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23 January 2020
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Statement by the Bishop of San Cristobal concerning the priest killed
San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of San Cristobal, Mgr. Mario Moronta, published a second statement concerning the death of Fr. Jesus Manuel Rondon Molina, who went missing on January 16 and was found dead on J ...
23 January 2020
AFRICA/NIGER - "They will be able to cut trees but not the roots of the cross": threats to Christians in the country
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The repeated threats to the Christian communities in the border area with Burkina Faso have achieved the aim they set: to decapitate the communities and then fall prey to the fear of professing ...
23 January 2020
AFRICA/DR CONGO - "No to new wars"; a cry of alarm of the Bishops of the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The social situation remains worrying, in the first place in light of the persistent insecurity in some areas, in particular at the borders of three countries", say the Bishops of the Standing ...
23 January 2020
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Human promotion and solidarity: Caritas Malaysia set up
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Being more present in Malaysian society with initiatives of charity, human promotion, solidarity development, a sign of closeness to every man and a powerful sign of God's love: with this s ...
23 January 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - An electoral process that is peaceful, democratic and transparent, to look to the future with confidence
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "In this historical moment, in this pre-election period, when we are preparing for new elections, we need political parties to be able to present promising projects for the Country, where the pri ...
23 January 2020
EUROPE/CYPRUS - Middle East Council of Churches: may East Jerusalem be "the capital of the independent Palestinian state"
Larnaca (Agenzia Fides) - In the conflicts that damage the Middle East, Christians in that region can experience "the mystery of God's love", his compassion and his love for every human being even in the midst of many di ...
22 January 2020
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The body of the priest who went missing since January 16 has been found
Tachira (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of San Cristóbal is experiencing with consternation the discovery of the lifeless body of Fr. José Manuel Rondón Molina, who went missing since last Thursday, January 16. "With pa ...
22 January 2020
ASIA/INDIA - Prayer and adoration after the profanation of the Blessed Sacrament in Bangalore
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 January the entire diocesan community of Bangalore "is called to do penance and reparation in churches and religious houses for this sacrilegious and ignominious deed", says Archbishop P ...
22 January 2020
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's lawyer: "Too many religious pressures for cases of blasphemy"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Pakistan, lawyers who defend cases of blasphemy are severely attacked, abandoned and isolated. Although the Qur'an defends those who are wrongfully convicted of false accusations, the mentality ...
22 January 2020
AFRICA/KENYA - Good management of Creation at the center of the Lenten campaign
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that everything God created is good. Man was created in the image and likeness of God and was commanded to govern creation rationally to bring forth fruit from the earth", said His E ...
22 January 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The head of a Catholic community in central Nigeria has been killed
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the Catholic church of Saint Augustine in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in central Nigeria has been killed.
According to what Agenzia Fides learns, on the morning ...
22 January 2020
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The education of young people is the responsibility of politicians and the entire community
Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray and work so that the right to education for all children can be truly recognized, not only on paper or speeches by politicians, but also concretely achieved by the daily care of their p ...
20 January 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Tapachula: in the face of the ambiguous and hesitant official position, it is important to "see, listen to and treat migrants as brothers"
Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - "All those who are part of this diocesan family of Tapachula, each according to their possibilities and responsibilities, must ensure these migrant brothers a piece of bread, must not be raped ...
20 January 2020
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Jubilee of the beatification of Peter ToRot, an example for everyone
Kavieng (Agenzia Fides) - "The defense of the sacrament of marriage as a way of conjugal holiness was the main motivation that led to the beatification of Peter ToRot", said Mgr. Rochus Tatamai MSC, bishop of Kavieng - L ...
20 January 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are under siege" says the Archbishop of Kaduna where 4 seminarians were kidnapped
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege", said His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, Archbishop of Kaduna, ...
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