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14 June 2018
AFRICA/SUDAN - The Comboni nuns are committed to education, integration and religious coexistence
Omdurman (Agenzia Fides) - The future of the country is in the hands of the new generations and a good preparation, not only academic, is the basis for building a society that respects the common good. This is what Siste ...
13 June 2018
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A Mass for peace, reconciliation and freedom of faith
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, celebrated a special "Mass for peace and reconciliation" in the Cathedral of Myeongd ...
13 June 2018
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church condemns the murder of a priest: "Day of reparation"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Strong condemnation for "the increase of violence and the culture of impunity in the country against the helpless clergy": this is how the Bishops of the Philippines stigmatized the killing of Fr ...
13 June 2018
AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru: humanitarian aid and sustainable development projects for thousands of people in 2017
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Peru realized 40 projects in 2017 with the support of 35 partner organizations, for 29,500 families, and at the same time, through its two social assistance programs, provided 193,306 peopl ...
13 June 2018
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Children in Mbandak sing "Ebola, Go away!"
Mbandaka (Agenzia Fides) - In Mbandaka, a city of 1.2 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a major campaign is underway to raise awareness and prevent the Ebola virus which exploded on May 8 in the northwe ...
13 June 2018
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "No to the exploitation of religion to sow hatred and division" say Bishops and Imams
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Religion is used to sow hatred among the population and divide the country", denounce in two different but concordant documents, the Catholic Bishops and the Imams of the Central African Republi ...
13 June 2018
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch to Christians in Kurdistan: present yourselves united in the next elections
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The next elections for the parliament of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan are scheduled for September 30, but already now Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako addresses the whole "Christi ...
13 June 2018
ASIA/CHINA - An exhibition to commemorate the figure of the great Jesuit missionary Martino Martini in Hang Zhou
Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - An exhibition dedicated to the cartographic work of Jesuit Fr. Martino Martini (1614-1661) was inaugurated at the headquarters of the China-Italy Center in Hang Zhou, the capital of the Chines ...
12 June 2018
ASIA/BANGLADESH - "War on drugs": an approach that respects human rights is necessary
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - An approach respectful of human rights and dignity regarding the problem of drugs in Bangladesh is urgent: says to Agenzia Fides Rita Haldar, a social assistant who works in Dhaka, commenting on t ...
12 June 2018
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Lay Catholics call for full light to be shed on the death of a civil rights activist
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) -The circumstances of the death of Luc Nkulula, an activist of the Movement for Change (Lutte pour le Changement -Lucha), whose charred body was found in his house burned in the night between 9 a ...
12 June 2018
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop You: the summit in Singapore is "a new step towards peace: The path is forgiveness"
Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - "The summit between the US and North Korea is a new step towards peace in Korea, Asia and the whole world. I prayed and blessed the two leaders. In those moments the sad years of the war in Kore ...
12 June 2018
AFRICA/EGYPT - Fire in a church, the imam launches the SOS and calls for help from the mosque's loudspeakers
Shubra al Khaymah (Agenzia Fides) - The flames of an accidental fire burst in a church in the middle of the night which led to the imam of the nearby mosque to use the speakers of the Muslim place of worship to sound the ...
12 June 2018
AFRICA/MALAWI - New school building built thanks to the solidarity of children
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of a new school building in the district of Dowa has just been completed: two new classes of the Nambuma Boys primary school was officially delivered by the Pontifical Mission ...
12 June 2018
AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops: proclamation of the Gospel in synodality
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – To have a vision of the Cuban reality, and proceed in the name of "synodality" with the sister Churches of the South and Central America, elaborating the guidelines of pastoral action that will ...
11 June 2018
AMERICA/PERU - People ask for transparency and fairness: the Bishops are on the people's side
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Justice will bring about peace; right will produce calm and security": is the biblical verse (Isaiah 32, 17) chosen by the Peruvian Episcopal Conference’s message addressed to public opinion. Th ...
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