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• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - "I am not afraid of prisoners, but of those who are out on the loose and should be inside": the Bishop of Chimbote against violence Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, in Peru, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, said one must not to be afraid of prisoners, but of those who are out and should be behind bars. Mgr. ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Weapons are not the tool to claim rights" warns Mgr. Herrera after the violence in rural areas Jinotega ( Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for peace and dialogue came from the Bishop of the Diocese of Jinotega after the violence which took place in recent days between members of the Army of Nicaragua and unknown a ...
• 15 October 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Houses for Muslims built on the lands belonging to Christians. Sectarian balance at risk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent reminder to curb the misuse of land belonging to Christians in order to build housing for the Muslims was launched on Monday, October 14 from Talal al- Doueihy, leader of the Movement " ...
• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Corruption is theft from the poor " denounce the Bishops of Southern Africa Johannesburg ( Agenzia Fides) - "Corruption is theft from the poor" warn the Bishops of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference, SACBC (which brings together the Bishops of the South Africa, Swaziland and Botswan ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Also the indigenous children Kukama took part in the "TINKUY 2013" Nauta (Agenzia Fides) - Four days to share knowledge and experiences of life of their communities with other children of different villages and cultures. During TINKUY 2013, which was recently held in Lima, several child ...
• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA - The wishes of the Catholic Church in Africa to the Muslim faithful for the feast of Aid El Adha Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The common root in Abraham and the pain caused by the conflicts in some African countries are at the center of two messages sent by important representatives of the Catholic Church in Africa to the ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/CANADA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Father Francis, on 15 October 2013, appointed Rev.do Mark Hagemoen of the clergy of Vancouver, Director of the Catholic Colleges of Corpus Christi and St. Mark 's, in Vancouver as Bish ...
• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO R.D. - Appointment of the Bishop of Uvira Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Father Francis, on 15 October 2013, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe, until now tit. Bishop of Strathearn and Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa as Bishop of the Diocese of ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - A 12-meter missionary cross to conclude the "Youth Mission" Auco (Agenzia Fides) - A 12-meter high cross will be placed in front of the Shrine of St. Teresa of the Andes, in the city of Auco (Chile), about 70 kilometers north of Santiago, and will be composed of many "small cross ...
• 15 October 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Training courses for Sudanese teachers in refugee camps in Chad Abeche (Agenzia Fides) - In Chad, in the city of Abeche, 70 primary school teachers in Sudanese refugee camps, in the eastern part of the Country, have attended a training course for the teaching of Arabic and mathematic ...
• 14 October 2013
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Syrian Refugees in the Benedictine abbey of Weingarten Weingarten (Agenzia Fides) - The Benedictine Abbey of Weingarten, in Baden-Wuerttemberg (southwest Germany), may soon welcome Syrian refugees: As reported to Fides Agency, the proposal was launched by Mgr. Gebhard Fürst ...
• 14 October 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR – Legalization of abortion, the President threatens to resign: the Church praises him Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Antonio Arregui, Archbishop of Guayaquil and President of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE), has defined the position of the country's president, Rafael Correa, as "com ...
• 14 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Use of the word "Allah": appeal verdict unfavorable to Christians . "It violates religious freedom" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur, with a judgment delivered this morning, has prohibited the use of the term "Allah" to indicate "God" in the publications of the Catholic weekly "Herald" ...
• 14 October 2013
  AFRICA - The Bishops of North Africa: "Our Countries have also become places of immigration" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis’ appeal to go to the "suburbs" urges us to live the call of the Incarnation in humility, service and with hope" say the members of the Conférence des Evêques de la Région Nord de ...
• 14 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur: "On the word Allah, a politicized case: the term will continue to be used in liturgies" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The judgment of the Court of Appeal on the use of the term Allah in Christian publications "was predictable: we expected this outcome: the case has been far too politicized" says to Fides A ...