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12 September 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - More than one million people take to the streets in 125 cities for the march for the family
Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - After the demonstrations in favor of the family, a national awakening is taking place and it is clear that the Church supports it, noted His Exc. Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, Bishop of Zac ...
12 September 2016
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Gomez on immigration: Recover "forgotten history"
Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday, September 11, many places of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles talked about the issue of immigration in the United States. According to a note sent to Fides, many lay groups, ...
12 September 2016
ASIA/INDIA - Lepers and refugees at the celebration of Mother Teresa in Orissa
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Lepers, refugees, the poor, children who are taken care by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters and Brothers run by the Sisters of Mother Teresa in Orissa (eastern state of India) were presen ...
12 September 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims pay homage to Our Lady of Mariamabad
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "A large presence of Muslim faithful leaders and believers, are paying visit today, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mariamabad, in the diocese of Lahore. ...
12 September 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Initial reactions to the initiatives made in the USA for the creation of a "protected" area for religious minorities in the Nineveh Plain
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The intention to submit to the US Congress a resolution sponsored by both Republican and Democrat politicians to demand the establishment of an autonomous province in the Nineveh Plain "under th ...
12 September 2016
AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Church mobilizes for President al Sisi’s visit to the US
New York (Agenzia Fides) - Priests and Coptic Orthodox faithful living in the US have been called by the Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in North America to take part in the event convened on 20 September ...
10 September 2016
VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of the CEP Seminar: "Care for the people God has entrusted to you, care for priests, care for seminarians. This is your task"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your places of origin are diverse and far from each other, and belong to the great constellation of so-called 'mission territories'. Therefore each of you have the great privilege and resp ...
10 September 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - An initiative made in the USA for the creation of a protected area reserved for religious minorities in the Nineveh Plain
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The political and administrative future of Mosul and the north-Iraqi province of Nineveh continues to be the center of operations, initiatives and projects of different origins, often divergent or ...
10 September 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - There is no food or medicine, people are starving and tension increases in the country
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, said that Venezuelan people should resolve conflicts peacefully. "There is no food, and there are no medicines, this has become a serious ...
10 September 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Castro: "We must participate in the referendum in a responsible manner and with a conscious vote"
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Following the signing of the agreements reached between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas in Havana, the President of the Colombian Bishops Luis Augusto Castro, Archbishop of Tun ...
10 September 2016
ASIA/PALESTINE - Patriarch Emeritus Sabbah denounces the resurgence of "sectarianism" in Palestinian society
Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Latin Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah, known by everyone for his closeness to the national Palestinian cause, strongly denounced the "serious deterioration" he perceives in Palest ...
9 September 2016
VATICAN - Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, Director of Agenzia Fides
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fabrizio Meroni, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) and Director of CIAM (International Center for Mi ...
9 September 2016
AMERICA/CUBA - "Being Cuban means to be devoted to Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre": centenary of the proclamation as Patroness
Bayamo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Cubans have the privilege of praying our Mother as Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre!": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Álvaro Beyra Luarca, Bishop of the Diocese of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo-Ma ...
9 September 2016
ASIA/INDIA - First hospital dedicated to Mother Teresa in India, for the treatment of the tribals
Miao (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Miao, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India, opened the first hospital dedicated to Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The ceremony took place on September 8, 2016. T ...
9 September 2016
ASIA/VIETNAM - Human trafficking through social network increases
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of human trafficking in Vietnam continues to increase, and advocacy groups argue that the victims are also influenced by social media. Between 2011 and 2014 cases increas ...
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