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8 May 2018
EUROPE/ITALY - The Camillians, martyrs of charity and service to the sick
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On February 2, 1994, the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (Camilliani - MI) officially instituted the "Day of the Religious Martyrs of Charity" on May 25, coinciding with the anniversary of the b ...
8 May 2018
ASIA/INDONESIA - Towards the elections: Catholics in Indonesia support Pancasila
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 2018 is an important year for the political situation in Indonesia. Citizens will participate in two political events: firstly, the administrative elections in all the regions; secondly, there w ...
8 May 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Catholic nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe
Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Pakistan welcomed the first nun of the Kacchi Kohli tribe, after 70 years of mission among those tribal peoples in Sindh. Here the Dutch Franciscan friars begin their mi ...
8 May 2018
ASIA/IRAQ - Elections, the Chaldean Patriarch: the Church cannot be "silenced" when it contributes to the common good
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Church does not intervene directly in the field of politics. But it cannot be silenced when it intervenes on crucial issues and emergencies for the life of the people and the Country. This w ...
7 May 2018
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - A strong contribution of the Polish Fidei Donum Priests for their 50 years of evangelization
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Inspired by the appeal of Pope Pius XII in his Encyclical Letter 'Fidei donum', twenty Dioceses in Poland, since 1968, have sent to Zambia about one hundred priests, who have contributed signifi ...
7 May 2018
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Religious leaders: "The violence of May 1, fruit of a Machiavellian plan to divide the Country"
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The violence that has shocked Bangui in recent days "is the manifestation of a Machiavellian plan set up by some known Countries that call themselves friends, with the complicity of some patriots ...
7 May 2018
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The commitment of a missionary who gave his life for Christ, the Church and the poor
Kabwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionaries of Scheut (CICM), Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offer assistance to the victims of HIV and AIDS in Zambia: many of them are orphans, homeless children who do not h ...
7 May 2018
ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church: elect those who have the well-being of the country at heart
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Every five years we have the opportunity to democratically elect our leaders and the government, I invite all Catholics to exercise the vote according to a Christian vision and values, it ...
7 May 2018
ASIA/LEBANON - The elections confirm the fragmentation of the political framework. The Lebanese PMS Director: no one will be able to govern alone
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The official results of the 2018 Lebanese political elections, held yesterday, Sunday 6 May, have not yet been released. But all the anticipations and partial data released by the Lebanese media ...
7 May 2018
AMERICA/PERU - Thousands of Peruvians march for the promotion and protection of life
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis knows the march for life very well, on two occasions he personally wrote to me, encouraging me and even advising me how to organize it, so if the maximum leader of the Church writes t ...
4 May 2018
AFRICA/CONGO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Gelase Armel Kema
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 14, 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Gelase Armel Kema, of the diocesan clergy of Ouesso, as Nat ...
4 May 2018
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Leonardo Rodriguez
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 March 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Leonardo Rodriguez, of the diocesan clergy of Canelones as Na ...
4 May 2018
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Pro Children Association of Kabul and the work of the nuns for the dignity of disabled children
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The nuns on mission in Kabul live in an extreme situation. They are carrying out a truly heroic work. And, in their small way, they are slowly helping to requalify the figure of people with disab ...
4 May 2018
ASIA/INDIA - "Anti-conversion law" approved in the state of Uttarakhand
Nainital (Agenzia Fides) - Uttarakhand (Northern India) has become the seventh state of the Indian Federation to have approved an "anti-conversion law" that penalizes freedom of conscience and religious freedom.
As Fide ...
4 May 2018
AFRICA/EGYPT - Already "legalized" 215 churches by the government built before the new law on places of worship
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There are already 215 churches with adjoining service buildings built before the new law on the construction of Christian worship buildings came into force, legalized and "regularized" by the Egyp ...
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