways. Unfortunately, what I see is the lack of rehabilitation centers or other supporting organizations. We have o ...
• 29 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girl raped, the perpetrators film the violence Sialkot (Agenzia Fides) - Four young Muslims from Sialkot raped a 15-year-old Christian girl Monaza Bibi, and filmed the gang rape. As Fides learns by Christian lawyer Mushtaq Gill, who is dealing with the case, the vict ...
• 29 September 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The natives are victims of poverty and racism Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - A relatively new phenomenon, that is rapidly evolving in Paraguay, concerns the natives who are expelled from their native lands and sent to cities such as Asunción and Ciudad del Este. The c ...