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• 18 October 2013
  VATICAN - WORLD MISSION DAY - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, this year celebrated on Sunday, October 20, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the missionary Church all o ...
• 17 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Protestant Pastor and two laymen accused of blasphemy, other leaders threatened Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor Adnan and two laymen, Arfan and Mushtaq Masih, resident in Lahore, have been formally accused and charged with "blasphemy". As Fides learns, the complaint was file ...
• 17 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - A petition for the creation of the International Criminal Court for the DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Network for Peace in Congo and the National Network of NGOs for Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RENADHOC) have launched a petition for the establishment of an Internationa ...
• 17 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary Children: Third Congress with more than 2000 children in the area of Potosi Potosi (Agenzia Fides) - The Third Diocesan Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence will be held from 16 to 20 October in the city of Potosi with the slogan "As a missionary child I receive and share my faith". ...
• 17 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 870 million people worldwide suffer from chronic malnutrition Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - Only joint and shared iniatives can find a solution to the increasing scourge of hunger, malnutrition and poverty. This is what was declared, on the occasion of World Food Day which has just been ...
• 17 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Allahabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 17 October 2013, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Raphy Manjaly, until now Bishop of Varanasi as Bishop of the Diocese of Allahabad (India). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 17/10/2013) ...
• 16 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Hundreds of children survive behind the train station in Varanasi, victims of abuse and exploitation Varanasi (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of children live and roam every day behind the train station in Varanasi, Uttar - Pradesh, in the north of the Country, crossed daily by more than 300,000 passengers. Behind lies Charb ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church ready to mediate between the government and doctors on strike Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, publicly thanked the Archbishop of Panama, His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, because the Catholic Church has agreed to participate as a mediator ...
• 16 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Marayati: the policies of the international community encourage the exodus of Christians Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a rumor that 17 Countries have opened their doors to Syrian refugees. This news has reignited with more force even among Christians the impulse to leave Syria". This was reported to Fi ...
• 16 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - North Kivu: Rwandan and Ugandan troops to strengthen the M23 rebels, civil society denounces Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Several battalions of the Rwandan (RDF) and Ugandan (UPDF) army have entered the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to strengthen the rebellion of the M23, in preparation for re ...
• 16 October 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Church urged to reduce poverty", says the Director of Caritas Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nigerian Bishops are concerned that economic growth is real and not just on paper. They want a real growth that creates jobs for our people, especially for young people", said Fr. Evaristus Basse ...
• 16 October 2013
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - A response to the main need in East Timor: education Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits of East Timor have taken a step forward in the realization of the project "Instituto de Educação Jesuita" obtaining 6.7 acres of land adjacent to their school. The institute for the t ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A city isolated by the miners, Mgr. René Sándigo at work to appease the conflict Juigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - For two days the miners in the mining area of "Cafetal" completely closed the road leading to the town of Santo Domingo, Chontales (about 120 km east of Managua, capital of Nicaragua) to protes ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Every day 1,400 children under 5 years of age die due to a lack of drinking water New York City (Agenzia Fides) - Because of diarrheal diseases, caused by the lack of drinking water and health services, 1,400 children under 5 years of age die every day. They are every year more than 600,000 out of a t ...
• 16 October 2013
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - On October 20, we can all become missionaries ... London (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa, Bishop Kevin Dowling, renowned anti-apartheid fighter who with orphans in the platinum mine communities in Rustenburg, will be in London for World Mission ...