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• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mass graves in Sadad: 45 Christian civilians killed by Islamist militias Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of thirty Christian civilians have been found in two separate mass graves, including women and children, killed by Islamist militias in the city of Sadad. And, altogether, the Christian ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Alnemeh: "In Sadad, the largest massacre of Christians in Syria" Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened in Sadad is the most serious and biggest massacre of Christians in Syria in the past two years and a half": this was stressed by Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh, Syriac Orthodox ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ankara denies: the kidnapped Syrian bishops are not in Turkey Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called the allegations which have been circulating in recent days "baseless and misleading" with regards to the two metropolitan bishops of Aleppo abdu ...
• 31 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - No to Halloween, "we must enhance our traditions", says the Bishop of Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of All Saints and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, the Bishop of Aguascalientes, His Exc. Mgr. José María de la Torre Martin, called on the faithful and th ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop of Mongolia: "Thanks for the missionary commitment of the Korean Church" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Aid and missionary cooperation guaranteed by the Korean Church have been and still are crucial for the growth and progress of the small Church in Mongolia: this is what Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, ...
• 30 October 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of Archbishop of Ibadan and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 29 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Ibadan (Nigeria), by His Exc. Mgr. Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, in accordance wi ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Galapagos and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 29 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos (Ecuador), by His Esc. Mgr. Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O ...
• 30 October 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Pakistan for the ordination of the Bishop of Faisalabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples will be on a pastoral visit in Pakistan where on the day of the Solemnity of All Saints, Friday 1 Nov ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - 54 Hindu extremists responsible for anti-Christian violence in Orissa have been acquitted Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Acquitted for lack of evidence: for this reason a court of Orissa has acquitted 54 Hindu extremists responsible for looting and anti-Christian violence carried out in December 2007, in Kandh ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Chief of the Lebanese Security: the two bishops kidnapped have been localized Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The place where the two kidnapped bishops of Aleppo seem to be has been identified, and "indirect contact" has begun with the kidnappers in order to obtain their release. This was declared by Gen ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new Bishop in Faisalabad: 10 thousand at the Mass with Cardinal Filoni Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a moment of joy and hope. We are happy because the Year of Faith has given us a new Pastor who will help us to strengthen our faith. The problems and challenges in the area are many. T ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "To intervene effectively to stop the violence in Michoacán": the Bishops’ request Apatzingán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico have asked the federal, state and municipal authorities to carry out an urgent, rapid and effective action against abductions, kidnappings, murders and bribes that affe ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The leaders of Catholic schools: with the "Arab springs" negative impact on freedom of education Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "Arab Springs" have had so far in many Countries of North Africa and the Middle East a negative impact on freedom of education, which has penalized the traditional educational work c ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Social Inclusion, always together with building social peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "One cannot think about peace without overcoming the trauma left by the conflict", said the Director of the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral (SNPS/Caritas Colombia), Msr. Hector Fabio Hen ...
• 30 October 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Help for the end of the earth": a new mobile health auxiliary in the archipelago of the Solomon Islands Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The aim of the project - "Help for the end of the earth" - is to set up a new health auxiliary and provide for formation of local health personnel to fight diseases such as HIV, malaria, tubercul ...