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31 March 2015
AFRICA - Decent work for young people living in rural areas
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - More than half of the population of Africa is under 25 years of age and it is expected that over the next decade, about 11 million young people will enter the labor market every year. Despi ...
30 March 2015
VATICAN - The Pope: "We think of our brothers and sisters who are persecuted because they are Christians, the martyrs of our own time"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis delivered the homily at Mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday - Palm Sunday dedicated to the persecuted Christians. Recalling Holy Week, which leads us to Easter, "we will take ...
30 March 2015
ASIA/JAPAN - Resignation of the Bishop of Nagoya and appointment of Successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 March 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Nagoya, Japan, by His Exc. Mgr. Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura, according to Canon 401 § 1 o ...
30 March 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Makurdi and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 March 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Makurdi (Nigeria), by His Exc. Mgr. Athanasius Atule Usuh, in accordance with can. 401 § ...
30 March 2015
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Joy in the suffering: Sincelejo welcomes the new Bishop remembering the pastor killed
Sincelejo (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia, Archbishop Mgr. Ettore Balestrero, asked the diocesan community of Sincelejo to pray for Fr. Fernando Meza Luna, brutally murdered by robbers on March 21 (see ...
30 March 2015
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Submitted a bill to facilitate the immigration of Middle Eastern persecuted Christians
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Two members of the US Congress elected in California have introduced a bill aimed at encouraging immigration to the United States of members belonging to religious minorities threatened with ...
30 March 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - 20 victims of the attacks on the churches in Youhanabad
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There are 20 victims of the attacks on the churches in Youhanabad which occurred on March 15: Yesterday, the Christian community celebrated the funeral of another of the wounded, Shamim Bhatti. M ...
30 March 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram failed to prevent the holding of elections", says the Bishop of Maiduguri
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections were held in a calm manner in Maiduguri, without violence or crisis caused by Boko Haram" says His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Doeme, Bishop of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, one of ...
30 March 2015
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Minors remain a forgotten Sector of the population
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - In Bolivia there are over 4 million children and adolescents that represent 44% of the population. Unfortunately for many reasons a child continues to be a very vulnerable sector of society, ...
30 March 2015
AMERICA/CHILE - Floods and landslides: 12 dead and thousands displaced, Caritas at work
Copiapo (Agenzia Fides) - A group of experts of Caritas and the diocese, led by Mgr. Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Copiapó, reached the areas affected by landslides and flooding to verify the situation of ...
30 March 2015
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Little Sisters of The Poor gather for last Mass in Cleveland
Shaker Heights (Agenzia Fides) – Palm Sunday was the last time that the Little Sisters of the Poor gathered for Mass at their longtime home in suburban Cleveland, in the state of Ohio. The Catholic nuns are leaving bec ...
30 March 2015
AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Tunisians are proud of the demonstration against terrorism"
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday's demonstration joined the Tunisians in making common front against terrorism", said Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Tunisia, where yest ...
30 March 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church participates in the mourning for the death of Assyrian Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Church, as a sign of solidarity and closeness with the Assyrian Church of the East, took part in the mourning for the death of Assyrian Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV. For this reason, it ...
28 March 2015
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Caritas: "There is hope of allowing refugees to return to their homes, but destruction is enormous"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a joy to see the happiness with which refugees welcomed their Bishops who came to visit them", says Fr. Evaristus Bassey, Executive Director of Caritas Nigeria, who is in Rome for the meeti ...
28 March 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch to the UN: the "Arab Spring" impacted negatively on Christians
New York (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "Arab Spring" impacted negatively on the condition of the Christian communities in the Middle East, causing a mass exodus similar to those caused 100 years ago by the massacres of ...
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