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4 April 2019
ASIA/JORDAN - New rules on the personal status of Christians, to eliminate the rules that penalize women
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In Jordan, while Parliament is discussing the change in laws governing personal status, the Churches have also embarked on a path of revision of the canonical-ecclesiastical rules that determine t ...
4 April 2019
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The UN representative for Central Africa praises the efforts of religious leaders for peace
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I particularly wanted to thank Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga and Imam Layama Kobine for the excellent work they do together to resolve the crisis in the Central African Republic, and in partic ...
4 April 2019
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Over 60 dead in a terrorist attack followed by inter-communal violence
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 62 people lost their lives near Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso, on the border with Mali, in a jihadist attack followed by inter-communal clashes, between Sunday 31 March and Tuesd ...
4 April 2019
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The law on religious freedom pending the signature of the President
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia will have a law that intends to regularize the activity of evangelical groups and Aymara ten years after the approval of the Constitution, which guarantees full religious freedom and wors ...
3 April 2019
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Bishops' appeal: "choose good candidates"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Choose carefully "good candidates" and express a free vote without being conditioned and exercise with responsibility. This is the appeal sent by the Indonesian Bishops' Conference (KWI) in a me ...
3 April 2019
ASIA/TAIWAN - A day to bring families together in memory of the dead
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "When I arrived in Taiwan in 1965, on November 2nd I went to visit some cemeteries. My desolation was to see all the deserted cemeteries! When I returned home, I asked my Chinese teacher to give ...
3 April 2019
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops ask to investigate the death of a British Lasallian religious
Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference, through a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, informs of the death of brother Paul McAuley, a member of the Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools (La Sa ...
3 April 2019
VATICAN - Archbishop Dal Toso: the missionary mandate continues to be a priority for the Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – There are thirty-three members of the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), from 17 francophone countries of Africa, America and Europe, who are participating in ...
3 April 2019
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' message: the challenge to build a nation that is the home for all, respecting dignity and human rights
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the seriousness of the situation we are experiencing in Venezuela, we Bishops, interpreting the cry and desires of our communities, have written several messages regarding particular situ ...
3 April 2019
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Enough with kidnappings and murders of priests and religious in Nigeria"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We have noticed with shock and disdain the increasing rate of kidnaps and sometimes, murder of priests and religious in our country", says the resolution approved at the end of the first plenary ...
3 April 2019
ASIA/LEBANON - President Aoun receives criticism after his thanks to the Russian "protection" of Christians in the Middle East
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The gratitude expressed recently by Lebanese President Michel Aoun to Russian President Vladimir Putin also for the support always offered by Russia to Christian communities in the Middle East is ...
2 April 2019
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Communities that welcome with joy: the key to missionary awakening
Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - “Baptized and sent. Missionary action in the context of the evangelizing process", is the title of the National Missionary Meeting held in Bogotá from 26 to 28 March, within the framework of ...
2 April 2019
AFRICA/KENYA - Archbishop Anyolo: "Mass media have the task of communicating the Gospel"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the AMECEA bishops, I urge journalists and Catholic communicators to always tell the truth about the various issues that occur in society; it is their task to make the Good News re ...
2 April 2019
AFRICA/EGYPT - 6,000 Coptic pilgrims will celebrate Easter in Jerusalem
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 6 thousand Coptic Orthodox Christians are ready to go to Israel to celebrate the liturgical feasts of Easter in Jerusalem, which this year, for the Coptic Orthodox Church, falls on April ...
2 April 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The extraordinary missionary Month in Pakistan focuses on young people
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The extraordinary missionary month will be a new wave of evangelization in the Church in Pakistan and will be a time to reach those who are far from the Church. In Pakistan, we have planned to ...
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