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16 January 2020
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Formation and interreligious dialogue: the priorities of the diocese of Khulna
Khulna (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing formation of the Catholic faithful and interreligious dialogue are the priorities of the pastoral plan of the diocese of Khulna for 2020. "Our people need human development and promot ...
16 January 2020
AFRICA/NIGER - Fr. Luigi Maccalli still a prisoner: prayer and hope of many people continues
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "In the courtyard of the mission of Bomoanga always kept in order, now there is no longer anyone to receive those who wanted to be listened to, comforted and an open hand to share the pain", writ ...
16 January 2020
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - New intimidations denounced against the Church, the unity of the people to build a new Nicaragua
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Managua, Archbishop Carlos Avilés, denounced the intimidation against the faithful by the state: "Members of the police take note of the plate of the car ...
16 January 2020
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops for the 2020 elections: "As Dominicans and as Pastors we are concerned about everything that is about the human being"
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (EDC), in its pastoral letter entitled "2020 Elections: space for participation and commitment", which bears the date of January 21, "on the 60th anniver ...
16 January 2020
ASIA/TURKEY - Syriac Orthodox monk accused of complicity with the PKK has been released
Mardin (Agenzia Fides) – Although released from prison, Syriac Orthodox monk Sefer Bileçen, arrested last January 9 by Turkish security forces on charges of offering help and coverage to PKK militants, the Kurdish wor ...
15 January 2020
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The baptized have grown by 50% in the past 20 years
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Catholics in South Korea has steadily increased over the past two decades: according to the report issued by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea and sent to Agenzia Fides, the n ...
15 January 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops' message for 2020: Migrants, protection of minors, violence, religious freedom
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "There are several challenges that we faced in 2019 and that, as a Catholic Church, we faced with due urgency and responsibility. We continue to pray for the special situations we are experi ...
15 January 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of the diocese of Floresta: we want to show the missionary face of the Church
Floresta (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to show the face of a Church that wants to be missionary. This is why the missions have contributed greatly in our diocese. You too are taking on the missionary nature of the Church", ...
15 January 2020
AFRICA/BENIN - "Too much alcohol among young people" denounce the Bishops
Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops’ Conference of Benin is concerned about the excessive consumption of alcohol by a large segment of the youth in our Country" said His Exc. Mgr. Eugène Cyrille Houndékon, Bishop ...
15 January 2020
ASIA/SYRIA - Journalistic investigation: "the 2 Bishops of Aleppo who disappeared in 2013 martyred". But the incident is still shrouded in mystery
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - They died as martyrs, killed in December 2016 by a gang of militiamen who had held them hostage for years. This is apparently the fate of the two Archbishops of Aleppo, the Greek Orthodox Boulos ...
14 January 2020
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Despite the maximum commitment of Caritas, the number of people in poverty is always high
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our model is Christ, who came to serve with simplicity and humility" said Mgr. Carlos Tissera, Bishop of Quilmes, president of Caritas Argentina, recalling at the beginning of the year tha ...
14 January 2020
ASIA/THAILAND - The mission of the "House of Angels" for the integration of disabled children with their families
Nonthaburi (Agenzia Fides) - The "House of Angels" is situated in the parish of Our Lady of Mercy, in Nonthaburi, in the diocese of Bangkok, on the northern outskirts of the capital. Disabled children and their mothers a ...
14 January 2020
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "after 125 years of evangelization we are urged to put an end to the crisis"
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "After 125 years of evangelization, we thank God for his work of salvation in the life of the Central African people through the commitment of men and women of faith. We pay tribute to all missio ...
14 January 2020
AFRICA - Passage of Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions of the North Africa Region
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has decided to pass the Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions of the North Africa Region - Alger, Constantine, Oran, Tunis - from the Congregation for Bishops to the Congregation ...
14 January 2020
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Supreme Court rejects homosexual marriage: the Philippine Church approves
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Filipino Church have welcomed the ruling by the Supreme Court which confirmed its previous decision to reject the petition that aimed to legalize same-sex marriage in the count ...
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