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19 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - NGOs and US government put the spotlight on Asia Bibi, discrimination and religious freedom
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Social discrimination, the controversial blasphemy law, and the status of religious freedom in Pakistan are now coming into the spotlight. International NGOs like Amnesty International and C ...
19 November 2010
ASIA/IRAQ - Petition from Arab Christians in the Holy Land: “Canonize Iraq's martyrs”
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – “We ask that the martyrs of Iraq be canonized, because the example of their lives and their sacrifice is an inspiration to us all as Christians, Arabs and non alike, living in the Middle E ...
19 November 2010
EUROPE/SPAIN - Catholic Church saves the State 4 billion Euros on public education
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “In education, the Church allows the state to save more than 4 billion euros," noted Diego Zalbidea, Professor of Canon Law at the University of Navarra, during the 26th Refresher Course in C ...
18 November 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan writes to brother bishops on the relationship of a bishop with his priests
Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - “I pray for you, your dioceses and the whole Church in China...May the Lord also grant you that your evangelization and pastoral work progress smoothly and successfully. May all the Catholic ...
18 November 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Military coup members surround barracks
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "We saw a number of truckloads of armed soldiers head toward the base where the coup leaders are holed up," Fides was told by an editor of Radio Don Bosco, whose head office is located 15 ...
18 November 2010
VATICAN - Statement from the Holy See Press Office concerning news of an episcopal ordination in China
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office today published, in English, the following “Statement of the Director of the Holy See Press Office Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ concerning news of an episcopal or ...
18 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi: further developments and biographical notes
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Asia Bibi's family, lawyers, and Christian organizations that are protecting her are anxiously awaiting the date of the first hearing before the High Court of Lahore, where the appeal for her c ...
18 November 2010
VATICAN - “Important also in the field of health, integral part of each one's existence and of the common good, is to establish a true distributive justice that guarantees to all, on the basis of objective needs, adequate care”: Message from Benedict XVI
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Health is a precious good for the person and society to promote, conserve and protect, dedicating the means, resources and energies necessary so that more persons can enjoy it. Unfortuna ...
18 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim leaders say government is “an accomplice in the martyrdom of the minority”
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Ali Jinnah, the father of the Pakistani Constitution "would have joined the campaign to save Asia Bibi and repeal the blasphemy law." If the government fails to protect religious minorities, "t ...
18 November 2010
AFRICA/SUDAN - “May the will of the people be respected” says Archbishop of Juba on referendum
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The outcome from the South Sudan vote on self-determination is a clear manifestation of God’s will and has to be respected as such. This was the position Archbishop Paolino Lukudu Loro shar ...
18 November 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Promoting and supporting the activity of the Holy Childhood Association
Carcarañá (Agenzia Fides) – About 44 youth missionaries from different parts of the Archdiocese of Rosario took part in an Initiation of the Workshop in the city of Carcarañá, organized by the Pontifical Society of ...
17 November 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Muslims challenge Ayodhya decision; Church says make it “a place of peace”
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Muslim groups have filed an appeal against the decision at first instance on the allocation of the disputed site of Ayodhya, claimed by both Hindu and Muslim communities, and now divided fol ...
17 November 2010
AFRICA/CHAD - Rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary “S. Mbaga Tuzindé” in Sarh appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 28, 2010, appointed Fr. François Mbaitoubam Alngar, of the clergy of the Diocese of Gore (Chad), ...
17 November 2010
AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop of Luxor: “Attempts are made to force Christian girls to convert to Islam”
Luxor (Agenzia Fides) – "What occurred was an incident between two young people that was overplayed to make Christians look bad,” Fides was told by Bishop Joannes Zakaria, Bishop of the Catholic Copts of Luxor, Egypt ...
17 November 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyers note “growing discrimination and persecutions”
London (Agenzia Fides) – "There is a growing discrimination and persecution against Christians. It 's time the government took the issue of respect for human rights seriously. The UN and EU are placing pressure.” Thi ...
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