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13 November 2017
AMERICA/PANAMA - More space and rights for women in society
Panama (Agenzia Fides) – To share work experience, encourage the incidence of women in different sectors of society, promote women's presence and rights at political, economic and social levels: this is the goal of the ...
13 November 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch’s visit to Riyadh; meeting with Hariri in his scheduled appointments
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai is preparing to embark on a historic visit to Saudi Arabia: the departure of the Patriarch from Beirut to Riyadh is scheduled for Monday afternoon, November ...
11 November 2017
NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Eritrea: a "North Korea of Africa"
«Eritrea is the country with less freedom in the world ». These words come not from someone who opposes president Isayas Afeworki or from the hated government of Ethiopia, instead they come from an official United Nati ...
10 November 2017
VATICAN - The martyrdom of Italian missionary Sr. Leonella Sgorbati has been recognized
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Our founder, Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, encouraged us to be at the service of the mission at the cost of life, and the recognition of Sister Leonella's martyrdom is a new impulse for us to live mi ...
10 November 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians in Indonesia are "a creative minority, committed to unity"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians in Indonesia we are a minority, but we must be a creative minority capable of promoting the Pancasila (the five basic principles of the nation), as well as correctly presenting ou ...
10 November 2017
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops launch a National Dialogue Forum while the political crisis risks making the country explode
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Country is now threatened with disintegration and conflict, if the situation witnessed currently is anything to go by. This is why we have announced to organize a National Dialogue Forum, w ...
10 November 2017
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Militarization and human rights violations in the department of Quiché
Santa Cruz del Quiché (Agenzia Fides) – There is an increase in the attacks against human rights defenders, who take position against the creation of highly polluted hydroelectric megaprojects in the indigenous Maya-I ...
10 November 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch asks and gets to meet Hariri during his trip to Saudi Arabia
Berkeley (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai will travel to Saudi Arabia, accepting the invitation of the local authorities, and on that occasion will also meet Lebanese resigning premier Saad Hariri ...
10 November 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - New jihadist threats against Copts: they must be eliminated because they build churches, evangelize, do not respect the Sharia
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Christians in Egypt do not accept the condition of submission imposed on Christians in Islamic societies: they continue to build churches and even promote television networks to spread the ...
9 November 2017
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences pays tribute to the missionary martyrs of the "massacre of Zhengding Church"
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Many missionaries present in China at the time of the Japanese attack witnessed a great love for the Chinese people, to the point of being killing in an atrocious manner, while defending Chinese ...
9 November 2017
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A church burned and smeared: why?
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our commitment as a Church is to announce and promote the Kingdom of Jesus, which is Justice, Truth, Love without exclusion, giving priority to the poor, who are God’s favorites. We want ...
9 November 2017
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and shelter for street children in Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - Over a thousand children in the Bolivian outskirts of Santa Cruz de la Sierra are street children, and many others are likely to become street children in an area where violence ...
9 November 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanese crisis, Maronite Patriarch meets President Aoun. His trip to Riyadh into question
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While the entire Lebanese institutional system is shaken by the resignation of Sunni Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Lebanese President Michel Aoun receives today Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros R ...
9 November 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Cleemis: "Being a minority is not a disadvantage: it is beautiful"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "For us being a minority is not a disadvantage, because small is beautiful, small is effective. Jesus himself gathered and sent a small group to preach the Good News and to testify the Gospel. ...
9 November 2017
VATICAN - Appointment of the Secretary and Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Protase Rugambwa, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Kigoma, until now Secretary of the same Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Pres ...
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