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• 1 October 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - "We appreciate the President's efforts for peace and national unity," write the Bishops Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray, like all Malians, for the Country’s unity and for the return of peace," write the Bishops of Mali in a letter addressed to the President ad interim, Dioncounda Traoré. The document, ...
• 29 September 2012
  VATICAN - October - a month full of missionary events Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus (1873-1897), proclaimed Patroness of the Missions in 1927 with St. Francis Xavier, marks on October 1st the beginning of Missionary October, whi ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians after the blasphemy film on Mohammed: a Bishop injured Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan are the target of violence on behalf of Islamic extremists who pour out on them feelings of anger and revenge after the release of the movie "The Innocence of Muslims," bla ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Repressive campaign against Christians in Savannakhet: three priests arrested Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) – The campaign of repression of the Laotian authorities towards the Christian communities is getting more and more intense: in past days, the police arrested three Protestant pastors, who le ...
• 29 September 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Hospitals and schools still on strike: Church’s appeal to dialogue Lima (Agenzia Fides) – To start "constructive dialogue" in order to put an end to the strike, "thinking of the common good": is the appeal made by the President of the Episcopal Conference, Mgr. Salvador Piñeiro Garci ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church: new electoral law and voting rights for the Lebanese abroad Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - The debate on the electoral law is a "top priority." It should set aside the 1960 model, used in the last election in 2009, because it does not guarantee "a fair representation of the electorate. ...
• 29 September 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The candidates are opponents, not enemies": Church calls for a vote without violence Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming municipal elections, which will be held on October 7, is "an opportunity to strengthen the Brazilian democracy." The use of violence, which characterizes the campaign in many areas ...
• 29 September 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "crucified" football player is blasphemous: Bishops protest Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Shameful and disgraceful" image published on the cover of the famous sports magazine "Placar" which, in a montage, depicts the player Neymar as the Crucified Christ. The Bishops of Brazil prot ...
• 28 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Director of the PMS: "Fighting in Aleppo, no electricity: humanitarian emergency" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere is very tense. This morning at 10 armed rebel groups entered the neighborhood of Sheik Maqsoud, in Aleppo, home to many Kurds and Christians and there is intense fighting. In our ...
• 28 September 2012
  EUROPE/FRANCE - An exhibition which narrates the "impossible mission " for the world missionaries MEP Paris (Agenzia Fides) – To call one’s attention to the memory of the confreres who gave their lives for a mission considered "impossible" for man; to follow the example of their courage and their self-sacrifice to no ...
• 28 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "I hope that Kismayo is not destroyed," says to Fides Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that the Shabaab do as they have done elsewhere, they mingle among the civilian population and do not oppose strong resistance to the advance of the troops that are hunting them. If th ...
• 28 September 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - 21 specialized paramedics for 30 million people; more support for hospital transport is needed Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - According to the estimates of the Nepal Ambulance Service (NAS), in the country, where there are 30 million inhabitants, there are only 21 specialized paramedics and additional support service ...
• 28 September 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - "Pro-Syrian" prayers of the Custody of the Holy Land Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land were asked to include in the daily recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours some invocations and intercession formulas in favor of the "dear ...
• 28 September 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - President of the Episcopal Conference calls for a "vote of conscience, in freedom and without violence" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, His Exc. Mgr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Archbishop of Cumaná, asked the candidates in the upcoming presidential elections on October ...
• 28 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Bollywood Movie: blasphemous scenes towards Christians have been cut out Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The scenes considered "blasphemous" concerning people and symbols of the Christian faith in the Bollywood film "Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal" (see Fides 27/09/2012), will be eliminated before the rel ...