News

• 21 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Vijayawada Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 December 2015 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M., Provincial Superior of the Montfort Missionaries in Bangalore as Bishop of the diocese of Vijayawada ...
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  21 December 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - 600 Israeli "permits" to Christians in Gaza to visit the holy places at Christmas Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli authorities issued 600 permits to many Christians living in Gaza Strip to allow them to visit the Holy Places during the holiday season. Permits have a monthly period, starting from Sun ...
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  21 December 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A violent year: religious extremism worries Christians and activists Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "2015 has been a year of unprecedented violence and serious violations of human rights in Bangladesh. Women, children and elderly were hit, innocent people killed. Schools, institutions, mosques, ...
• 21 December 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Parliament will reject the African mission, confirming the decision of the government Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Parliament met to confirm what the government has already announced, namely the rejection of the African Union Mission in Burundi. It is therefore only a formal coverage to a decision already ...
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  19 December 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The President of the Bishops: "The theological Institute becomes reality in the Holy Year" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic university of Vietnam becomes reality and will be inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City during the Jubilee Year: this was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Bui Van ...
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  19 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Presidential elections, the Maronite Patriarch still considers "Franjieh's option" valid Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai continues to consider Sleiman Frangieh as a credible presidential candidate thanks to the consent of the Lebanese political forces that allow the election o ...
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  19 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesians: compassion towards the flood victims in Chennai Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of Tamil Nadu are actively engaged in helping the flood victims that hit the city of Chennai, former Madras. This is what Don Raphael Jayapalan, SDB Provincial of the Salesians in ...
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  19 December 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishop of Temuco: "It is urgent to solve the Mapuche conflict" Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "In Araucania there is a complex situation. On the one hand there is a historical debt with the Mapuche people. On the other hand, acts of violence increase and spread, with all the problems that ...
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  18 December 2015
  EUROPE/GERMANY - The "Star Singers" recognized as intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 58th time, in the days leading up to January 6th 2015, the "Star Singers" (Sternsinger) of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany, will be on the country’s street-corners singing ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An NGO: need to recognize and welcome persecuted Christians of Pakistan in Europe Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan who escape religious persecution have to be recognized and welcomed in Europe: is what the NGO "Global Minorities Alliance" (GMA), based in the United Kingdom asks Europ ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Netanyahu: Israel is the only State in the Middle East that protects Christians Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the Middle East, Christians are persecuted and killed "by radical Islam", and the only State in the region that protects Christians "is the State of Israel". This is how the Israeli Prime M ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Archbishop of Calcutta: "upcoming canonization of Mother Teresa, a gift to the whole of India" Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "This Christmas is very special. We are grateful and overjoyed at upcoming canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. We are deeply grateful to God and to the Holy Father. Today there is an atm ...
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  18 December 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The closure of schools increases the recruitment of children on behalf of the Taliban Lashkar Gah (Agenzia Fides) - The escalation of conflicts in the Afghan province of Helmand has forced the closure of more than 150 schools, leaving about 100,000 students exposed to the recruitment by the Taliban. For a ...
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  18 December 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The "caravan of migrants" coming home for Christmas is very crowded Queretaro (Agenzia Fides) - The "caravan of migrants", now in its sixth edition began on the evening of 16 December and this year sees the participation of a very high number of vehicles never seen before: about 500. The ...
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  18 December 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The newly appointed Bishop of Mocoa-Sibundoy: "The Church will be of vital importance in the post-conflict" Mocoa (Agenzia Fides) - The newly-elected Bishop of the diocese of Mocoa-Sibundoy (Colombia), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Alberto Maldonado said that the Catholic Church will have an important role in the post-conflict, especiall ...