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26 May 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - From America to Africa: Missionary Sending at the conclusion of the First American Congress of IAM
Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - With the celebration of the Missionary Sending in the auditorium of the Shrine of Aparecida, the First Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM) of America (see Fides 15/05/2014; ...
26 May 2014
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea invites a group of North Korean Catholics to the Pope's Mass in Seoul
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - South Korea has invited members of the Catholic community of North Korea to participate in the Mass that Pope Francis will celebrate in Seoul at the end of his pilgrimage from August 14 to 18: thi ...
26 May 2014
AFRICA/MALAWI - Elections contested: the only thing certain are the irregularities and suspicions of fraud
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - There is institutional clash in Malawi between outgoing President, Joyce Banda, and the Supreme Court, which quashed the decision of the Head of State to annul the vote on 20 May and to hold ne ...
26 May 2014
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of Caroni
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 26, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap, Titular Bishop of Sinnuara as Vicar Apostolic of Caroni (Venezuela). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 26/ ...
26 May 2014
AFRICA/CHAD - Thousands of displaced children in the Central African Republic left without education
N'djamena (Agenzia Fides) - About 40,900 children and thousands of other young people displaced due to the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) are stranded in transit camps in southern Chad without being able ...
26 May 2014
AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian Churches condemn the death penalty imposed on a Christian woman accused of apostasy
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement, the churches in Sudan deplore the death sentence imposed on Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, accused of apostasy. Fr. Boutros Trille Kuku, D ...
26 May 2014
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - After 10 years, President Kirchner takes part in the Te Deum for the national holiday
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, presided yesterday, Sunday 25 May, the celebration of the Eucharist and the Te Deum of thanksgiving in the Metropolitan Cathedra ...
23 May 2014
EUROPE/ITALY – Beatification of Mario Vergara, PIME martyr and Isidoro Ngei Ko Lat, first Burmese Blessed
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 24, 2014, in the Cathedral of Aversa, Father Mario Vergara, missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and his catechist Isidore Ngei Ko Lat will be beati ...
23 May 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The First American Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence
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Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 23, the First Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM), begins and will end on Sunday 25th. The congress will be held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, ...
23 May 2014
ASIA/THAILAND - After the coup, Bishops and religious leaders become mediators between the warring parties
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and other religious leaders of Thailand will play a role and offer their contribution to mediate between the warring factions and find a political solution to the crisis: is what His ...
23 May 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The kidnapping of the girls in Chibok has united the Country", said the Bishop of Sokoto
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The abduction of about 200 students from the school in Chibok, in northern Nigeria, has joined the Country and caused a wave of international solidarity. This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Mathew Ha ...
23 May 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 132 children abducted by the LRA have been released
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - 132 children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA ) have been released by the Regional Taskforce of the African Union in charge of hunting down the rebel group of Ugandan origin that has be ...
23 May 2014
EUROPE/SPAIN - 'Sueños de un niño soldado': project of a school for child soldiers in North Kivu
Miguelturra (Agenzia Fides) - The region of Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is the greatest number of conflicts in the world, was chosen as the location where to build a school for child soldiers, ...
23 May 2014
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Even the Catholic Patriarchs of the East welcome the Pope in the Holy Land
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - All the Patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches that have patriarchal exarchates and community of believers in the Holy Land, will welcome Pope Francis during the three-day pilgrimage that will ...
23 May 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Statement of the diocese: The boys did not launch grenades at the police
Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Tumaco casts doubt on the version of the National Police, according to which on May 14, two boys (Pier Angelo Cabezas and Luis Sebastian Preciado) had launched a grenade at a group ...
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