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• 13 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girls, victims of forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages are on the rise. The victims are mostly Hindu and Christian girls, belonging to religious minorities, complain Fides local s ...
• 13 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The Christian Churches in Tripoli ask for “an immediate and unconditional ceasefire by all parties involved” Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The violence and bloodbath must stop immediately, as war is not the solution to the current problems,” affirms a statement by the Ecumenical Council of Christian Churches in Tripoli (Libya) ...
• 13 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Good Friday march and prayer for the victims of the rising anti-Christian attacks Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – On Good Friday, 22 April, there will be a silent pilgrimage, accompanied by fasting and prayer on the streets of Mumbai for more than 20,000 Indian Christians of all denominations. The initiati ...
• 13 April 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The fundamentalist message can not take root among the youth of the revolution,” says Fr Verdoscia from Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The arrest of Mubarak was probably also determined by the former President's speech on television. The promoters of the revolt in Tahrir Square criticized Mubarak for defending himself, pointin ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Religious awakening in Japan, wounded by the disaster: impact on society for the future Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – In Japan, wounded by the terrible natural events and struck by the nuclear disaster, we can see signs of a religious awakening: reports Fr Olmes Milani, CS, Scalabrinian missionary living in Tok ...
• 12 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Captured Gbagbo remains incognito among armed civilians and the invisible commando Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “In some quarters of Abidjan firearms could still be heard throughout the night and also this morning,” says Jean Djoman, Director of Development and Human Promotion for Caritas in Abidjan, ...
• 12 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We should listen to youth to reach peace,” says Bishop Martinelli of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We will see how it will all end. Unfortunately we can not see anything of substance yet,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, following the transitional n ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Case of blasphemy in Faisalabad: lawyers of Arif demand his immediate release Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “Immediate release”: this is the request made by Arif Masih's legal team, the 40 year old Christian arrested in Faisalabad for blasphemy. Thanks to the intervention by the Masihi Foundation ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Thanks for the Day of Prayer on 20 April” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Asia Bibi, the woman condemned to death for blasphemy, behind bars in the Sheikupura prison, thanks the Masih Foundation and all those who will pray for her on the “Special Day of Prayer” o ...
• 12 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Despite hundreds of deaths and more than a million refugees the missionaries will not leave the Country Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – To this point the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire has caused irreparable damage both to the economy and to the Country and the people, as well as causing hundreds of deaths and more than a million r ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Only Japanese priest in Taiwan thanks the Taiwanese for their support to earthquake-shaken Japanese Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) – The only Japanese priest in Taiwan, Fr Michael Shintate, thanked the Taiwanese for their support to earthquake-shaken Japanese during the Mass recently celebrated in the Cathedral of the Dioce ...
• 12 April 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops invite all to participate in the September elections and ask: who is financing the electoral campaign? Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – In a document published by the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (ECG), the Bishops invite all to participate in the September general elections to strengthen democracy in the Country. ...
• 12 April 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Creation of ecclesiastical province of Malanje and appointment of first Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 April 2011, created the new ecclesiastical province of Malanje (area 107,000, population 1,090,000, Catholics 500,000, priests 49, religious 140) Angola ...
• 12 April 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Creation of ecclesiastical province of Saurimo and appointment of first Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 April 2011, created the new ecclesiastical province of Saurimo (area 77,600, population 420,000, Catholics 61,700, priests 11, religious 28) Angola, rais ...
• 12 April 2011
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of Bishop of Tete Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Tete (Mozambique), Fr P. Inácio Saure, I.M.C., Master of Novices at the International Novitiate in M ...