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11 May 2016
ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Patriarch of Moscow: "the fight against terrorism is a holy war"
Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the fight against terrorism is a holy war". This the strong formula used by Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, to support the need for a joint mobilization of the international co ...
10 May 2016
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Archbishop of Portoviejo: "Hospitality and Mercy" to overcome discouragement
Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - "The experience of the earthquake was really a great trauma for everyone, but especially for the many families who lost their relatives. I think about that father from Manta who lost his wife ...
10 May 2016
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Rodrigo Duterte new President: "vigilant collaboration" from the Church
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Rodrigo Duterte is the new President of the Philippines, former mayor of Davao, called Digong, who won the presidential elections on May 9 with about 39% of the vote. Duterte succeeds Benigno Aqu ...
10 May 2016
AMERICA/CHILE - The protests of fishermen after the environmental disaster of Ancud still unanswered
Ancud (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Chilean diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, His Exc. Mgr. Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. managed to allow a few trucks with fuel and groceries to pass in order to supply t ...
10 May 2016
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Islamic University of Al-Azhar together against child abuse and premature marriages
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic University of Al Azhar - considered the most authoritative theological-academic institution of Sunni Islam - and the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate signed a programmatic document which o ...
10 May 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Main opposition candidate accused of recruiting foreign mercenaries
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The main opposition candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Moïse Katumbi, has been accused of recruiting foreign mercenaries to destabilize the C ...
10 May 2016
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Six million children in danger due to El Niño
Gode (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations estimates that in Ethiopia, between Oromia and the Somali Region, 15 million people are in urgent need of food aid due to drought. 33% of this population is already suffering the ...
10 May 2016
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The crisis is first of all political": declaration of the Latin American Redemptorist Missionaries
Atyrà (Agenzia Fides) - "The major superiors and representatives of 26 provinces and missions of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer of all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, gathered in the Genera ...
10 May 2016
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Rai: The international community has to recognize and proclaim the "neutrality" of Lebanon
Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The neutrality of Lebanon with regards to the conflicts and contrasts between regional and global forces that disrupt the Middle East region of the opposing sides, must be officially recognized an ...
10 May 2016
AFRICA/NIGERIA - President Buhari launches an appeal for the unity of the country 50 years after the Biafran war
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - President Muhammadu Buhari launched an appeal for unity and national harmony, recalling the bloody war for the secession of the southern region of Biafra, which broke out 50 years ago, which resul ...
10 May 2016
ASIA/INDIA - New church in a tribal area
Vasai (Agenzia Fides) - The tribal population in the Archdiocese of Vasai has a new Catholic church: Archbishop Felix Machado blessed and officially opened it for worship on April 30, inaugurating it in Talasari, in the ...
9 May 2016
ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of Bishop of Xuan Loc and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 May 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Xuan Loc (Viet Nam), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Dominique Nguyen Chu Trinh, in accordance wit ...
9 May 2016
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of the border dioceses of 4 countries dedicated to environment and climate change
El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The 31st Meeting of "border dioceses" which will bring together a hundred people including Bishops, priests, religious women and lay people from four countries: Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and U ...
9 May 2016
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholic Church burned down: third place of Christian worship burned so far this year
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic church was burned to the ground in the northwest of Tanzania. We are talking about the church in Nyarwele, in the region of Kagera, in the extreme north-west of Tanzania, on the ...
9 May 2016
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church to voters: "Think of Christ when you vote"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Keep Christ in mind, when you vote in today's election, May 9: is the exhortation addressed to the voters by the Philippine Church on the occasion of World Communications Day, celebrated yesterda ...
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