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• 6 May 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - In the month of Mary: pilgrimage to enrich faith, respecting environment, recalling the commitment missionary Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Several dioceses in mainland China have opened the month of May, dedicated to the Marian devotion, with a solemn celebration, such as the diocese of Su Zhou in Jiang Su province or dioces ...
• 6 May 2015
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 5, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Father Giuseppe Giordano, of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immac ...
• 6 May 2015
  AFRICA/MALI - President of the Episcopal Conference:"Mali wants peace, Muslims have suffered the violence of the jihadists" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We desire peace, this is why Mali prays and hopes the peace agreement is signed", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Baptiste Tiama, Bishop of Sikasso and President of the Episcopal Conference Mali, ...
• 6 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Camillian Task Force in areas which are isolated and without aid Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest updates sent to Agenzia Fides by Father Gianfranco Lunardon, Secretary General of the Camillians (MI), the Camillian Task Force (CTF) India team arrived in the Nepalese ...
• 6 May 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' statement: "The right to truth, forgiveness is not impunity" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile published yesterday, May 5, a statement on the crisis of trust and credibility that is felt in the Country, entitled "Coexistence in ...
• 6 May 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Human trafficking, a scourge in the country Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Thai police discovered a field in the south of the country used to segregate the victims of human trafficking: the discovery comes just days after the discovery of 26 bodies of men and women, vi ...
• 6 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian woman files for nominations in the elections in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - There is a Christian woman among the candidates in the local elections in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (in the north), set by the Election Commission of Pakistan for 30 May: th ...
• 6 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The monumental image of the "Cristo de las Noas" will be donated to the diocese of Torreon Torreón (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Jose Guadalupe Galvan, Bishop of the Diocese of Torreon, met with representatives of the Castilla family to begin the legal process of transferring ownership of the hill where the ...
• 6 May 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African Bishops' donate money for the victims of xenophobic violence Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of South Africa, through the foundation by them promoted, have donated 100,000 Rand to bring relief to the victims of the recent xenophobic attacks. The sum was donated to the p ...
• 6 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - 35 per cent children in India have poor lung capacity New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - About 35 per cent of India’s school going children are victims of different types of lung disorders and New Delhi stands tall at the top rank of a nation-wide survey titled Breathe Blue’15 ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Informed citizenry is able to build a just society", says Msg. Baez Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Informed citizenry is able to build a just and democratic society" stressed His Exc. Mgr. Silvio José Báez Ortega, OCD, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua), after Mass on Sunday, May 3, o ...
• 5 May 2015
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Consecrated Life has the responsibility of "waking up a world" asleep in comfortable compromises Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The most significant contribution of consecrated persons to the Church of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands is the witness of their lives: say the Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Maradiaga visits Central American migrants detained in Dilley San Antonio (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to meet the Archbishop of this city, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo García Siller, in order ...
• 5 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Migrant wives struggle in Nepal Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - There are thousands women whose husbands work abroad and are struggling in Nepal and have to play the role of men. They are submerged in debts, homeless and without aid. The situation is par ...
• 5 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Constitutional Court approves third term for Nkurunziza, while protests continue Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "According to the Red Cross, at least three people were killed and several others injured yesterday as a result of shots fired by the police on the crowd" say local sources from Bujumbura, cap ...