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4 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Pope Bergoglio, apostle of love in a Muslim country
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Without love we cannot do anything to this world: this value is lacking much in our world. In Bangladesh and also in Myanmar, Pope Francis showed here what love means, not only towards refugees, ...
4 December 2017
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - To overcome divisions to invest in peace
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We are never defined by our past but our present, as no matter how hard the past, you can always start again. We wish to forget the wounds of the past and move ahead towards peace", said Mgr ...
2 December 2017
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church insists on dialogue to resolve the Mapuche conflict and avoid violence
Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - "No kind of violence is the solution: A dialogue table should have been opened before or during the conflict, to avoid this repression and violence. Dialogue must always be present": these are ...
2 December 2017
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Democracy for development": 200 associations to African and European leaders
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa needs democracy". This is the message launched by associations of the African civil society gathered in the platform "Let us turn page for a democratic change in Africa", gathered in Abi ...
2 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Pope: the seed and the bud of every Christian life "is neither mine nor yours: God sows it and makes it grow
Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - The seed and the bud of every Christian life "is neither mine nor yours: God sows it. And it is God who makes it grow". It can be safeguarded and nurtured not by virtue of ones own efforts, b ...
2 December 2017
NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Bangladesh: at the root of Islamist extremism
Shahab Enam Khan, professor of international relations at Jahangimagar University, Dhaka and member of the Enterprise Institute, has long studied radical Islamist movements. In a recent interview with Fides in his office ...
2 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Pope to the young: ask for wisdom enlightened by faith, not the "wisdom of the world"
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The one thing that directs and guides us on to the right path is wisdom, the wisdom born of faith. It is not "the false wisdom of this world". This is the guiding criterion that Pope Francis sugg ...
2 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - The police: no seizure, Fr. Rozario is "mentally unstable"
Natore (Agenzia Fides) – There is mystery regarding the Catholic priest kidnapped and released in Bangladesh. As Agenzia Fides learns, Fr. William Walter Rozario is accused by the police of having somehow staged the ki ...
1 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - By any means, just to pray with Pope Francis
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis’ visit is a real blessing for us. Our faith will be strengthened. We look forward to seeing and listening to him. And above all to pray with him". Shuvro Purification is 18 years o ...
1 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Pope's presence will promote respect and appreciation towards the local Christians
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope is at the center of national attention. Some events of the Pope's visit are broadcast live on state television. There is a very positive attitude towards the Pope in all mass media, and ...
1 December 2017
ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan and Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov will participate in the inauguration ceremony of the "Iron Church" on the Golden Horn
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boïko Borisov will both be present at the re-opening of St. Stephen's Church in Istanbul on January 7th. According to repor ...
1 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Rohingya: the Pope's closeness, but the future is uncertain
Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "The return of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Rakhine state, in Myanmar seems very difficult, if not impossible. There are too many economic interests on that territory, both with ...
1 December 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Pope to the Bishops of Bangladesh: Recognize and value the charisms of lay men and women
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "I would ask you to show ever greater pastoral closeness to the lay faithful". This is the request that Pope Francis addressed to the Bishops of Bangladesh in his meeting with them in Dhaka, in th ...
1 December 2017
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields to diocese, creation of the new diocese of Siuna and appointment of the first Bishops
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 30, 2017, the Holy Father Francis elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields to a diocese, and appointed as Bishop of Bluefields H.E. Msgr. Pablo Schimitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. ...
1 December 2017
AMERICA/BRAZIL - A theologian: "A Year of the Laity to open new paths and perspectives"
Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - "To recognize the importance of the lay faithful as essential to guarantee the future of the Catholic Church; to understand that they are an integral part of the ecclesial community, effe ...
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