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• 18 May 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Candidates need to impress people with a real project," said the Bishop of Rancagua Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Country has a formation that did not exist years ago, social networks have caused a huge cultural transformation, and those who want to govern the Country must take this into acc ...
• 18 May 2013
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's Speech addressed to the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At 12:30 (17 May 2013), in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis received in Audience the participants of the General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
• 18 May 2013
  VATICAN - "The PMS, concrete sign for the special attention to the young Churches," Cardinal Filoni at the audience with Pope Francis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 17, Pope Francis received the participants of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangel ...
• 16 May 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – Still victims because of the mismanagement of health care of indigenous peoples Maranhão (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of actions and programs to provide good health care to indigenous people and farmers on behalf of the Brazilian government continues to produce victims. On 11 May, the indigenous Ajru ...
• 16 May 2013
  ASIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young pilgrims from Papua ask to pray with the Pope in Rome Madang (Agenzia Fides) - Fifteen Christian students of the Divine Word University in Madang will make a pilgrimage to Rome from June 14 to 21, for the Year of Faith and have asked to pray with Pope Francis, participating ...
• 16 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty and unemployment for about 13 million women Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1 million 200 thousand Mexican mothers of peasant origins have become heads of families following the immigration of their husbands and older sons who have left their homes in sear ...
• 16 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Secretary of CAN in Borno killed, shortly after the declaration of a state of emergency Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN, an association that brings together the leading Nigerian Christian denominations including the Catholic Church) in Borno State (in the n ...
• 16 May 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 25 victims in the umpteenth bombing in the Nuba Mountains Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - A new massive bombing on a village in the Nuba Mountains, by the Sudanese Air Force, caused 25 victims and 8 wounded. This was reported by the Sudan Catholic Radio Network, according to which i ...
• 16 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Congress of catechists from Orissa, agents of evangelization in the Year of Faith Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - To maintain and strengthen the role of lay catechists as agents of evangelization: with this goal the Bishops of the state of Orissa have organized, on the occasion of the Year of Faith, a c ...
• 16 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: the "bribes for the revolution" of the anti-Assad militias Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - "The militias of the Free Syrian Army and jahidist groups make all vehicles coming from the areas of Damascus and Aleppo carrying goods pay heavy tolls. They say that the money is used to buy w ...
• 15 May 2013
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Human rights at risk in view of the elections Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for the administrative and municipal elections have just begun and will be held in the country on 26 May. The population of Equatorial Guinea still has no fundamental freedoms as wel ...
• 15 May 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Serious human rights abuses and religious freedom Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the positive signs of change and openness, "there continues to be serious abuses of human rights and religious freedom" in Myanmar: So says a new report prepared by the NGO Christian ...
• 15 May 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Truce or peace process, but the population still suffers violence, denounce the Bishops San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The truce between the gangs in the Country, established on March 9, 2012 (see Fides 28/03/2012) "has not produced the benefits that the honest and hard-working population was expecting." Th ...
• 15 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Converted to Christ from Hinduism: two families persecuted in Orissa Dhenkanal (Agenzia Fides) - Persecuted because converted. Mohan Soren of the village of Dengabahali and Rabi Narayan Marandi, from the village of Bhalu Tanggaro, both in the district of Dhenkanal in the state of Orissa, ...
• 15 May 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Maronite Patriarch Rai: "Venezuela is in good hands" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that Venezuela is in good hands." This is how the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Bechara Boutros Rai expressed himself after the meeting which took place yesterday, Tues ...