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• 29 September 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic woman who had disappeared returns home: she did not convert but had been kidnapped Gabal al Tir (Agenzia Fides) - Iman Sarofim, the Coptic woman from Gabal al-Tir who disappeared in early September returned home to her family and said she was the victim of a kidnapping. Initially it was thought that th ...
• 27 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Pastor killed in prison is "a new martyr" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Zafar Bhatti, an innocent man killed "is a new martyr", says in an interview with Fides Agency, prof. Shahid Mobeen, Pakistani professor of Islamic mysticism at the Pontifical Lateran University an ...
• 27 September 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition: to go all over the world to educate and evangelize Turin (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, 28 September, the missionaries of the 145th Salesian Missionary Expedition will receive the missionary cross from the Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime. Later, they will set ou ...
• 27 September 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New rules for the construction of churches: Christians prepare their proposal Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of Churches and Christian communities in Egypt will gather next week to put the final touch on proposals and suggestions on the draft law which will be discussed in the next pa ...
• 27 September 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Do not be afraid of peace" Pope Francis’ letter to Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - From 21 to 26 September the International Week of Peace was celebrated in Venezuela. The government and various institutions in the country organized meetings, events and moments of dialogue and ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - A hundred days dedicated to the formation of young people in the diocese of Xian Xian Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The young are called to be light and salt of the earth: this is the theme of the path of formation regarding the young people in the diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou), in the province of ...
• 26 September 2014
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops for the upcoming election: "We dream of a country where human life and the family are worth more than a hectare of land" Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "We dream and fight to make this country a place where human life and the family are worth more than a hectare of land, a bank account, a degree or a particular skill. And so that young peopl ...
• 26 September 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Another Spanish missionary doctor suffering from ebola died in Madrid Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Brother Manuel García Viejo, a specialist in internal and tropical medicine and medical director of the San Juan De Dios Hospital in the city of Lunsar, (Sierra Leone), tested positive for Ebola ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese army releases over a hundred child soldiers Rangún (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese army has released 109 children from its military ranks. Myanmar has for years been listed among Countries where children have been recruited to fight - both by government forces and ...
• 26 September 2014
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Health systems are near collapse, while those infected double every three weeks Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Perhaps there has never been so much attention on a single issue at a global level, but the reality on the ground today is this: The sick are desperate, their families and caregivers are angry, ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - U.S. Bishops: even the barrier Wall and the new colonies close the door to peace Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy Land, "the route of the barrier wall, the confiscation of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, especially now in the Bethlehem area and the Cremisan Valley, and any expansion of se ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy murdered in prison: condemnation of the Bishops Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Pastor Zafar Bhatti, two years in prison on charges of blasphemy, was murdered in prison yesterday by a policeman in Rawalpindi. The policeman killed Bhatti, awaiting trial, and ...
• 26 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "I have never uttered those sentences on the CAN President", said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a political and media manipulation. I have never uttered those sentences ascribed by the media in Nigeria", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Universities in the north open its doors to student-refugees of the Nineveh Plain Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - College students who fled from Mosul and from towns and villages in the Nineveh Plain under the violent offensive of jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) can hold their exams at other universities ...
• 26 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: with the Pope, commitment towards the poor, for peace, for development New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in India reaffirm their commitment, next to Pope Francis, for the poor, for peace, for development: is what was said in a message sent to Fides by Fr. A.J. Mathew OFM, presiden ...