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• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Born into a family of martyrs, Fr. Bonaventura De Li Chong has died, a witness of the Gospel and the life of charity Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - He was born in a Catholic family, in which there are no less than 16 martyrs during the persecution of Geng Zi of the Qing Dynasty of China (1821-1850), as well as 5 priests and 7 nuns: Fr. Bon ...
• 25 September 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Violence does not stop due to a mega project in the indigenous territories: 11 dead and several wounded San Juan Sacatepéquez (Agenzia Fides) - The government has declared a curfew in the district of Sacatepéquez, where indigenous peoples have suffered violence once again in their territories. According to a statement of ...
• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Mission, dialogue, peace: diocesan priests in National Assembly Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Union of diocesan priests will hold its 11th National Assembly in Ambon, in the Moluccas, from 1 to 8 October 2014. As reported to Fides by Fr. Dominikus Gusti Bagus Kusumawanta, Pr ...
• 25 September 2014
  AFRICA - Ebola and witchcraft: children accused of causing the spread of the virus Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of boys and girls are abused and killed in Africa because accused of witchcraft (see Fides 22/09/2014), and this reality is also increasing due to the spread of the Ebola virus. In fa ...
• 25 September 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Not only in Syria and Iraq, air raids also continue in Libya Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - While the attention of the whole world is focused on the bombings of the Arab-American coalition on extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, in Libya the bombings against emplacements of the so-calle ...
• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdallah II to the UN: Christians are a "constitutive" part of the Middle East New York City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let me say it once again: Arab Christians are an integral part of my region's past, present and future". This is what the King of Jordan, Abdullah II said in his speech at the 69th UN Gen ...
• 25 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "The Church supports good governance" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church supports good governance and urges the faithful to vote for those who give proof of good governance": says Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai, in a note sent to Fi ...
• 25 September 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Kidnappings continue to the detriment of the Copts, a dentist kidnapped killed Assiut (Agenzia Fides) – Ehab Karam - a Coptic dentist was killed on Tuesday, September 23 in the province of Assiut, Upper Egypt, after he was abducted by unknown persons, probably for ransom. Karam had been stopped b ...
• 25 September 2014
  AMERICA - Indigenous people continue to be the poorest in Latin America Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent study prepared by the World Bank, a child born in an indigenous place in Latin America is twice as likely to live in poverty and three times to live in a state of poverty com ...
• 25 September 2014
  AFRICA/GHANA - "A fast-growing Country, where one feels the effects of secularization", says the President of the Episcopal Conference Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Ghana is blessed with a population that naturally and easily expresses its belief in God and which seeks to honour him in the variety of religious traditions present in your country", said ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians arrested and beaten by Hindu extremists New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The police of Madhya Pradesh state (Central India) arrested five Christians, near the city of Khargone, accusing them of attracting people to convert to Christianity by offering money. Accordi ...
• 24 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest found dead in the river Balsas Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Attorney General of Guerrero state, Mexico, has opened an investigation into the death of the parish priest of Arcelia, Father José Acuña Asención Osorio, whose body was found in the ...
• 24 September 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Severe floods are affecting tens of thousands of new refugees in Darfur Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3,000 homes have been destroyed by torrential rains that have recently hit the refugee camps of Nierteti in central Darfur. In the south of the Country, in the camp in Kalma, near Nyala ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church is preparing for the consecration of the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - In the church of the Holy Family in Kuala Lumpur, the Episcopal ordination of Mgr. Julian Leow, the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur will be held on October 6. As reported to Fides by the loc ...
• 24 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops’ warning: "In the face of Boko Haram, the nation is in danger" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of Boko Haram group and other criminal militias, the nation is in danger" warn the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement issued at the end of their second Plenary Meeting, held in Warri ( ...