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• 9 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Salafist leader condemns the violence against Copts in Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian parliamentary Younes Makhioun, president of the Salafi al-Nour Conservative Party, condemned the violence - murders and kidnappings - suffered in recent weeks in Libya by the Egyptian ...
• 8 January 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church joyfully welcomes the appointment of the first Burmese Cardinal in history Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Church colleagues proudly welcomed Archbishop Charles Maung Bo home on Monday, a day after his appointment by Pope Francis as Myanmar's first Roman Catholic cardinal. According to Bishop Felix L ...
• 8 January 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – Assembly of Bishops: dialogue to end the crisis and the necessity to find agreed solutions Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The testimony of Pope Francis in favor of the family with concrete gestures and with the III Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, the canonization of two Popes, the anniversary of the ...
• 8 January 2015
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Fatal accidents, permanent disabilities, illnesses for millions of children forced to work around the world Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Currently 168 million children work in the world. Among these 115 million between 5 and 17 years of age are engaged in jobs considered at high risk where they work as miners, farmers, constructio ...
• 8 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops to MPs: elect the new President as soon as possible Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops, who met yesterday for their monthly meeting presided by Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai at the patriarchal seat of Bkerké, have once again urged the MPs to elect the new Pre ...
• 8 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Attack in Paris: "Not in the name of Allah" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We have learned with dismay of the attack in Paris. Pakistan is still in shock after the terrorist attack in Peshawar, which took place a month ago, causing the death of more than 140 people, mo ...
• 8 January 2015
  AFRICA - The Holy See expresses gratitude to local Churches in Africa fighting Ebola Rome (Agenzia Fides) - " The Holy See wishes to express its appreciation to the local Catholic Church in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for its timely response to the Ebola crisis. In order to strengthen these efforts ...
• 8 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram is now a regional problem Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3,000 refugees fleeing the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram have been welcomed in Chad. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Chad, Kalzeubé Pahimi Deubet, according to whom even ...
• 8 January 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI – 5 years after the earthquake the Catholic Church is helping Haiti to recover Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of 12 people from Haiti arrived in Rome yesterday, January 7, where they will attend the meeting to be held at the Vatican on Saturday, January 10 on the fifth anniversary of ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al-Sisi attends Coptic Christmas mass at Cairo Abbasiya Cathedral Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi attended Christmas mass at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral , where he greeted Coptic Christians in a speech on Tuesday January 6. "The Egyptian P ...
• 7 January 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The "National Catholic Schools Week 2015" will be observed in dioceses around the country from January 25–31. This year’s theme, “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and S ...
• 7 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - International Delegation of Bishops to visit Gaza Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community of Gaza is again the focal point of this year’s visit to the Holy Land by Bishops from across Europe, North America and South Africa in support of the local Christian comm ...
• 7 January 2015
  VATICAN - Pope announces the appointment of New Cardinals, 7 are from the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Of the 20 new Cardinals (of whom 5 Archbishops and Bishops Emeritus) who will be appointed by Pope Francis in the consistory to be held on 14 February, 6 are ordinary Archbishops and Bish ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The Archbishop of Niamey: "More and more young Nigeriens are being enlisted in the Boko Haram movement, especially in the region of Diffa" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - More and more young Nigeriens are being enlisted in the Boko Haram movement. The alarm was launched, in his message at the beginning of the year, by His Exc. Mgr. Michel Cartatéguy, Archbishop o ...
• 7 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Bangui threatened with death while bringing assistance to the displaced Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, President of Central Africa Caritas, led a mission of support to the residents in the village of Gbangou, whose homes (275 in all) were ...