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• 7 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 May 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc, Director of the Social Action and Development Center, as Apostolic Vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe, in the Philippines, assignin ...
• 7 May 2015
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - Appointment of the Bishop of Kole Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 May 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Emery Kibal Mansong'loo, C.P., already former Provincial Superior of the Passionist Fathers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Bishop o ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church condemns the criminal violence that killed three people and a politician Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) released a statement in which it expresses its dismay regarding the criminal violence that killed the politician Magdaleno Silva and three others who ...
• 7 May 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "May elections be held" ask the Bishops, invoking the path of dialogue Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly recommend elections to be held so that Country has institutions elected by the people", say the Bishops of Burundi in a message on the situation of the Country, in the grip of pro ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Children recruited by the FARC: they are prisoners and infected with the human papilloma virus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of children who are recruited into armed groups in the Country remains serious. In recent days the Army has discovered some between 12 and 17 years of age in uniform and armed to th ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA - 88 environmentalists killed in Latin America in 2014 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Report of the international Global Witness organization, 88 environmentalists were killed in Latin America in 2014. As demonstrated by the report published under the title: ...
• 7 May 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - Fr.Mario Borzaga and Laotian catechist martyrs: the joy of Bishops and young people Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See has announced that it is recognising the martyrdom of Fr. Mario Borzaga (1932-1960), of the missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), and the lay Laotian catechist Paul ...
• 7 May 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest Kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to local media sources, a Nigerian priest, Don Innocent Umor, was abducted from his parish in Ikanepo, in the diocese of Idah, in Kogi State, in central southern Nigeria. The fact happen ...
• 7 May 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - The demolition of Kamp Armen has started, former Armenian orphanage in Istanbul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In the year in which we commemorate the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish authorities have started the demolition of Kamp Armen, the Armenian orphanage that had been expropriated aft ...
• 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 ...