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• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Assyrian Patriarch to the Chaldean Patriarch: Let us create a joint Committee for Dialogue Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Dinkha IV has responded positively to the idea of dialogue recently proposed by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, regarding the creat ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A sanctuary for the Christian victims of Peshawar, still without compensation on behalf of the government Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Anglican Bishop of Peshawar, Mgr. Peter Humphrey Sarfraz, leader of the "Church of Pakistan", has released the complete list of the dead and wounded in the attack carried out on 22 Septemb ...
• 8 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Calm returns in Bangassou. "Now we need to reconcile the souls" says the Bishop Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday we saw Abdallah , the "warlord" who had spread terror in Bangassou. He was put on a plane to be transported to Bangui, where he will be judged for the crimes committed", says to Fides A ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Mexicali without hunger": campaign to assist 1,500 families Mexicali (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. José Isidro Guerrero Macias, Bishop of the Diocese of Mexicali (Baja California, Mexico), invited the community to join the campaign "Mexicali without hunger". The initiative, ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Alarming figures on children who are exploited and sexually abused Managua (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 5 years the rate of minors who are exploited work-wise has increased between 25 and 30% per year. Currently there are 238,000 child workers in Nicaragua. This is what emerges from th ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A coffin in procession: Islamist threats against the Christian governor Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A coffin, which advances in a protest march: with this veiled threat, Islamist militants have intensified their campaign to force the resignation of the Christian Susan Jasmine Zulkifli, appoint ...
• 8 October 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The work of Annalena Tonelli is still alive 10 years after her murder Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - 10 years have gone by since the killing of Annalena Tonelli, the Italian volunteer who for 33 years had assisted the Somali population affected by tuberculosis. Annalena was killed on the even ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Lumen Fidei enlightens us" Reflections by Mgr. Ma Daqin Shanghai - (Agenzia Fides) – With "Lumen Fidei enlightens us", text published by His Exc. Mgr. Thaddeus Ma Daqin, the Bishop proposes an in-depth personal reflection on the Encyclical Letter Lumen Fidei by Supreme Pont ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christians march to denounce acts of intimidation of extremist settlers Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A spontaneous march of Christians in Jerusalem was held on Monday, October 7th through the streets of the Holy City to denounce the frequent desecration perpetrated by groups of extremist Jewi ...
• 7 October 2013
  VATICAN - Pope Francis recalled the many missionaries "who proclaim the Gospel despite great obstacles" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary month, the commitment of so many missionaries to proclaim the Gospel and the witness of life of every baptized person, were recalled by Holy Father Francis before the Angelus ...
• 7 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate prohibits the unauthorized sale of Church properties Baghdad ( Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans has formally prohibited the sale of land and houses belonging to the patrimony of the Church without permission "of the high ecclesiastical authorit ...
• 7 October 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church's appeal, after the religious conflicts: "In the new Myanmar there is no place for hatred" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Religious conflict in Myanmar does not calm down. The phenomenon of Buddhists nationalist groups and radical Buddhist monks that feed anti-Muslim sentiments across the country causes more violenc ...
• 7 October 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Petition of religious leaders for the release of prisoners of conscience Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese religious leaders unite to demand the immediate release of 14 young Catholics and Protestants currently detained because of their political views. The leaders have signed and spread ...
• 7 October 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Church involved in the literacy campaign in the country Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina and his wife Candida Montilla de Medina, were witnesses to the signing of the agreement - commitment of the Dominican Episcopal Confe ...
• 7 October 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – The trafficking of Haitian children towards the Dominican State increases Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The trafficking of Haitian children continues to increase at an alarming rate on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Local authorities, human rights organizations and civil soc ...