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11 October 2017
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops to Congress: "To ensure true protection for dreamers once and for all"
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On Oct. 8, 2017, the White House released the "Immigration Principles & Policies" which outline the Trump Administration’s position on immigration especially regarding younger immigrants, k ...
11 October 2017
AFRICA/KENYA - Strong tensions after Odinga pulled out of the October 26 presidential polls
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Strong tensions in Kenya, where yesterday October 10, opposition leader, Raila Odinga, pulled out of the October 26 presidential polls.
On September 1, the Supreme Court judgement nullified Pre ...
11 October 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ruteng and appointment of the apostolic Administrator
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ruteng (Indonesia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Hubertus Leteng, and appointed His Exc. Mgr. Sylveste ...
10 October 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Kurdistan in difficulty: After the vote for independence, people are fleeing
Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is constantly evolving. Baghdad is putting into practice what the Iraqi Parliament, already in the first hours after the Referendum on independence on September 25, had established ...
10 October 2017
ASIA/TERRASANTA - 800 years of Franciscan presence in the Middle East
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "As Franciscans, we see these eight centuries as a manifestation of God’s Providence, fidelity and goodness towards us, because he chose a simple, poor, colorful ecclesial instrument that is ...
10 October 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Among the countries not in a declared war, Mexico has the largest number of murders in the world
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Among the countries that live without war (declared), Mexico is the one where the greatest number of people are killed in the world": this is what the apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Mgr. Franc ...
10 October 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Caritas alarm: Child trafficking in northeast India
Dispur (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian State of Assam has been the hub of human trafficking in the country; politics must act urgently to stop the trafficking involving in particular children: is the alarm launched to Fides ...
10 October 2017
EUROPE / ITALY - Combonians: new challenges after 150 years of mission
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To change perspective on the figure of the poor, who is not simply a passive recipient of missionary action, but is the active subject and collaborator in the construction of a new humanity; to c ...
10 October 2017
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Presidential elections: "A democratic turning point, but people are waiting for development" says a missionary
Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "We are voting in a peaceful manner with a strong participation of voters", says to Fides Eric Aka, an SMA missionary (Society of African Missions) from Foya, the capital of the homonymous dist ...
10 October 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian student tortured and killed by the police
Sheikhupura (Agenzia Fides) - A 17-year-old Christian student was beaten and tortured to death by a group of six Pakistani police officers in the village of Jhubhran, near the city of Sheikhupura, in Pakistani Punjab. Th ...
9 October 2017
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Peña Rodríguez denounces corruption in the judiciary: "Justice must go back and follow the right path"
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED) described the Dominican justice system as "fragile", as the code-and-law enforcement officers are doing a job that leaves much to ...
9 October 2017
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The missionary line of the community of Kami described by a missionary
Kami (Agenzia Fides) - "I left for the Mission of Kami, in the Bolivian mountains on January 2, 1985 to help and offer my support in this remote and complicated area due to the altitude (4,000 meters above sea level)", s ...
9 October 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - To contribute to coexistence: Archbishop of Jakarta meets the leader of Parliament
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - To contribute to social and religious coexistence and to work together - politics and religious communities - for brotherhood among the different people and components of Indonesian pluralist so ...
9 October 2017
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Oriens Theological College" Interdiocesan Seminary in Shillong
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 9, 2017, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Kuriakose Poovathumkudy, of the diocesan clergy of Dibrugarh (Indi ...
9 October 2017
AFRICA/NIGER - A surprise attack against US soldiers: "The presence of foreign soldiers is likely to destabilize the area", says a missionary
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not a mystery that Americans have been present in Niger for a long time not only with drones, but also with soldiers, as well as the presence of the French and perhaps soon even the Italia ...
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