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12 May 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops of neighboring dioceses of Colombia and Venezuela: it is urgent to re-open the border
Tachira (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal (Venezuela), His Exc. Mgr. Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Cucuta (Colombia), His Exc. Mgr.Victor Manuel Ochoa, me ...
12 May 2016
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "May the compassion of Buddha be granted to our society"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Our society is full of conflict and division. In this difficult moment, I pray that the mercy and compassion of Buddha can be granted in abundance to our society", said Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-j ...
12 May 2016
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Presidential and legislative elections: may it be a peaceful and democratic day for the Church
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, His Exc. Mgr. Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez, and the Bishop of Puerto Plata, His Exc. Mgr. Julio Cesar Corniel Amaro, expressed the ho ...
12 May 2016
ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian cemetery desecrated in Mus
Mus (Agenzia Fides) - An historic Armenian cemetery dating back to the eighteenth century was desecrated in Mus, the capital of the Turkish eastern province. The news of the desecration was released yesterday from local ...
12 May 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - "There are no mercenaries in my diocese", said the Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no training camp or any mercenary in the territory of the Diocese of Kasenga", says the Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, in the former province of Katanga, in the sout ...
12 May 2016
ASIA/PALESTINE - Christian school workers take to the streets again for the reform of the Palestine social security system
Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - A qualified representation of Christian School staff took part yesterday, Wednesday, May 11, in a new public mobilization, organized in Ramallah, calling for the revision of the Social Security ...
12 May 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protection of human rights: the government must put the National Plan into practice
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pakistani government must allocate the necessary funds and implement the National Action Plan on human rights in Pakistan, announced in February 2016". This is what Catholic Peter Jacob, Dir ...
12 May 2016
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Crisis between Gambia and Senegal: the Archbishop of Dakar calls for reconciliation
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Dakar, Mgr. Benjamin Ndiaye, urged the faithful to pray for reconciliation between Senegal and Gambia, during the celebration of the 50th World Day of Social Communications and A ...
11 May 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A two-year-old Christian child killed by a Muslim man
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - It is one of those cases where high social status and wealth turn into arrogance and arbitrariness towards the weakest and most vulnerable. A wealthy Muslim landowner owner, who has so many C ...
11 May 2016
AMERICA/CUBA - The Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre has been the patroness of the island for a hundred years
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 10 May, the entire Cuban people celebrated the centenary of the proclamation of the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre as Patroness of Cuba. Fides received several testimonies from missi ...
11 May 2016
ASIA/LEBANON - The Patriarchs of the Syriac-Antiochene Churches want their communities to have a representative in Parliament
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A seat in the Lebanese Parliament for a politician belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church, and another guaranteed by regulation to a representative of the Syriac Catholic community: is the concr ...
11 May 2016
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: the country wants a president who respects the dignity of all
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the failure of the government in serving the citizens to give consent and popularity to extremists and violent people. For example, to obtain a registration document of a vehicle at the he ...
11 May 2016
AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Infanti: "The crisis in Chiloé is not only an economic problem, but social"
Aysén (Agenzia Fides) - The demand for fishermen "not to fall into the temptation to sell their conscience for a few thousand pesos that will be only bread for today and misery for tomorrow" is what the Apostolic Vicar ...
11 May 2016
EUROPE/SPAIN - Violence and indifference towards street children
Melilla (Agenzia Fides) - Harraga is an association involved with the children of the autonomous city of Melilla road. It mainly deals with the medical care and protection of unaccompanied minors (MENA). These children a ...
11 May 2016
AFRICA/SUDAN - Revolt of pupils in a refugee camp against a medical team
Geneina (Agenzia Fides) – Some students were injured and a school was completely destroyed during a revolt involving children of the schools in the camp for the displaced in Murnei, West Darfur. According to local sour ...
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