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18 February 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Society based on the family": opening of the Year of the Family in the Diocese of Orizaba
Orizaba (Agenzia Fides) – An appeal to rebuild the social fabric and build bridges between people and the Church, in search of peace and to stop the violence that the state of Veracruz is experiencing, was launched by ...
18 February 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says a missionary
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Anti Balaka are doing more damage than Seleka", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary who works in Bozoum in the west of the Central African Republic.
"The behav ...
17 February 2014
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Two Salesians killed and two others injured during a robbery, insecurity in the country is worrying
Valencia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Archbishop of Valencia, Msg. Reinaldo Del Prette L. in union with his brother priests, religious and laity, expresses our church community’s deep sorrow and dismay for the murder of Fr. ...
17 February 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church on the rules for the election of the Patriarch
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church towards a better future". This is the title of the Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo to be held from February 17 to 19, under the chairmanship of Patriarch Tawadr ...
17 February 2014
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez C.SS.R., former Vicar Provincial and Pastor as Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes (Bo ...
17 February 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the elections: "The leaders respond to the expectations of the people"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church strongly hopes that the general elections give the country leaders who understand the anxieties of the people and respond to their needs": is what is said in the Indian B ...
17 February 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The latest massacre of civilians unfortunately does not surprise me" says the Archbishop of Jos to Fides
Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "The lastest massacre in northern Nigeria does not surprise me anymore, because Boko Haram follows a regular pattern, aimed at terrorizing the population" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignat ...
17 February 2014
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Jubilee of the mission in Pathorghata, "the port of stones"
Pathorghata - (Agenzia Fides ) - More than 2,500 people participated in past days to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mission in Pathorghata, in the diocese of Dinajpur. This is how Fr. Livio Prete, PIME, the local ...
17 February 2014
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mpanda
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga, Bishop of the Diocese of Dodoma as Bishop of Mpanda (Tanzania). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 17/02/ ...
17 February 2014
AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Congolese, an explosive mix: ex Central African combatants and gold mines
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Central African Republic is a threat to its neighbors, starting with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where at least 50,000 Central African refugees live in precar ...
17 February 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Play for Life": thousands of religious mobilize against human trafficking
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30 thousand religious women, almost 8,000 priests and about 2,700 religious brothers mobilized "for a prevention campaign that will begin on May 18 in all the host cities of the Footb ...
15 February 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - New decree in Aceh imposes sharia law to non-Muslims
Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial administration of Aceh, in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, has approved a law called the "Qanun Jinayat" which imposes both Muslims and non-Muslims to observe th ...
15 February 2014
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops to MPs: "only wear the shirt of Costa Rica"
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - "One needs to take off the shirt of their respective political parties and wear only one of Costa Rica": with this metaphor, the Bishops of Costa Rica urged politicians elected in Parliament to ...
15 February 2014
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishop of Maracay: "One has the right to protest, but violence has to stop"
Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Maracay (Venezuela), Mgr. Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, wanted to comment on the terrible situation of violence that the country is experiencing and sent a message "t ...
15 February 2014
ASIA/LEBANON - The reduction of lands belonging to Christians continues
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - After the proclamation of independence of Lebanon, 8130 square km of land belonged to the Lebanese Christians. Today, however, Lebanese Christians have about 4 thousand km of land. These figures ...
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