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• 18 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Bishop Kyrillos: positive analysis for the first year of the National Council of Churches Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - This afternoon, Tuesday, February 18, the leaders and many senior members of the prominent Christian denominations in Egypt - including Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak - will gather ...
• 18 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Funeral of the two Salesians killed: more than 50 years at the service of Venezuela Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Valencia held two celebrations yesterday for the funeral of the two Salesians killed on Saturday, February 15 during a robbery (see Fides 17/02/2014 ). The first Mass ...
• 18 February 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Muslim leader of the opposition: immediately release all the Christians kidnapped Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Mohammad Abdel- Hady al- Yaaqubi, Islamic scholar and member of the Syrian opposition present at the Geneva 2 talks, called upon "all Islamic militants to immediately release all those who ...
• 18 February 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "Sanctify work with prayer" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – It is prayer that makes every Christian an apostle and evangelist: with this conviction, the Archbishop of Singapore Mgr. William Goh, sent a message to all workers, employees, pastoral work ...
• 18 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The truce has been violated: fighting in Malakal has resumed Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The South Sudanese rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar announced today, February 18, of having conquered Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, after government troops ousted President ...
• 18 February 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - National Census: civil society say "No" to the obligation of declaring ethnicity and religion Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese government is preparing a new national census which is expected to be launched on March 30. The last census of the population dates back to 1980. As reported to Fides Agency, several ...
• 18 February 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Society based on the family": opening of the Year of the Family in the Diocese of Orizaba Orizaba (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal to rebuild the social fabric and build bridges between people and the Church, in search of peace and to stop the violence that the state of Veracruz is experiencing, was launched by ...
• 18 February 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary who works in Bozoum in the west of the Central African Republic. "The behav ...
• 17 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Two Salesians killed and two others injured during a robbery, insecurity in the country is worrying Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Archbishop of Valencia, Msg. Reinaldo Del Prette L. in union with his brother priests, religious and laity, expresses our church community’s deep sorrow and dismay for the murder of Fr. ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church on the rules for the election of the Patriarch Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church towards a better future". This is the title of the Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo to be held from February 17 to 19, under the chairmanship of Patriarch Tawadr ...
• 17 February 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez C.SS.R., former Vicar Provincial and Pastor as Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes (Bo ...
• 17 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the elections: "The leaders respond to the expectations of the people" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church strongly hopes that the general elections give the country leaders who understand the anxieties of the people and respond to their needs": is what is said in the Indian B ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The latest massacre of civilians unfortunately does not surprise me" says the Archbishop of Jos to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "The lastest massacre in northern Nigeria does not surprise me anymore, because Boko Haram follows a regular pattern, aimed at terrorizing the population" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignat ...
• 17 February 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Jubilee of the mission in Pathorghata, "the port of stones" Pathorghata - (Agenzia Fides ) - More than 2,500 people participated in past days to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mission in Pathorghata, in the diocese of Dinajpur. This is how Fr. Livio Prete, PIME, the local ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mpanda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga, Bishop of the Diocese of Dodoma as Bishop of Mpanda (Tanzania). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 17/02/ ...