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22 November 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padrón to Fides: "People are falling into depression over the disappointment of dialogue which is not leading to anything positive"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV), His Exc. Mgr. Diego Padrón, who came to Rome to accompany His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida, created Cardinal ...
22 November 2016
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Award to a missionary nun at the service of lepers for thirty years to
Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - "The date of November 19, 2016 will remain in the annals of the village of Ilena of the diocese of Fianarantsoa", writes to Fides Father Albert Rainiherinoro, M.I. "That day - continues the ...
22 November 2016
AFRICA/GHANA - The Chief of Staff: "We are ready to protect peace in view of elections"
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "It is my responsibility to help the police protect peace and properties. We are ready to deal with any person or group of persons who will disrupt the peace enjoyed by Ghanaians", said the Chief ...
22 November 2016
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The plight of Quilmes denounced by Mgr. Tissera: "People no longer have money to buy milk"
Quilmes (Agenzia Fides) - The "Mass of Hope" was celebrated on Saturday, November 19 with a massive presence of faithful, at the big park of the Malvinas, point of encounter of the three districts that make up the Argent ...
22 November 2016
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Ivorian Civil War weapons sustain the Central African instability
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in the Central African Republic has demonstrated that not only the weapons looted in Libyan deposits sparked the wars in sub-Saharan Africa in the civil war of 2011, but there are also ...
21 November 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Kikwit, appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 November 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Kikwit (DR Congo), presented by his Exc. Mgr. Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. Th ...
21 November 2016
EUROPE/SPAIN - Around the world one out of ten children grow up alone
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – One child out of ten worldwide grows up alone, without any assistance and protection. This is what the international organization SOS Children's Villages denounced on the occasion of Universal ...
21 November 2016
AMERICA/CUBA - The Church wants to be an active part in public education and have access to the media
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church wants to have schools or spaces in schools, because it is what also a considerable part of the population wants": asks the new Archbishop of Havana, His Exc. Mgr. Juan de la Caridad G ...
21 November 2016
VATICAN - Pope Francis closes the Jubilee of Mercy: let us always open "possible pathway of hope"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This Year of Mercy invites us to rediscover the core, to return to what is essential. This time of mercy calls us to look to the true face of our King, the one that shines out at Easter, a ...
21 November 2016
ASIA/MYANMAR - The difficult recovery of child soldiers
Rangoon (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations Organization for Children continues its recovery program of child soldiers recruited by the Burmese army. No one knows exactly how many are enrolled. According to the United N ...
21 November 2016
AMERICA/HAITI - Elections without accidents in a country which is still devastated
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential elections were held yesterday in Haiti in a peaceful manner except for a few isolated incidents. The results will not be known before a week. More than 6 million Haitians wer ...
21 November 2016
ASIA/INDONESIA - Unity in Diversity: the people of Indonesia take to the streets for the common good
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Reaffirming Indonesia's motto, "unity in diversity" and the solid foundation of the nation, ie the Pancasila (the "Charter of five principles"): with this spirit the Indonesians of all faiths to ...
21 November 2016
AFRICA/RWANDA - "Let us ask forgiveness for the genocide", write the Bishops at the conclusion of the Year of Mercy
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot talk of Mercy in Rwanda without talking about genocide", explains to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Philippe Rukamba, Bishop of Butare and President of the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda ...
21 November 2016
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - In thousands for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy in the name of the family
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - They were thousands who participated in the march under the slogan "One step for my family", national demonstration organized for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy, which was held yester ...
21 November 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Popular mobilization allows the release of a kidnapped deacon
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A deacon was released by his captors through the mobilization of the population in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Godefroid Paluku was kidnapped on November 18 on the Kiwan ...
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