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15 December 2018
AFRICA/ANGOLA - The elderly in Africa: Capuchin Centre for abandoned elderly people
Huambo (Agenzia Fides) – The Capuchin friars run a special home for the elderly in Huambo. The home is a village of ten small homes each with three or four old inmates. The villagers have their own piece of land to c ...
15 December 2018
AFRICA/KENYA - Uzima Catholic University College excels in medical training for all
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic University College in Uzima was born of an idea of Emeritus Bishop Zacchaeus Okoth. Moved at the sight of needy suffering people, especially in the region of western Kenya, he ...
15 December 2018
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Fr. Moretti: Kabul vote invalidated grave step for the future of the country
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - “As yet there are no official positions from the United Nations, or the International Commission , so it is difficult to assess the situation but if the news of invalidity of the Kabul vote were ...
14 December 2018
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Rev. Mario Cassera confirmed PMS National Director
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 11 October 2018 confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in A ...
14 December 2018
ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Advent: for baptised Christians time for spiritual renewal
Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) – “Every year during the week before Christmas, we, the community of Catholic priests and religious in Uzbekistan, gather for two days of spiritual renewal and to exchange Christmas season ...
14 December 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop Shukardin: "God chose us to spread the Gospel"
Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - "God chose me and every baptized Christian to be a missionary, to be always ready to serve His people with humility, doing our best, listening and praying . My mission is to meet, to visit ...
14 December 2018
AFRICA/RWANDA - The Catholic Church intends to regulate the sale of holy pictures
Kibeho (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Rwanda says it intends to regulate the commerce of statues and holy pictures to prevent sales by non authorised persons. “we are forming a committee to examine the s ...
14 December 2018
AMERICA/UNITED STATES Solidarity of US Catholics helps brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America awarded over $3.2 million in funding for 173 grants to support the pastoral work of the Churc ...
13 December 2018
EUROPE/ITALY- Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Fr. Giuseppe Pizzoli
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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 October 2018 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in It ...
13 December 2018
EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG - Rev. Maurice Péporté confirmed National Director of the PMS
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 18 October 2018 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in ...
13 December 2018
AFRICA/EGYPT - Two Copts killed by security guard charged with church surveillance
Minya (Agenzia Fides) – A security guard at a church in the Egyptian city of Minya used his service weapon to kill Copt Christians Imad Kamal Sadiq, aged 49, and the latter’s 21 year old son David. The double murd ...
13 December 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Social media: channels for promoting peace and opposing fake news
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not use hard language on social media. We must maintain moral values in what we write: each of us is responsible for what is published ": said Friar Qaisar Feroz OFM Cap, executive Secre ...
13 December 2018
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Catholic Church in Nigeria does not support or subscribe to any political party.
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “No Catholic priest or people of consecrated life should be actively involved in partisan politics in obedience to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church ” says a statement issued by the Bishops ...
12 December 2018
ASIA/MALAYSIA - The local Church is preparing an Extraordinary Mission Year as well as the Extraordinary Mission Month
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei has announced that the solemnity of Epiphany next January will mark the opening of an "Extraordinary Mission Year" to culminate w ...
12 December 2018
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops say, we must continue to pray for peace in our country
Yei (Agenzia Fides) – “The Bishops of AMECEA, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, together with the governments of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, helped promote the signing of the P ...
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