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8 November 2016
AMERICA/HAITI - Unity and Mercy, the closing of the Jubilee in a suffering country
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Chibly Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes, along with the other Bishops of Haiti, celebrated the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy last Sunday, November 6, with the participation of a l ...
8 November 2016
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The mission of the Rachel Center: To welcome and take care of migrant children
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - It is a structure that wants to witness the commitment and contribution of Catholic faithful with regards to the issue of immigration, which has tragic social consequences, especially for chil ...
8 November 2016
AFRICA/MALAWI - Inauguration of the first hospital in the mountains of Chaone, it will assist 10 thousand people
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "November 3 will become a benchmark for the 21 villages and the 10,000 people living in the mountain who as from today will have the possibility of health care assistance at home, able to defea ...
8 November 2016
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 November 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Mgr. Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, of the clergy of Bafoussam, Member of the "Communauté de l'Emmanuel" and Vicar General of the same diocese as ...
8 November 2016
AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan company creates a website to denounce irregularities in the US elections
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A Kenyan non-profit company has launched a website which lets voters report irregularities at the polling stations of the US presidential elections being held today, 8 November.
"Ushahidi", whi ...
8 November 2016
ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Patriarchal Vicar of Aleppo, wounded by a gunman: "I share the cross of those who suffer"
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank God who protected and kept me alive. I thank God because in this condition and in this experience I can share the cross with so many people that today suffer in Syria, especially in Alep ...
8 November 2016
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Zambia, a Church characterized by a strong missionary spirit
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni ended his pastoral visit to Malawi, and arrived in Zambia yesterday afternoon, November 7, and immediately met the Bishops' Conference, in Lusaka, conveying Pope Francis ...
8 November 2016
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Poor Clares: the contribution of prayer for evangelization
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "This Monastery is a guiding-light and a beacon of spirituality, a flowering of local vocations with the mission to provide prayerful support each day for the work of evangelization that takes ...
7 November 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Roberto Lückert: the referendum should be the main theme of the dialogue
Coro (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Coro, His Exc. Mgr. Roberto Lückert, gave a long interview to Venezuelan newspaper "El Impulso" in which he thanked the Vatican delegation and noted that it "will real ...
7 November 2016
ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Seizures of religious literature at "unauthorized" retailers
Baku (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, November 4 the State Committee for the work with religious organizations carried out a joint inspection with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior, in shops that sell religious ...
7 November 2016
ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the condition of the Country does not allow delays in forming a government
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The economic and social emergencies that mark the present situation of Lebanon does not allow any delays or postponement in the formation of a government that would help the Country. This is what ...
7 November 2016
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Ortega still President, but abstention is 78%
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, last night said that citizens deserve "authorities elected in another way, in a way that truly represents the popul ...
7 November 2016
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Bishops: to prohibit asylum application to migrants is "a cruel decision"
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The announcement that the government will introduce a new measure prohibiting refugees, who have arrived in Australia by boat since 19 July 2013, to apply for a visa, is deeply disappointing. To ...
7 November 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "There is a risk of genocide", said the leading association of the South Sudanese diaspora
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan the risk of genocide is real and everything must be done to prevent it, says the Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan (CASS), an association of various groups and organizations of ...
7 November 2016
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Malawi: "promote, direct and coordinate missionary activity in the dioceses"
Karonga (Agenzia Fides) - After having presided at the consecration of the Cathedral of Karonga (see Fides 05/11/2016), in the afternoon of Saturday, November 5, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for ...
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