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17 May 2019
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Progetto Tumaco: un popolo che, nonostante l'abbandono, sogna un futuro migliore
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Tumaco Project: a people that, despite the abandonment, dreams of a better future
Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - The "Tumaco Project: Social Dialogue for Life and Justice" continues, proposed by the Social ...
16 May 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church commitment against false marriages of Chinese men with Pakistani women
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Young Pakistani women were enticed to marry Chinese men on the promise of a better life, but these young women and their families are not at all aware that they can be deceived and trapped in ...
16 May 2019
AMERICA/MEXICO - Teachers' daily contribution to the formation of a more human, fraternal and supportive culture
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With gratitude we want to congratulate all the teachers of our country, recognizing their precious daily contribution in shaping an increasingly human, fraternal and supportive culture": th ...
16 May 2019
ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: Parties have taken possession of parliamentary seats reserved for Christians
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The major “political parties” intervene in the process by supporting certain candidates for their own benefit, “stealing” Christians’ right in having this privilege, since the reality, ...
16 May 2019
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms: third evaluation at the UN
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of 325 Nicaraguans by the regime of Daniel Ortega, since April 18 2018, the torture of political prisoners and the brutal attacks against freedom of expression, were documented yesterd ...
16 May 2019
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "We will defeat terrorism, working together for peace"
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "It is together and in synergy that we will overcome violence. The Lord is here with us and we will win", said Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou and President of the Bi ...
15 May 2019
EUROPE/SPAIN - Academic Day at San Damaso University: the announcement of the Extraordinary Missionary Month concerns everyone
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - An academic Day dedicated to the Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019 was held yesterday at the San Damaso University of Madrid, organized by the Chair of Missionology, the Faculty of T ...
15 May 2019
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Thailand for the 350th anniversary of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, will be on a pastoral visit to Thailand for the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the Apos ...
15 May 2019
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Video of Bishops to show the world the dramatic situation in which people live
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In the difficult situations that our country is experiencing, with the high risk that the citizens have experienced in recent years, the Venezuelan Episcopate has remained in defense of the peo ...
15 May 2019
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Archbishop Rugambwa: "The Church, family of God, excludes all ethnocentrism and promotes reconciliation"
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy See is grateful for the many commendable common initiatives you have undertaken and continue to pursue for the promotion of holistic evangelization in the West African Region", sai ...
15 May 2019
AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops of Kenya ask: "What sort of role models are we?"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Our young people are increasingly descending into depression out of frustration in their lives, either from lack of gainful employment or poor guidance from their families, close friends and co ...
15 May 2019
ASIA/IRAQ - Security emergency in the Nineveh Plain: two elderly Christian women robbed and beaten up
Bartella (Agenzia Fides) - The robbery and violence that two elderly Christian women suffered at home in the Nineveh Plain by an armed group have become political "cases", causing the controversy over the lack of securit ...
14 May 2019
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishop Mata Guevara: "dialogue is blocked, no political prisoners have been released, there is no will to resolve the crisis"
Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - "We have said several times: this regime does not have the political will to reach an agreement for the good of the country. For the regime, the people are only the small group that supports it. ...
14 May 2019
AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic priest killed by a Christian guard
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Makad Saad was the name of the Coptic Orthodox priest killed on Monday 13 May in front of the church of San Marco in Al-Wahda district of the Egyptian city of Shubra al-Khaymah, in the province of ...
14 May 2019
AFRICA/NIGER - Catholic parish attacked, parish priest wounded. Sahel Christian communities increasingly at risk
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, May 13, unidentified people attacked the parish of Dolbel, belonging to the diocese of Niamey, which is located about 200 km from Niamey, in the Songhay-Zerma area. This is what missio ...
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