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19 October 2017
AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Resignation of the Archbishop of Port of Spain and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Everard Harris, C. ...
19 October 2017
AFRICA/KENYA - Among the Catholics uncertainty prevails over the politicians lack of will to resolve the crisis
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are so many things going wrong in our Country while the media seems to be focusing only on politics", says to Agenzia Fides Rose Achiego, a Catholic lay in Nairobi. "Let's take, for examp ...
19 October 2017
ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Myanmar needs healing and reconciliation"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Myanmar needs healing and reconciliation", says Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, in an interview with Fides, talking about the situation in the country in the proximity of the Pope's t ...
18 October 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Teachers in Catholic schools ready to strike for higher salaries
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Teachers at Lebanon’s Catholic schools may go on strike this evening Wednesday 18 October to protest because they risk being excluded from a pay rise connected with new rules regarding “sa ...
18 October 2017
AMERICA/UNITED STATES Bishops say temporary protection for immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras must be extended
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to prolong the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras, in view of the Congress’ revision and the possibility of it being definit ...
18 October 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities suffer discrimination at work: study to be made
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “I left my job with a multinational company in Karachi the day my manager told me not to use the same objects and utensils as my Muslim colleagues. I was told to take them home with me and ...
18 October 2017
AFRICA/KENYA - : “The political crisis can be an opportunity for dialogue to tackle the country’s difficulties”.
18 October 2017 political elections
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The political crisis can be an opportunity to start sincere dialogue on the country’s unsolved problems” the Catholic Bishops of Kenya say in a message sent to Fides, while the country is ...
18 October 2017
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - At least 5000 homeless after tropical storm: local Catholic Church provides shelter
AMERICA/COSTA RICA – At least 5000 homeless after tropical storm: the local Catholic Church involved in providing shelter
San José (Agenzia Fides) – The fury of Nate tropical storm continues after leaving at ...
17 October 2017
AMERICA - A Synod for 9 Countries that involves more than 500 peoples
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The initiative of Pope Francis announced on Sunday, October 15, before the Angelus prayer is fascinating: "Accepting the desire of some Catholic bishops' Conferences in Latin America, as well as th ...
17 October 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Prayer for seven innocent Christians of Orissa who are imprisoned
Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is in prayer for the release of seven innocent Christians in the Indian state of Orissa, in prison for nine years. Their names are: Bhaskar Sunamajhi, Bijay Sanseth, Buddhadev ...
17 October 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marawi is militant-free: now the economic development of Muslim areas is urgent
Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Marawi, on the Filipino island of Mindanao, in the south of the country, has been liberated: the regular army resumed full control over the entire territory which on May 23 had been ...
17 October 2017
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan seeks to renegotiate national unity
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "In politics everything is negotiable, also the way of living together" said His Eminence, Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, in his speech at the 18th annual lecture of the ...
17 October 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - New war winds on the Nineveh Plain
Telkaif (Agenzia Fides) - The "Babylonian Brigades", formation of popular protection militias who also count Christian militias in their ranks, have told the Kurdish militia Peshmerga to abandon all areas of the Nineveh ...
17 October 2017
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Plague alarm: the contribution of Catholic hospitals and Catholic dispensaries
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Madagascar, pneumonic plague, the most serious and mortal form of plague, is under way, according to the country's Ministry of Health and so far has affected at least 343 people and has ...
17 October 2017
ASIA/TURKEY - Interference and pressure in the election process of the new Armenian Patriarch
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – In early October Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian, current "locum tenens" of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, sent a letter to possible candidates for the role of new Patriarch, in the ...
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