News

• 17 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Reappointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Andrew Small OMI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 4, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the reappointment of Fr. Andrew Small, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immacu ...
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  16 January 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The case of the old Copt woman from Karm, beaten and stripped naked by fanatical Islamists, suspended for "lack of evidence" Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Prosecutors in Egypt's central governorate of Minya have suspended investigations into an assault on a 70-year-old Coptic Christian woman, Suan Thabet, who was stripped naked and paraded in the st ...
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  16 January 2017
  ASIA/THAILAND - Children's Day "playing with army weaponry" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - In Thailand, since 1955, Children's Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of January. During this day children visit the seat of government, Parliament, they go to natural parks, participate ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/CANADA - Worldwide, 119,000 children are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome each year Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - A study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada published the first-ever estimates of the proportion of women who drink during pregnancy. According to data published in The Lan ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dialogue between the government and gangs for peace and genuine reconciliation is still necessary San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The country needs political consensus, this means dialogue", said yesterday the Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, in the usual Sunday press. "The spirit ...
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  16 January 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - New Bishops' appeal to save lives - medical staff on strike for more than a month Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Kenya, once again appeal to the striking doctors to resume essential medical duties especially regarding patients in danger of life and those who need urgent care. The me ...
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  16 January 2017
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jesuits committed to social harmony Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) – To overcome ignorance and prejudice and above all to educate young people to promote peace and social harmony, peace which is an urgent need today: this is what the Indian Jesuit theologian M ...
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  16 January 2017
  ASIA/TURKEY - Deputy cites the Armenian Genocide in the Turkish Parliament: Suspended for 3 sessions Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian deputy of the Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan, representative of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP, opposition party that unites pro-Kurdish forces and leftist forces) on January 13 w ...
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  16 January 2017
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The failed assault on the prison in Beni, further sign of a guerrilla resurgence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Failed assault on the central prison in Beni, in North Kivu, by an armed group that is presumed to be formed by May May militiamen. According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, a group of ar ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mgr. Vieira: "It is urgent to address the problems of our prison system" Natal (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Natal (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), His Exc. Mgr. Jaime Vieira Rocha, released a statement on the massacre that took place on Saturday night, January 14, in which at least 26 pr ...
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  14 January 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Prime Minister defends religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not far off when Pakistan will be recognized as a friendly country of minorities; the government is taking measures to improve the lives of religious minority groups": said Prime Minister ...
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  14 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Bishops "disappointed" of the sudden change of the Cubans protection policy Austin (Agenzia Fides) - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has expressed "disappointment" for the abolition of the policy measure that protected the Cubans who arrived in the country, promising to work with t ...
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  14 January 2017
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Non Violence: A style of Politics for Peace”: Archbishop of Gulu’s appeal to promote peace Gulu (Agenzia Fides) - During the 12th Gulu Episcopal Provincial Annual Prayer Peace week, Mgr. John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu made a passionate plea to the hearts of those who promote violence throughout the wor ...
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  14 January 2017
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch of Moscow Kirill invited in Syria Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Scholars and official representatives of Syrian Islam, together with the Syrian Ministry officials for endowments and religious affairs (waqf), sent an invitation to the Patriarch of Moscow Kiril ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The priest who had been missing since 3 January found dead Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Raúl Vera López, O.P. announced the discovery of Fr. Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes’ body, who was missing since 3 January (see F ...