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26 October 2016
EUROPE/ITALY - Support for the rights of African girls
Lodi (Agenzia Fides) - "On Nice’s side" is the multimedia campaign in support of the rights of African girls supported by the Fighting World Hunger Movement that tells the stories of seven girls who in various parts of ...
26 October 2016
ASIA/SINGAPORE - The new Superior of the Jesuits in Southeast Asia is a blogger
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – He is appreciated for his incisive and persuasive preaching and especially for his blog "Breaking The Word": we are talking about Fr. Christopher Soh, the new Regional Superior of the Jesuit ...
26 October 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Investigations underway for the death of a 91-year-old priest
Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the municipality of Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia) are investigating the death of the 91-year-old missionary, Jose Fortunato Bedoya Franco, which happened in circumstances ye ...
26 October 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Ecumenical prayer for the liberation of Mosul. The Chaldean Patriarch: may 2017 be the "Year of Peace in Iraq"
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - 2017 as "Year of Peace", celebrated by the Churches and the Christian communities in Iraq to promote national reconciliation and to save the country from the centrifugal forces that may continue t ...
26 October 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Pope Francis invites Christian leaders of South Sudan to discuss the crisis
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has invited Christian religious leaders of South Sudan to the Vatican to discuss the serious crisis that the youngest African State is facing.
This was revealed by His Exc. Mgr. Paoli ...
25 October 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - First agreement between government and opposition: dialogue begins, the Church as mediator
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, said that the dialogue that will begin between the government and the opposition "is very good", and reported that the envoy of the Vatica ...
25 October 2016
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Children forced to leave school to work and help their families
San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of resources in families living in San Pedro Sula, in Honduras, is forcing children living in suburb areas of the city to leave school to look for work. A study carried out by th ...
25 October 2016
AMERICA/HAITI - After the hurricane the risk of exploitation and abuse against women and children increase
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Women and children in Haiti are at high risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking as a result of the hurricane. According to humanitarian agencies, since October 4, thousands of women a ...
25 October 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorist attack in Quetta: "one lives with fear", says a missionary
Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - "Ambulances and police continue to occupy the city. 60 people were killed and more than 200 wounded. They were all police officers and young people who were being trained in the military school. ...
25 October 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops ask "the government to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court"
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We have noted with sadness the decision by the South African government to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)", say the South African Bishops in a statement signed by His ...
25 October 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - Inauguration of the new Major Seminary in Cancun
Cancun (Agenzia Fides) – The Major Seminary of Quintana Roo was inaugurated yesterday by His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cardenas, Bishop of the Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in ...
25 October 2016
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Even a Xaverian missionary among the 79 who died in the train crash
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - There is also an Italian Xaverian missionary, Father Carlo Girola, of the Pious Society of St. Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions, among the victims in the train accident on October 21 on the Y ...
25 October 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On October 27 the peace process with ELN begins, the Church ready to give its support
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The formal start of the peace process between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will take place on Thursday, October 27 in Quito (Ecuador). For this occasion, the Co ...
25 October 2016
ASIA/VIETNAM - Blogger arrestati: appello per il rilascio
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - La scorsa settimana la blogger vietnamita Nguyen Ngoc Quynh è stata arrestata con l'accusa di "propaganda" contro lo Stato. Il governo sostiene anche che la donna sia affiliata a un gruppo defin ...
24 October 2016
VATICAN - Pope Francis: "Today is a time of mission and a time of courage!"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before reciting the midday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Sunday, October 23, the Holy Father stressed the celebration of World Mission Sunday, commenting on the ...
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