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• 13 May 2013
  VATICAN - "It is necessary to review the methods of evangelization": Cardinal Filoni at the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Many here present work in dramatic situations of persecution, poverty, violence, conflict and marginalization of their Countries", stressed Cardinal Filoni, at the opening today of the Ass ...
• 13 May 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Catholic Patriarch Sidrak: the encounter between Francis and Tawadros II helps us to rediscover ourselves united in baptism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The meeting between the Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II caused joy especially among the very simple people. Now the hope is that the path on the way of unity can move forward with concrete and ...
• 11 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The first Holy Colombian: "Mother Laura is not a utopia, but a concrete program" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Life of Mother Laura is not a utopia, but a concrete program that can be achieved with the help of God and the generous response of man," is what is stated in the invitation of the Colombian ...
• 11 May 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The first Holy Colombian, big feast also in the Ande of Ecuador Otavalo (Agenzia Fides) – Everything is ready in Agato and Otavalo (Ecuador) for the feast of canonization of "Mother Laura," a Colombian Catholic missionary. The Lauritas missionaries that work in two small towns in t ...
• 11 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The Nigerian Church is with you": solidarity visit to Maiduguri of the Bishops of Jos Ecclesiastical Province Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "All the Nigerian Church is identified and prays with you," said the Bishops of Jos Ecclesiastical Province in their solidarity visit to Maiduguri, capital of Borno State (Nigeria north-east), whe ...
• 11 May 2013
  AFRICA/GABON - "Take part in the march against mass ritual killings" urges the Archbishop of Libreville Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - "Take part in the march en masse in an atmosphere of fervent prayer, as an expression of our indignation and our condemnation of these shameful and vile crimes." This is the invitation addres ...
• 11 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Water emergency for 90 disabled Muslims rescued by Christians Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Ninety disabled people forced to flee the aleppino neighborhood of Cheikh Maksoud - an area conquered in recent weeks by the anti-Assad militias - received hospitality in a hostel owned by the Ap ...
• 11 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Bishop’s appeal for dialogue in order to resolve the teachers’ strike Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 220 schools which have been closed for 2 months in the area of Chilpancingo (south of Mexico City) for the indefinite teachers’ strike who ask for a fair salary. Mgr. ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The country has the highest number of child deaths within the first 24 hours of life New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Every year a million children die within 24 hours of birth, and 2 million before the age of 3 months old. This is what emerges in a recently published report by the NGO Save the Children, in w ...
• 10 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Today the funeral of the 24 who died in the fire, Pope Francis united in prayer for the tragedy Ecatepec (Agenzia Fides) - The toll of the accident in San Pedro Xalosctoc, Ecatepec, north of Mexico City is of 24 victims and 25 wounded, of whom 12 in serious condition, where a tanker full of natural gas exploded on ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops' Appeal for the elections: "Vote for those who promote harmony" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops, we invite you to vote for those who promise a free, fair, democratic, respectful society and for those who are seriously engaged in building social harmony, to create harmony among ...
• 10 May 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Valuable money is wasted due to the high number of by-elections" denounces Caritas Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The growing number of MPs resigning before the end of their mandate has caused government to spend colossal amounts of money for anticipated elections at the expense of the much more urgent soc ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - International day of prayer for peace Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday, May 11 the Syrian Christians of all Churches and ecclesial communities have organized a day of prayer to "pray God to grant mercy to Syria and to put an end to the violence." The appeal ...
• 10 May 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "The suffering of immigrants has to stop!" says Cardinal Dolan New York City (Agenzia Fides) - "Now is the time to face the issue," said the Cardinal of New York, His Excellency Timothy Dolan, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), intervening in the debate on the ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Two missionaries who distributed biblical pamphlets: beaten and arrested Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) – First the onslaught of the crowd that beat them savagely. Then arrested by the police, who rescued them from a secure lynching. This is the fate of two missionary lay Christians, who were acc ...