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12 March 2018
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Menongue resigns
Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Francis accepted today the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Menongue (Angola), presented by Bishop Mário Lukunde. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 1 ...
12 March 2018
AMERICA/COLOMBIA- Elections won by right wing contrary to negotiations for peace
Bogotà (Agencia Fides) – General elections in Colombia, held Sunday 11 March, saw a clear win for right wing Parties which openly oppose peace talks tabled with guerrilla groups of Marxist matrix. According to fir ...
12 March 2018
AFRICA/SUDAN - Healthcare costs: Comboni sisters provide free medical care for women refugees
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In Sudan healthcare is costly and in every state hospital in Khartoum the capital of Sudan, everything has a price: first aid, medicines, drips, syringes bandages; medical tests, admittance ...
12 March 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Declaration of religious belief on official documents: a hard blow for religious minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The High Court of Islamabad has sentenced that citizens must declare their religion before applying for jobs in the state administration, civil service, armed forces, or the judiciary. The C ...
9 March 2018
ASIA/INDIA - Msgr. Dal Toso: "the primacy of the mission consists in listening to the Word of God"
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot proclaim the Word of God if we do not first receive it with an open heart. For this reason, even for us today, the first commandment is, “Listen Israel”, as we heard in the Gosp ...
9 March 2018
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Bauchi: "Leave politics aside. Bring the abducted girls back home",
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "My call is for the government to leave politics aside and bring back these girls: leave politics and protect lives. You do not politicize life, for Christ’s sake", said His Exc. Mgr. Hilary Nan ...
9 March 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women entrepreneurs increase with the help of Caritas
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Accompanying Pakistani women along the path of forming an entrepreneurial mindset and starting their own small or medium-sized enterprises: this is the goal of Caritas Pakistan which in Karachi ...
9 March 2018
ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate: "to vote is a duty"
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The participation in the upcoming political elections, scheduled for May 12, represents "a national and moral duty" and an opportunity to advance Iraq on the path of democracy, stability and j ...
9 March 2018
AFRICA - Women, milestone of the Church in Africa
Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "One thing that cannot be ignored, when we speak of the African Church, is that, if the Holy Spirit is the invisible force of the Church of Africa, women, without a doubt, are the tangible force. W ...
9 March 2018
ASIA/CHINA - "24 Hours for the Lord": Chinese Catholics join the Pope and the universal Church
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Despite being a working day, the parish of the Holy Trinity, in the city of Jiu Jiang, Jiang Xi province, in mainland China, is crowded with faithful of all ages since this morning, March 9th: n ...
8 March 2018
AMERICA - Catholic female journalists: a voice in the fight against injustice
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The condition of women in Latin America shows a deficit in respect of rights, social inclusion and equal opportunities, despite the progress made; it is the task of the Catholic press to keep atten ...
8 March 2018
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Promotion of African woman: Harambee Award 2018 to a Nigerian doctor
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian activist Ebele Okoye received, this year the Harambee Award 2018 to the Promotion and Equality of African Women, created by the Catholic association Harambee Africa International onl ...
8 March 2018
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians: a renewed commitment to peace in the Korean peninsula
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders, social workers, human rights activists, leaders of civil society organizations renew their commitment to peace in the Korean peninsula: this is one of the messages underlined at ...
8 March 2018
ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: no interference of security services in political elections
Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral process that will lead Lebanon to vote on 6 May to renew the composition of the national parliamentary assembly must guarantee free and independent elections, and must be defended a ...
8 March 2018
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou: Sexual abuse and violence committed by the Blue Helmets against refugee women
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Women and girls who have been refugees since May 2017 in the seminary compound of Bangassou are sexually exploited by the UN Blue Helmets for food. This was reported by His Exc. Mgr. Juan Jose Ag ...
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