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30 May 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop of Huatla launches drought alert in Sierra Mazateca in Oaxaca
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - After more than 20 days without rain, the Mazateca region is going through the worst crisis ever suffered as a result of drought, along with the lack of medical services. This situation has alrea ...
30 May 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Marawi: "Video appeal of Fr. Chito: critical phase, we fear for the lives of the hostages"
Marawi (Agenzia Fides) - "Terrorists have sought contact with the military and the institutions. They released a video where Fr. Soganub Teresito, called Fr. Chito, one of the group of about 15 Catholic hostages, launche ...
30 May 2017
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Still two thousand Muslim refugees in the diocese of Bangassou; testimony of the Bishop to Fides
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Two thousand Muslims still find themselves in the Catholic mission. A part in the Minor Seminary, the others in the Cathedral and in the Bishop’s House", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ju ...
30 May 2017
ASIA - Young Christian ambassadors of peace in Asia
Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - Young ambassadors of peace in Asia: this is the theme of the seminar which began at the headquarters of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) in Chiang Mai on Monday, 29 May 2017. The traini ...
30 May 2017
AMERICA/CUBA - Cuban Bishops close to the suffering and uncertainty of Venezuelans
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "In these difficult moments of the life of Venezuelan people, we are not alien to the suffering and uncertainty that Venezuelans live", writes the President of the Cuban episcopal Conference His ...
30 May 2017
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Caritas Campaign in view of the annual collection: poor people always on the rise
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Argentina is carrying out a national campaign in view of its annual collection for the needy, inviting to express solidarity through a concrete gesture that effectively helps transf ...
29 May 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal Robles Ortega asks for clarification on the murder of two indigenous wixarika leaders
Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, after Sunday Mass yesterday asked to clarify the events related to the assassination of indigenous leaders of Wixarika ...
29 May 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Priests in Guayana: "We cannot keep silent in the face of repression"
Guyana (Agenzia Fides) - Priests and deacons of the Diocese of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela) wrote a letter to the "pilgrim people of our beloved land and to all men of good will" to express a profound rejection of every ex ...
29 May 2017
VATICAN - Mgr. Rugambwa opens the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us reflect together on the ‘mission heart of the Christian faith’ in the light of the Apostolic Missionary Exhortation of Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium. Let us have the courage of conv ...
29 May 2017
VATICAN - Pope Francis: "The Church exists to proclaim the Gospel, only for that!"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church exists to proclaim the Gospel, only for that! And also, the joy of the Church is to announce the Gospel. We are all baptized by the Church. Today, we are invited to understand b ...
29 May 2017
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Alarm for the death for malnutrition of 8 children in a week
La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - Between 14 and 20 May eight new cases of deaths were reported for malnutrition and, according to the National Institute of Health, 40% of them in Chocó and la Guajira. In the departments of ...
29 May 2017
AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Clan rivalries and economic reasons facilitate the settling of the Islamic State", says Mgr. Bertin
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "From what I have been told, members of the Islamic State pay better and therefore in the situation of Somalia's crisis it is easy to find followers" says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giorgi ...
29 May 2017
ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: shameful attack on the chapel in Hyderabad
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is clear that Hindu fundamentalists and anti-social elements were responsible for the shameful act on May 21, 2017, when a crowd of about 100 people attacked and devastated the prayer room ...
26 May 2017
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni concludes his visit to Equatorial Guinea: "Mission is carried out through testimony"
Bata (Agenzia Fides) - On the last day of his pastoral visit to Equatorial Guinea on Thursday, May 25, Cardinal Filoni spent the day in the diocese of Bata, where he celebrated Mass in the Cathedral, in the Solemnity of ...
26 May 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA -Redemptorists: "Our prophetic vocation leads us to denounce violence and clashes among brothers"
Marianella (Agenzia Fides) - "Our prophetic vocation leads us to denounce intolerance, the use of violence, clashes among brothers, imposition with force, fear, persecution and arrest: contrary to the dignity of every pe ...
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