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30 March 2016
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Orionini open a new community in Chiconela, in the Diocese of Xai-Xai
Chiconela (Agenzia Fides) – The Opera Don Orione opens a new community in Chiconela, in the Diocese of Xai-Xai, 200 km from the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. The vast territory entrusted to the Orionini by the Bishop ...
23 March 2016
EUROPE/ITALY - "Women and men of mercy": March 24 the Day of Missionary Martyrs
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Every year since 1993 the "Day of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of Missionary Martyrs is celebrated on 24 March, thanks to the initiative of the Youth Missionary Movement of the Italian Pontifical ...
23 March 2016
AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - "Corruption is a sin", says Mgr. Harris calling for solidarity with the poor
Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - "Every murder is a crucifixion of the Lord. Every time we let a homeless person die on the road, this is a crucifixion of the Lord. Whenever someone dies in our hospitals due to poor medic ...
23 March 2016
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: "May Easter bring blessings, light and peace in Korea"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "May the light of the Risen Lord shine upon you all. Let us pray for our brothers and sisters in North Korea: may the blessings on them be abundant. Let us pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula a ...
23 March 2016
ASIA/INDIA - Prayer vigil for the release of the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen
Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Expressing grief and mourning for the massacre of the four Missionaries of Charity in Yemen, the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, His Exc. Mgr. Filipe Neri Ferrao, also invoked for the release of the Sa ...
23 March 2016
AFRICA/SUDAN - Poor hygienic conditions and overcrowding promote diseases in refugee camps in north Darfur
Sortony (Agenzia Fides) - Water and sanitation services in the camps of northern Darfur are not able to cope with the needs of the newly displaced people fleeing the clashes in Jebel Marra.
According to the figures of ...
23 March 2016
ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor attacked in Rajasthan
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Pastor Sumati Prakash Kharadia, of the Protestant community "Assembly of God," was attacked and brutally beaten by a mob of about 25 extremists in the village of Sabli, in Rajasthan. The Pasto ...
23 March 2016
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A New Hope for Central Africa destroyed by civil war
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "For almost four months - apart from some isolated incident and without any particular consequences – there has been no shooting in Bangui" writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Federico Trinchero, Disca ...
23 March 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Casas: "You cannot think about peace without eradicating corruption"
Neiva (Agenzia Fides) - "You cannot think about peace in Colombia if you do not eradicate serious corruption that pervades the country", said the Bishop of the Diocese of Colombia in Neiva, His Exc. Mgr. Froilan Tiberio ...
23 March 2016
ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Archbishop on the massacres in Brussels: unfortunately, Europe is reaping what has been sown in Syria and Iraq
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - In the massacres in Brussels, after those in Paris, "unfortunately innocent people reap what European powers have sown in Syria and Iraq in the last few years". This is the bitter reflection re ...
22 March 2016
EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - 4,000 children die for lack of clean water every day
London (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Water Day, which is celebrated today, March 22, the NGO for development cooperation and humanitarian aid Plan International has denounced the death of more than 4,000 chi ...
22 March 2016
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Gualberti: "The rule of law threatened, we need the truth!"
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day the media reports news of people who take advantage of power to enrich themselves, even resorting to corruption, lies and deception. In an attempt to conceal the facts against the ...
22 March 2016
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Experience of evangelization in the street for the youth in Seoul
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A witness of public faith, with a Christian message in the streets, and an appeal for the gift of peace on the Korean peninsula: is the initiative launched by young people in Seoul who experienced ...
22 March 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Assumptionist priest, who denounced the exploitation of Coltan to the detriment of local populations, has been killed
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Why are you killing me?" are the last words of Fr. Vincent Machozi, Assumptionist priest killed in the night of Sunday, March 20 in the village of Vitungwe-Isale, 15 km from Butembo in the Ter ...
22 March 2016
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Thousands of catechumens will be received into the Catholic Church at Easter
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people across the United States will be welcomed into the Catholic Church on Easter Vigil, March 26. Among them, many dioceses around the country are welcoming entire families w ...
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