AMERICA/PERU - Bishop of Chimbote obligated to special security measures
Chimbote (Agenzia Fides ) - For the high rate of insecurity in the region of Ancash (500 kilometers north of the capital of Peru), the Ministry of Interior has organized adequate security measures for the Bishop of the D ...
21 March 2014
ASIA/INDIA - "Do justice": the Indian Church next to the weakest
Patna ( Agenzia Fides) - The defense of the rights of the most vulnerable is a priority for the Church: is what His Exc. Mgr. William D' Souza, Archbishop of Patna, the capital of the Indian state of Bihar said during a ...
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Shimoga
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Francis Serrao, S.I., Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in India as Bishop of the Diocese of Shimoga, India.
Rev. Fr. Francis ...
20 March 2014
AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Teachers' strike still continues in the capital
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3 million students in the capital are not attending lessons because teachers are still on strike, which began on March 5. The Bishop of the Diocese of Mar del Plata, His Exc. Mgr. ...
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Violence in the valley of M'Zab, Christians pray for peace
Ghardaia (Agenzia Fides) - For three months, the M'Zab Valley in southern Algeria has been the scene of sectarian violence base on ethnic-religious conflict that the Algerian security apparatus cannot stop. The clashes r ...