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8 May 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary dimension and social problems: meeting of the clergy of Patagonia
Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary dimension of the Church, vocations, the bicentenary of the independence of Argentina and the possible visit of Pope Francis in the Country, were the topics of the VI Meeting of ...
8 May 2015
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Erection of the "Don Settimio Ferrazzetta" inter-diocesan Seminary in Bissau
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 4, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, erected the "Don Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta" Major Seminary in Bissau, diocese of ...
8 May 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 March 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed rev. George Ajana Olusegun of the diocesan clergy of Ekiti as National Di ...
8 May 2015
ASIA/TURKEY - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew convenes the second Summit of Halki on environment
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, convened the Summit of Halki II on environment and ecology, which from 8 to 10 June will be hosted by the Theological Institu ...
8 May 2015
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - One hundred immigrants in one day: the flow does not stop, and mostly affects families
McAllen (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the flow of Central American migrants who cross the border has declined compared to last year, this does not mean it has stopped" emphasized the Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville, H ...
8 May 2015
ASIA/NEPAL - Vaccinations against measles for hundreds of thousands of children
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - At the same time as relief supplies arrive, UNICEF is also partnering with the Nepalese Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization in an emergency vaccination drive, a ...
8 May 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Kidnapped priest released
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Innocent Umor, the Catholic priest kidnapped in the early hours on May 4 in his parish in Ikanepo, in the diocese of Idah, in Kogi State, in central southern Nigeria (see Fides 07/05/2015) has ...
8 May 2015
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Village of Harmony has been giving an example of "life-in-dialogue" in southern Philippines for 25 years
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The Village of Harmony has been giving an example of "life-in-dialogue" for 25 years in southern Philippines. It was founded in 1990 by a group of Christians and Muslims who, some years before ...
8 May 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Difficult negotiations between the government and opposition to overcome the political crisis
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Protests in Burundi against incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza, who intends to stand for election on 26 June for a third term, continues. "So far we have counted fifteen dead in recent clas ...
8 May 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo: in dirty wars in the Middle East there are those who exploit the suffering of Christians
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are under bombs every day. I think many Christians will flee from Aleppo and seek shelter in the coastal area, but they will do it when schools and universities close, after the exams. In the ...
7 May 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops ask for the feast of the "Lebanese Martyrs" to be restored
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Even the Maronite Bishops ask for the "feast of the Lebanese Martyrs" to be restored, celebrated on May 6 to commemorate the Lebanese nationalists killed in Beirut on May 6, 1916 on the orders of ...
7 May 2015
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 May 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Valentin Cabbigat Dimoc, Director of the Social Action and Development Center, as Apostolic Vicar of Bontoc-Lagawe, in the Philippines, assignin ...
7 May 2015
AFRICA/RD CONGO - Appointment of the Bishop of Kole
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 May 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Emery Kibal Mansong'loo, C.P., already former Provincial Superior of the Passionist Fathers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Bishop o ...
7 May 2015
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church condemns the criminal violence that killed three people and a politician
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) released a statement in which it expresses its dismay regarding the criminal violence that killed the politician Magdaleno Silva and three others who ...
7 May 2015
AFRICA/BURUNDI - "May elections be held" ask the Bishops, invoking the path of dialogue
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly recommend elections to be held so that Country has institutions elected by the people", say the Bishops of Burundi in a message on the situation of the Country, in the grip of pro ...
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