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10 January 2017
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 8, 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Ricardo Eduardo Garcia Loor, of the archdiocesan clergy of Puerto ...
10 January 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The National Assembly declares "the abandonment of office" on behalf of the President
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, where the majority of Parliament's MPs belong to the opposition, yesterday declared "the abandonment of office" on behalf of the President of Venezuela, ...
10 January 2017
VATICAN - Proclaim the Gospel with gentleness and firmness
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Here is the missionary style of Jesus, and also the style of the disciples of Christ: to proclaim the Gospel with gentleness and firmness, without arrogance or imposition". This is what Po ...
10 January 2017
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Migration Week: solidarity and recognition of immigrants' contribution
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "This National Migration Week is an opportunity to embrace the important work of continuing to secure the border, to welcome the stranger and serve the most vulnerable - all components of a h ...
10 January 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Students denounce an Islamic leader for "blasphemy"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Union of University Students in Indonesia (Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Katolik Republik Indonesia, PMKRI) filed a complaint for blasphemy regarding a Muslim religious Habib Rizieq Shihab, ...
10 January 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Official of Iraqi Kurdistan: at least 100 places of worship destroyed or damaged by jihadists in the Nineveh Plain
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - At least 100 places of worship have been vandalized or completely demolished in the territories of Mosul and Nineveh Province since June 2014, when the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) impos ...
10 January 2017
AFRICA/GAMBIA - Pressure on President Jammeh so that he cedes power, "but no use of force", says the Bishop of Ziguinchor
Banjoul (Agenzia Fides) - The West African Countries are intensifying the pressure so that outgoing President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, cedes power on January 19 after losing the elections on December 1, won by Adama Barr ...
10 January 2017
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Thousands of "special" children need medical treatment and rehabilitation
Sangmelima (Agenzia Fides) - Cameroon is one of the African countries with the highest incidence of disability in children. According to UNICEF estimates, 23% of people aged between 2 and 9 live with at least one type of ...
10 January 2017
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The rate of malnutrition regarding children and the elderly increase because of the crisis
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A study of the Central University of Venezuela estimates that in 2017 the rate of malnutrition regarding school-age children will increase by 3% compared to 2016, and will reach between 350 and ...
10 January 2017
AFRICA/EGYPT - The "House of Fatwa": it is legitimate for Christians to build churches in an Islamic State
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The "House of Fatwa" (Dar al Ifta al Misryah), the Egyptian body presided by the Grand Mufti of Egypt and responsible for disseminating guidance pronouncements and dissolve doubts and disputes reg ...
10 January 2017
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The report of UN experts on the DRC receives praise from a local NGO
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A new report by the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was applauded by an NGO of North Kivu, the eastern province of the DRC, where there are illegal activities deno ...
9 January 2017
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of Bishop of Chimoio, appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francisco João Silota, M. Afr. Th ...
9 January 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - The laying of the foundation stone of the Indonesian Camillian Theologate in Maumere
Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "It seems incredible ... but the Indonesian Camillians are in urgent need of new spaces for their young religious and novices", says to Agenzia Fides Father Luigi Galvani, MI, missionary in Flor ...
9 January 2017
AMERICA/MEXICO - Still no news after the disappearance of Father Joaquin
Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) – There is still no news of the priest who went missing last week in Mexico: the diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico), informs in a statement that the priest, Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes has ...
9 January 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Archdiocese of Manila strengthens the commitment for the rehabilitation of drug addicts
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, signed an agreement which establishes a partnership between the Archdiocese of Manila and "Fazenda da Esperança" ("Farm of Hope"), a specia ...
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