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• 3 June 2015
  VATICAN - The College of Saint Paul celebrates 50 years of service to the formation of missionary priests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn Eucharistic celebration presided by Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, "St. Paul the Apostle" International Pontifical M ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church calls on the authorities to respond to the students on hunger strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, Father Victor Hugo Basabe, called on the competent authorities to respond to the situation of students and opposition leaders who ar ...
• 3 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bail denied to Christians and Muslims accused of lynching Lahore (Fides) - An anti-terrorism court has denied bail to 18 Christians who are in prison, accused of having carried out the lynching of two Muslims, which took place in Youhanabad, a Christian area in Lahore, immediat ...
• 3 June 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Conclusion of the Council: "New paths to give witness to Christ in Thailand" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Thilandia, just concluded in Bangkok, was an important moment to remember the past, our roots, and to look towards the future: the Catholics s ...
• 3 June 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "The President is not liable for any non-security upgrades to his private residence"; Bishops: "we are afraid" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We note with dismay the determination in the report released by the police Minister Nathi Nhleko last week that President Zuma is not liable for any non-security upgrades to his private re ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dengue fever mainly affects school age children San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The first national day for the prevention and control of dengue and chikungunya was held in Liga Panamericana School Centre which is located in San Jacinto. According to the Ministry of Hea ...
• 3 June 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – Drought continues: the population without water and crops Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The inhabitants of the community of Santa Isabel, in the western department of Boaco, Nicaragua, are forced to travel great distances each day to fetch water from streams and ponds because the s ...
• 3 June 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram hits Maiduguri again Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Maiduguri, capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, is again at the center of the attacks of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect, that despite having suffered heavy losses on behalf of the army i ...
• 3 June 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation of the Bishop of Trincomalee, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 June 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Trincomalee, in Sri Lanka, by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Kingsley Swampillai, in accordance ...
• 2 June 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni opens the Assembly of the PMS: "form people to the true sense of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I like to think of this Assembly as the place and the moment when the entire missionary Church, present and active in all peoples and cultures, is gathered in fraternal communion, at the s ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Suicides of farmers, a scourge of society New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past 20 years, about 300,000 farmers have committed suicide in India, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of India. And in the first months of 2015, 257 farmers committed s ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Message from the "Silsilah" movement: a Ramadan of peace in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In a time when people are being killed because they belong to a religion or a specific group, it is important to remember the value of life, and reaffirm our common origin that gives us the s ...
• 2 June 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Pastoral Plan for the Church in Cuba: "a dynamic, open and missionary communion" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that this pastoral plan is for all, a path of the pilgrim Church, in faith and hope which does not disappoint; for this we propose a simple spiritual journey": this is how the Pastoral P ...
• 2 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops’ request to the President: "A national dialogue in accordance with the Constitution" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A national dialogue in accordance with the Constitution". This is what the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hoped for during the meeting with President Joseph Kabila, dedicate ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Study Seminar to improve the collaboration between the Catholic Church and Chinese society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To improve the exchange and cooperation between the Catholic Church and Chinese civil society, promoting a vision and a comprehensive evaluation of the development of the Church in contemporary ...