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16 May 2017
AMERICA - CELAM's Socio-Pastoral Observatory to build the "geopolitics of hope"
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - One of the purposes of the XXXVI Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM) just completed in San Salvador (see Fides 13/05/2017) was to carry out an assessment of the work ...
15 May 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Diocesan priests "with the smell of the sheep", in the spirit of Evangelii gaudium
Palembang (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan priests in Indonesia are called to "have the smell of the sheep, to accompany the people of God in moments of joy, sorrow, in failures as in successes, and always instill joy and ...
15 May 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi: "Do not spend money for political campaigns but for the needs of communities"
San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no need to spend so much money in political campaigns, but has to be destined to the needs of communities, like communications in Chiapas": asks the Bishop of the Di ...
15 May 2017
AFRICA/CENTRAFRICA - Dramatic situation in the south-east: hundreds of dead in clashes; civilian refugees in churches and mosques
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 130 deaths in Alindao in the south-east of the Central African Republic, caused by armed groups who also attacked Bangassou (230km east of Alindao), where 6 Blue Helmets were kille ...
15 May 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Three Syriac Bishops ask for international protection for Christians in the Nineveh Plain. But the Chaldean Patriarchate dissociates itself
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The widespread statement released on Friday 12 May by three Syriac Bishops (a Syirac-Catholic and two Syriac-Orthodox) in northern Iraq, asking for the creation of a protected area reserved for Ch ...
15 May 2017
AMERICA/PANAMA - Mary, protagonist of the 2019 WYD logo created by a young Panamanian
Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Ambar Calvo, a a 20-year-old student of architecture at the University of Panama, was the winner of the competition for the next World Youth Day logo (WYD), to be held in Panama from 22 to Januar ...
15 May 2017
AFRICA/IVORY COST - The protests of the mutinied military continues; in Odienne the Bishop joins the mediation
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – In Abidjan and Bouaké the military have taken to the streets and continue protesting by shooting in the air and terrorizing the population.
The mutinied demand the payment of the remainder o ...
15 May 2017
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican missionary denounces the situation of peasants
El Seibo (Agenzia Fides) - "If the 'Central Romana' (agro-industrial company) dared to destroy the homes of 80 families in January 2016 at 3 o'clock in the night, without an order from the State Attorney, then stole thei ...
13 May 2017
EUROPE/ALBANIA - Appeal of religious communities: may law reign in social and individual life
Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - Concerned about the climate in Albania, in particular for the absence of dialogue with regards to the resolution of national problems and, above all, on the issue of elections; for the violent an ...
13 May 2017
ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Church celebrates 25 years of its presence: mission theology course for clergy and laity
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "2017 marks a historic step for the Catholic Church in Mongolia and the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar. In fact, we celebrate a double anniversary: the 25th anniversary of diplomatic re ...
13 May 2017
EUROPE/SPAIN - Recycling sneakers to fight poverty in Mozambique
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - #RUNCYCLE campaign has just been launched in Madrid. Promoted by the European High School in Madrid, with the collaboration of Runnics, the SEUR Foundation and Hello Media Group agency, the initi ...
13 May 2017
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CELAM Assembly: "We asked Mgr. Romero for his intercession"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central American Bishops have been meeting for 75 years to analyze social, economic and political situations, and above all to share the aspects of their ministry. Together we faced ou ...
12 May 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - The drama of little girl brides
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, hundreds of thousands of girls are forced to marry with far older men than them. This is what emerges from the Investigaciò en Salud y Demografia (Insad) report, where it is esti ...
12 May 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Civil society: abolish the blasphemy law, as pro-Ahok demonstrations multiply
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Indonesia should seriously examine the implementation of the Law on blasphemy and abolish it. The government needs to develop a standard to eliminate religious hatred": this is what the Asian H ...
12 May 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - A meeting of Bishops in Reynosa suspended for security reasons
Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of insecurity affecting the whole Mexican region of Tamaulipas has forced the suspension of a meeting to be held in the border town of Reynosa, which should have been attended by repre ...
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