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• 13 October 2012
  VATICAN - WORLD MISSION DAY - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, this year celebrated on Sunday, October 21, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the missionary church all o ...
• 13 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Francophonie Summit begins: the crisis in Kivu and in Mali and the relations between France and Africa at the centre of the work Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Last night the fourteenth summit of the Francophonie summit began in Kinshasa, the first in Central Africa and, in particular, in the Great Lakes of Africa. For months, the capital of the Democ ...
• 13 October 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Caravan of mothers in search of missing children will travel 14 Mexican states El Corinth (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, October 15, the "Caravan of Mothers of Central America" will arrive in El Ceibo, an important point in the Mexico-Guatemala border. The caravan is composed of parents from El Sa ...
• 13 October 2012
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - A "year of grace" for the small Catholic community Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - The small Catholic community in Tajikistan will live a "year of grace": 333 faithful who will keep alight the flame of faith in Central Asia, despite the difficulties and the new restrictions o ...
• 13 October 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Catechists and missionaries "special envoys" in the Year of Faith Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the "special envoys in the Year of Faith" to "radiate the missionary spirit and zeal of universal solidarity": more than 700 priests, nuns, lay people, educators, leaders, catechists r ...
• 13 October 2012
  AFRICA/CHAD - Expulsion of the Bishop of Doba: "there seems to be an opening attitude towards dialogue on behalf of the government" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an openness to dialogue on behalf of the government to resolve Mgr. Russo’s situation in a positive way" sources of the local church in N'Djamena, capital of Chad, say to Fides whe ...
• 12 October 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Religious in politics: the pastor of the Cathedral of Tegucigalpa asks for the respect of the Constitution Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest, Father Carlo Magno Núñez, pastor of the Cathedral of Tegucigalpa, has asked the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Honduras, to uphold the Constitution of the Republic ...
• 12 October 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Women and children are the main victims of violence in the north of the country Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The plight of women victims of sexual violence continues to worsen in northern Mali. They have no human rights, cannot work, study nor have access to basic social structures. Since last January, ...
• 12 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian boy accused of blasphemy for an sms; bail to the imam who framed Rimsha Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Protests, threats and an attempt to "rough justice" against a Christian teenager, accused of having sent some Muslims peers a blasphemous text message: This is what occurred in the district of G ...
• 12 October 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - More than 160 graves desecrated in two Catholic cemeteries, bronze crosses stolen Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - More than 160 graves were desecrated in two Catholic cemeteries in Dakar. "Crucifixes and other stone objects were taken away from their graves in the Christian cemeteries of Saint Lazarus of Bet ...
• 12 October 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Despite the difficulties that can arise we must support the peace process": Bishops' appeal to prayer Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the start of the second phase of the negotiation process for peace (see Fides 05/10/2012), the Catholic Church in Colombia calls the faithful and all people of good will to pray ...
• 12 October 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Conversion, relationship with God, community life for the new evangelization: Cardinal John Tong’s exhortation Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Conversion, a more intense relationship with God, faith formation, community life marked by the participation and prayer, service to the poor in order to witness faith, to fulfill the mission ...
• 12 October 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - There is always a high number of children who lose their basic right because not registered Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of minors in the Republic of Santo Domingo do not have access to the study and other basic services simply because they are not registered in the census, because either immigrant ...
• 12 October 2012
  VATICAN - Year of Faith: to revive in the whole Church that yearning to announce Christ to contemporary man Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Faith which we launch today is linked harmoniously with the Church's whole path over the last 50 years," said Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Mass he presided at St. Peter' ...
• 12 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - An Indian court: praying at home does not have to be authorized Madras (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom to carry out prayer meetings in private homes, of any religion cannot be prevented and do not need any permission on behalf of the civil authorities or police: is what was laid down b ...