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28 October 2014
AFRICA/CONGO DR - A Congolese priest has disappeared for three weeks in Ituri
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There has been no news of Father Jean-Berchomans Nguna for three weeks, a priest of the Diocese of Bunia, Ituri District, in the Eastern Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Thi ...
28 October 2014
ASIA/JORDAN - A new Caritas center in Karak
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - A new center run by Caritas Jordan was inaugurated yesterday, October 27, in the town of Karak, 130 kilometers south of Amman, one of the poorest areas of the Hashemite Kingdom. The activities of ...
28 October 2014
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "City of Hope": an integral project for young landfill workers
Verapazz (Agenzia Fides) - Father Sergio Waldemar Godoy Peláez coordinates the Comunidad Esperanza, an institution committed to the young workers of the municipal landfill of the city of Coban, in the center of a region ...
27 October 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Dilma Rousseff re-elected President with a narrow margin: she will have to face recession, corruption and discontent
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Brazilian incumbent President Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected for a second four-year term and garnered 51.64% of the votes so far, while Aécio Neves has 48.36%.
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27 October 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Living Rosary: 30 thousand faithful pray for drug traffickers and organized crime
Leon (Agenzia Fides) - Led by the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of León, Guanajuato (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Juan Frausto Pallares, about 30 thousand faithful filled the stadium of the city to pray to the Virgin of ...
27 October 2014
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The debate on the constitutional reform creates a power vacuum and emphasizes the political instability
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The discussion on a possible revision of the Constitution creates a vacuum and instability in the political life of the Country and distances the same Congolese political class from the real l ...
27 October 2014
EUROPE/ITALY – The "challenge of charity" for many "outlawed poor people" of our times
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In all countries, even where the welfare state is more advanced, there are so many 'outlawed poor people' and for them free charity is needed, a divine providence that intervenes through the heart ...
27 October 2014
AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Tunisian society is maturing a democratic consciousness" notes Fr. Alamat
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an atmosphere of hope and confidence. The very fact that the elections were conducted in an almost peaceful manner is gratifying for everyone" says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of ...
27 October 2014
ASIA/TURKEY - Armenians discuss the election of a new patriarch
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The lengthy absence of Mesrob Mutafyan, the Armenian Orthodox Patriarch in Turkey, due to his illness, has fueled a debate in the country's Armenian religious community regarding whether the pa ...
27 October 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - Churches send the government their draft of a bill on the construction of places of worship
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The draft of a bill on the construction of churches, prepared by representatives of the major Churches and Christian communities in Egypt, was sent last week to the Egyptian government. This is co ...
27 October 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - First Interreligious Congress dedicated to "true brotherhood"
Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - To live and give witness to "true brotherhood": was the aim of the interreligious Congress held in recent days by the Archdiocese of Semarang, in Central Java. This is a new and unique initiati ...
27 October 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Beatification of the co-founder of the Scalabrinians: "May the whole Church be missionary of truth, mother Assunta did it"
Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – On October 25, 2014 at São Paulo Cathedral Brazil, the beatification of Mother Assunta Marchetti Co-Foundress of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo – Scal ...
25 October 2014
VATICAN - WORLD MISSION DAY - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2014
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of World Mission Day, this year celebrated on Sunday, October 19, Fides News Service offers some statistics chosen to give a panorama of the missionary Church all o ...
24 October 2014
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of the Rector of "St. Paul" Major Seminary in the Diocese of Yopougon
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On September 19, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Bonzo Jean Kouassi, of the diocesan clergy of Grand-Bassam as ...
24 October 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Appeal and prayers for the students kidnapped: "Let them come back alive"
Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - "The pilgrimage-march held yesterday, October 23 ended with an appeal for reconciliation on behalf of the Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa (Guerrero), His Exc. Mgr. Alejo Zavala Castro, and h ...
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