News
16 June 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 500 Years of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines: A Time for Mission
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in the Philippines (in 1521) is underway throughout the country: "To prepare oneself properly for this important event ...
16 June 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Bishop: to propose a law to abolish foreign names is a time-waster employment
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Controversy and sarcasm in Egypt increase with regards to the bill submitted on Tuesday 13 June to the Egyptian Parliament to forbid the conferral of Western and "foreign" names to Egyptian babies ...
14 June 2017
AMERICA/CHILE - “We reject a State which robs us of our freedom”: Bishop Ramos on the subject of abortion law
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – “The door is being opened for the State to rob citizens of their freedom to make decisions to protect life” said Bishop Fernando Ramos, Auxiliary of Santiago and Secretary General of the ...
14 June 2017
AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera epidemic grips the country; many infected, people uncertain what to do
Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds continue to die of cholera in various parts of the country(see Fides 7/6/2017). The National Epidemiological Corporation says that 820 people have died and an estimated 23.766 are ...
14 June 2017
AFRICA/CAMEROON - “Bishop Bala did not commit suicide, he was brutally murdered; Bishops say let “justice to be done”
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - “Bishop Jean Marie Benoît Bala did not commit suicide; he was brutally murdered”. The news was announced in a statement released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Cameroon regardi ...
14 June 2017
ASIA/PALESTINE - Patriarch emeritus Sabbah: the people of Gaza are victims of Western irrationality
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – The dramatic living conditions of the people in Gaza penalized in the last few days with a further cut in power supply, cannot be explained only on the basis of the dynamics of regional poli ...
14 June 2017
AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - “Promote development and protect vulnerable citizens” NAFTA agreement for revision
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – For some time it had been clear that US President Trump aims to revise the free trade agreement between USA, Canada and Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed ...
14 June 2017
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Lay missionary expelled: “transversal warning” for the local Church
Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) – The media is buzzing today in Papua New Guinea following the expulsion of Doug Tennent, New Zealand citizen lay missionary who was acting as lawyer and administrator for the archdiocese of ...
14 June 2017
AMERICA/PERU - More than 300,000 minor workers in Ancash region
Huaraz (Agenzia Fides) – In the Peruvian region of Ancash an estimated 332.050 minors are employed in different jobs, in many cases underpaid . The news comes from the Áncash Regional Labour Office Diretra, which re ...
13 June 2017
ASIA/MONGOLIA - Three lay Catholics foundation for new parish dedicated to Divine Mercy
UlaanBaatar (Agenzia Fides) – The little Catholic Church in Mongolia has a new parish: on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 11 June 2017, the Church of Divine Mercy in Erdenet, 380 km north of Ulaanbaatar, was ...
13 June 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO -Violence increases against priests
Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – Still on the danger list but slowly improving: Rev. Juan Antonio Zambrano García, of the archdiocese of Tijuana, was attacked and wounded last Friday, June 9, in the parish of San Pedro e San ...
13 June 2017
VATICAN - Now online Omnis Terra new issue : giving voice to mission, missions and missionaries
Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Omnis Terra, the multilingual publication of culture and mission from the Pontifical Mission Societies, is on line with its second edition. The opening article “Le Laos et le ...
13 June 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch concerned: priests with less theological grounding and deplorable media hyper-activism
Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) – The Maronite Church sees a “weakening of theological, dogmatic and spiritual grounding” among the clergy, but a growing phenomenon of priests who appear eager to catch the attention of t ...
13 June 2017
AFRICA/LESOTHO - Parliamentary elections: applause from local Church observers
Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - “The election was peaceful and well organised. Although some aspects could be improved, as the local Church we applaud the manner in which the election was held” says a report on parliam ...
13 June 2017
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Christian women against violence and for rights and dignity
Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - “Women in Bangladesh are subject to violence all through life and this prevents them from realizing their dignity and violates their rights as human beings. Daily submission prevents them fr ...
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