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7 December 2021
AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "May the elected authorities working for the common good project Honduras towards a prosperous future and integral well-being for all"
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Iris Xiomara Castro, 62, was elected President of Honduras on Sunday November 28. The first woman to hold this position, the Social Democratic leader is the wife of Manuel Zelaya, the former ...
7 December 2021
ASIA/TURKEY - New regulations on Foundations linked to non-Muslim communities are on the way
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish government is preparing to issue a new regulation on the administrative management of Foundations linked to non-Muslim faith communities, which have been paralyzed for years by a legi ...
7 December 2021
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church supports catechists, the driving force of the mission
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Catechists play an important role in the evangelizing mission of the Church; in our diocese many of our catechists travel long distances to visit small remote communities. Their ministry is ...
7 December 2021
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - "You young people are the backbone of the Church"
Tetere (Agenzia Fides) - "We must be messengers of peace in this country and rehabilitate the image of the Solomon Islands", said Fr. Robinson Parappilly, SDB, encouraging young people gathered at the Don Bosco Rural Tec ...
7 December 2021
ASIA/INDIA - A Catholic school devastated by Hindu extremists
Vidisha (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of about 500 extremist militants devastated and committed vandalism in a Catholic school in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India.
According to Fides sources, members of the Hindu ...
7 December 2021
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - In a difficult social situation, requests for baptism are growing
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "From a social point of view, the situation in Guinea Bissau is rather difficult. Hospitals do not have anything, health personnel have not received their salaries for months and are on strike, w ...
6 December 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Despair and violence among migrants are the answer to the many broken promises of the government
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of migrants in Tapachula, Chiapas, has taken on an alarming dimension and complexity. In addition to overcrowding, delays in the application procedures for the recognition of ...
6 December 2021
ASIA/VIETNAM - Missionaries like Francis Xavier: 38 new priests, a gift for the Church
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The season of Advent in the Church in Vietnam begins with a great gift: 38 new priests are starting their pastoral service in various dioceses. As Fides learned, the priestly ordination rites were ...
6 December 2021
ASIA/INDONESIA - Pastoral care of "agroecology" to build the "common home"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Vincentian mission in Indonesia is characterized by a special pastoral attention to "agroecology" and explained to Fides by Father Yohanes Werang, a religious of the "Congregation of the Mis ...
6 December 2021
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christmas of tears and hope: the common good is the good of all
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the early days in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Catholic Church has contributed to the improvement of society, illuminating it with the light of the Good News of Jesu ...
6 December 2021
ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong's new Bishop consecrated: "The pandemic has taught us to help each other, this is the way"
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "My desire is to be a bridge between the government and the Church in Hong Kong, between Catholics, Christians of other confessions and other religions ... It will not be easy after these last ...
6 December 2021
AMERICA - The Bishops of Central America: "let's leave our churches and set out to announce the Good News of the Gospel"
San José de Costarica (Agenzia Fides) - "We reaffirm our commitment to listen to, accompany, guide and defend our peoples in their struggles, aspirations and hopes, especially in these times when the Covid-19 pandemic h ...
4 December 2021
EUROPE/GREECE - The Pope in Athens: Jesus prefers the little ones and the poor"
Athens (Agenzia Fides) - Christ's salvation spreads throughout the world always starting from a "small remnant". Jesus himself "loves to work in our smallness", he prefers "the little ones and the poor" to preach his Gos ...
4 December 2021
ASIA/CAMBODIA - A new deacon in Kampong Cham, "servant of the community, fisher of men"
Kampong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - He chose the name of John the Baptist, to be like him, herald and prophet. John Baptist Prak Hong is the first deacon from the bunong (also called phnong) ethnicity. As reported to Fides by ...
4 December 2021
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Nazareth, thousands of people in the square for the lighting of the Christmas tree
Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - In Nazareth, Galilee, thousands of people took part in the tree lighting ceremony, an event organized by the Christmas March Association of in collaboration with the scout associations and the ...
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