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• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Patriarch Twal opens the Conference on the role of women in the Middle East Fuheis (Agenzia Fides) - With a report on the role of women in the Church and society in the Middle East, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal opens on Thursday, October 24 in Fuheis the conference organized by th ...
• 24 October 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Evangelical leaders in Mombasa: we will not be intimidated by the murder of two pastors" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of some Christian churches have launched the alarm about religious freedom in Kenya after the killing of two evangelical pastors without reason in Kilifi and Mombasa, reports the Cat ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two thousand children sentenced to life behind bars along with their imprisoned mothers La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - It is estimated that approximately 2,000 children in Bolivia have no other alternative but to live in prisons with their mothers who are serving their sentences. Life behind bars is the price the ...
• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Proposal to the Government: an "Islamic triumvirate" to unblock peace in the southern Philippines Zamboanga del Sud (Agenzia Fides) - To end the stalemate regarding peace negotiations in the South of the Philippines "the solution could be to create, for the new 'Bangsamoro region' - Autonomous Region for Muslim commu ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Premier: "Christians in Borneo can use the term Allah"; the Bishops criticize the "misinformed judges" Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak said that the Christians of Malaysian Borneo - ie those residing in the states of Sabah and Sarawak - can continue to use the term "Allah" during ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – After two years, Fr. Fausto Tentorio’s murder goes unpunished Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Two years since the murder of PIME missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, the crime goes unpunished. The missionary was killed on October 17, 2011 at his parish in Arakan, in the province of North Co ...
• 23 October 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - " They only leave crumbs, generate social conflicts and destroy the environment": Mgr. Ramazzini on foreign mining companies Huehuetenango (Agenzia Fides) - The mining companies, mostly Canadian, which exploit the gold, silver and other metals in Guatemala and Mexico, "not only leave crumbs, but are generating social conflicts, and then, in ad ...
• 23 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Integration, youth and migration: Priorities of the tripartite meeting in Peru, Bolivia and Chile La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The V tripartite meeting between Peru, Bolivia and Chile is in progress in La Paz (Bolivia), attended by 15 Bishops of the three local churches in Latin America. The meeting, which began on Monda ...
• 23 October 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Famine and diseases afflicting the Sudanese refugees Bambari (Agenzia Fides) - For two months, the Sudanese refugees residing in the camp of Bambari, in the Central African Republic, have no access to food. The spokesperson of the field reported to Radio Dabanga that refug ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Incursion of the Islamist militias in the Christian city of Sadad Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian city of Sadad, situated in a strategic area along the road that joins Homs to Damascus, has been since yesterday at the center of the battle between the army of Assad and rebel milit ...
• 23 October 2013
  EUROPE - Appeal to the UN: a Resolution for the protection of religious minorities is needed Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) – Taking into account the constant increase in forms of violence, the persecution of Christians and other religious groups in various parts of the world, the Plenary Assembly of the Council o ...
• 23 October 2013
  AMERICA/CUBA - School Education for disabled children Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In Cuba there are 350 special schools where almost 39,000 children study. Other 70 000 with different types of disabilities attend regular centers. Educating children with disabilities is the go ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Commission "Justice and Peace" in Jaffna denounces "the genocide of Tamils" Jaffna (Agenzia Fides) - "A genocide of the Tamil people is in progress in Sri Lanka": this is a strong and circumstantial complaint sent by the Commission "Justice and Peace" of the diocese of Jaffna in the north of Sri ...
• 23 October 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Suspension of talks in Kampala: the Congolese government denounces the tactic "talk and fight" of the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo rejects the responsibility for the suspension of peace talks in Kampala (Uganda ) on the M23 guerrilla movement. On October 21, Lambert Me ...
• 23 October 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Attacks against churches, Christians criticize the government and security forces Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - During the terrorist attack which last Sunday caused the death of four people - including a 9-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl - and wounding 18 Coptic invited to a Coptic wedding, the police ...