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• 18 September 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The West African Countries discuss the intervention in northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The sending of a military force in Mali has been the focus of a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), which was held yesterday ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Towards the Year of Faith, the parish of Our Diocese of Sanyuan celebrated the patronal feast Sanyuan (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the Year of Faith wanted by Pope Benedict XVI, the parish dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows of the Diocese of Sanyuan celebrated its patronal feast on September 15. As reported to Fi ...
• 17 September 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Mexico will be great when it will be able overcome violence and corruption" says the Rector of the Basilica of Guadalupe during the national holiday Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico celebrated its national holiday on Sunday, September 16, the 202nd anniversary of independence, with many civil and religious events. The Catholic Church invited all Mexicans to live ...
• 17 September 2012
  AFRICA/DRC - Emergency for refugees from the Central African Republic without any source of livelihood Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,700 people who fled from the attacks in Central African Republic (CAR) have poured into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Acco ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians killed on the outskirts of Karachi, the faithful, in terror, raise a wall Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians were killed with a firearm in the district of Essa Nagri, on the outskirts of Karachi, by Muslim extremist groups of ethnic Pashtuns who terrorize the population. This is what is ...
• 17 September 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Calm is back in Cairo; protesters paid to provoke clashes? Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Cairo has now normalized. Calm has returned around the U.S. Embassy and in Tahrir Square. Traffic is back to normal and works are carried out to resettle the streets, scene of ac ...
• 17 September 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The religious identity of Bolivian citizens should be included in the national census Oruro (Agenzia Fides) - The religious identity of Bolivian citizens should be included in the national census of population and the housing that the central government has planned for the month of November, said the Bish ...
• 17 September 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A Campaign for the adoption of abandoned children La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - About 5 000 abandoned children live in reception centers of the Departmental Service for Social Management (Sedeges) of the Government of Cochabamba, many waiting to be adopted. In this regard, t ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Muhammad Sammak: "Everyone in Lebanon wanted the Pope to stay longer" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - " Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon showed the world that the Lebanese people, Christians and Muslims, are all on the same side, while the political parties and factions divide and create conflic ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs' hopes of peace after the Pope's visit to Lebanon Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Satisfaction and hope of the Christian Patriarchs in Damascus for a future of peace and reconciliation in Syria: in the aftermath of the Pope's visit the Christian leaders of Damascus, all in L ...
• 17 September 2012
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Lebanon, "in this region, which saw actions and heard words, may the Gospel continue to resonate as it did 2000 years ago and may it be lived today and for ever!" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "With the consigning of this document there now begins its study and appropriation by all the members of the Church, pastors, consecrated persons and lay people, so that everyone will find new jo ...
• 15 September 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cardinal López Rodríguez denounces violence against women Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, publicly denounced the high number of cases of violence against women, and also warned that "this is a symptom that ...
• 15 September 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "I work in a live, dynamic church, where there is everyone’s participation," says Mgr. Miguel Olaortúa, Apostolic Vicar of Iquitos, in the Amazon rainforest Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a live, dynamic church, with a lot of participation and engagement in society: are values make you understand the consideration that the faithful have of their Pastors." This is how His Exc ...
• 15 September 2012
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Arab Christians are hurt as much as and with Muslims," says the director of the PMS Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - We as Christians of the East, as Christians of the Arab world feel hurt when things happen like this happen," says to Fides Agency Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Soc ...
• 15 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Archbishop Maroun Lahham: The Apostolic Exhortation of Benedict XVI is a real help to the Christians of the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The post-synodal apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in the Middle East "is a high-profile pastoral text, with Biblical inspiration, full of useful tips that will help Christians in the Middle East to ...