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20 April 2018
AFRICA - The commitment of the African Church: Working for the physical well-being of man is an integral part of the mandate of the Gospel
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the areas of the earth most exposed to all kinds of disasters: wars, epidemics, famines, etc. The precarious health system of this part of the continent is very often n ...
20 April 2018
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Migration becomes a social problem and divides the family
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of emigration in the Philippines has become a social problem that has negative effects on the stability of the family institution, says a priest who works with migrants. "One of th ...
20 April 2018
AMERICA/CUBA - Presidential change among general indifference due to the economic situation and widespread pessimism
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Nobody expects a substantial political change with the election of Miguel Díaz-Canel as new Cuban president", comments María C. López, responsible for the communication of the Archdiocese of ...
20 April 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Christian chapel in a state university opens
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - There is a Christian chapel in the state university of Faisalabad, and is the first place of Christian worship present in a public university in Pakistan. On April 15th, Archbishop Joseph Ars ...
19 April 2018
AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest murdered in his office
Cuautitlán (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Rubén Alcántara Díaz, 50, judicial vicar of the diocese of Izcalli, in the municipality of Cuautitlán (Mexico), was murdered last night, Wednesday, April 18, with a knife, just bef ...
19 April 2018
ASIA/INDIA - Rape of a Muslim girl: "Indian women protagonists in the fight for justice"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened to Asifa Bano is an inhumane act: the case highlights the thorny issue of violence on women and girls in India, and also shows the religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims" ...
19 April 2018
AFRICA/DR CONGO - St. Anthony's School of Padua in Boma to rescue abandoned children
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has been experiencing a generalized crisis for decades. The entire socio-economic fabric has deteriorated over the years. In this context, the Catholic Church h ...
19 April 2018
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Wave of violence in the north caused by Colombian drug trafficking
San Lorenzo (Agenzia Fides) - "We give support to the inhabitants of the northern border provinces, men, women, children, farmers, the Afro-Ecuadorian people and the Awá, Chanchis, Éperas, Cofanes, Secoyas and Sionas i ...
19 April 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Muslim leaders: stop attacks against minorities, yes to fast justice
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – To express serious concern about the repeated acts of violence against Christians in Quetta and Lahore; to condemn these attacks and dissociate oneself from the authors, disavowing those who ab ...
19 April 2018
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Sumbawanga and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sumbawanga (Tanzania), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Damian Kyaruzi. The Holy Father appointed Fr. ...
19 April 2018
AFRICA/DR CONGO - International Day against Malaria: It is also fought with education
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Congo continues to live in a particularly unstable climate, but despite this, most deaths are not caused by the violence of the ongoing conflict but rather by malnutrition and its consequences ...
18 April 2018
AFRICA/TOGO - Toward a society increasingly in search of sanctity, despite appearances
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite appearances, our society strongly aspires to holiness". This is how Father Donald Zagore, theologian of the Society of African Missions, underlines the prophetic character of Pope Francis' ...
18 April 2018
ASIA/TURKEY - The joy of the Gospel and dialogue, 800 years after the encounter between Francis and the Sultan
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - During the Easter season "the friars, together with the people they serve, live the joy of the Gospel and represent a bridge of dialogue with people of other religions, especially Muslims and J ...
18 April 2018
AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of the Rector ad tempus of the "Saint Augustin" Major Seminary in Libreville
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 February 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Saint-Laurent Manvoula-Me-Ngaume, of the Archdiocesan cler ...
18 April 2018
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Quilon and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of the Diocese of Quilon (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Stanley Roman. The Holy Father has ...
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