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• 12 June 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "let us avoid repeating the language of those who want to destroy the family" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - From 8 to 11 June the preparatory meeting for the Synod on the family to be held in October in Rome was held in Accra (Ghana). According to a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, the meeting, entitled ...
• 12 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - President Assad meets the Patriarch and the Synod of Syrian-Orthodox Bishops Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received members of the Holy Synod of the Syrian Orthodox Church yesterday, Thursday, June 11, in Damascus, who in these days under the leadership of Patriarch ...
• 12 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Gandhinagar and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 June 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar (India), by His Exc. Mgr. Stanislaus Fernandes, S.I., in accordance ...
• 12 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The UN representative offers himself as a mediator in the national dialogue Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Martin Kobler, has offered to mediate in the national dialogue (see Fides 02/06/2015) initiated by President Josesph Kabila in view of the upcom ...
• 12 June 2015
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Cardinal Parolin inaugurates a new church for the Catholics of the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - A new Catholic church dedicated to Saint Paul was inaugurated today, Friday, June 12, in Mussaffah, in the presence of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of State. The day before, th ...
• 11 June 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Five years of continuous Eucharistic adoration have strengthened faith and mission Liao Ning (Agenzia Fides) - For five years, 24 hours a day, without interruption, the faithful of the parish of Corpus Christi of Liao Ning, in mainland China, alternate with the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. For t ...
• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "In this America's Cup, and always, say no to trafficking": campaign against human trafficking Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - America's Cup 2015 begins today, the most important sporting event to be held from June 11 to July 4 in Chile. In this circumstance, various Church organizations and civil society, convened ...
• 11 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to a Christian community in Karachi Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church of Jerusalem" in Karachi is a Protestant Christian community which includes about 300 families. As Fides learns, community members have been receiving threats because they have to re ...
• 11 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are waiting to be contacted by the kidnappers", says the Bishop of Ekiti after the kidnapping of a priest Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are waiting for the kidnappers of our priest to get in touch with us to tell us their demands in exchange for his release" says His Exc. Mgr. Felix Ajakaye, Bishop of Ekiti. Don Emmanuel Aking ...
• 11 June 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Former property of a Presbyterian church becomes settlement of Jewish settlers. The Latin Patriarchate: dangerous operation Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - An impressive building complex owned by the Presbyterian Church located in the Palestinian territory was sold and, after several changes of ownership, is preparing to host a community of Jewis ...
• 11 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops invite the winners of the elections to fulfil the promises made Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We have chosen to participate, now what do we have to do?"; with this title, the Episcopal Conference of Mexico issued a statement, also sent to Agenzia Fides, to motivate public opinion an ...
• 11 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Three people killed in Bujumbura, but for the President the demonstrations have now finished Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Last night the police killed three people, a woman and two children, in a neighborhood in Bujumbura, where so far there had been no demonstrations" refer local sources from the Burundian capi ...
• 11 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Jihadist militants of al Nusra Front massacre dozens of Druze civilians in Idlib Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadist militiamen linked to al-Nusra Front have massacred dozens of Druze civilians in Qalb Loza village, in the Mount Simmaq area, near the town of Idlib. Eyewitnesses of the massacre told ...
• 10 June 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - A shelter for 129 small children with Aids Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A place where to find shelter, where everyone knows who they are and what they need, from medicines, food and a family. We are talking about Nyumbani children’s home in Nairobi, which includes ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - National Director of the PMS: "Faith and youth walk together in East Timor" Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "In the young there is the seed of faith. People have trust in the Church and is attracted by the message of Christ. Today we have, in the two inter-diocesan seminaries, over 120 major seminarians ...