News

• 17 February 2017
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Appointment of the Bishop of El Obeid Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 February 2017 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali, of the clergy of El Obeid, Rector of Sao Paulo Major Seminary in Juba, as Bishop of the Diocese of El Obei ...
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  17 February 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Meeting of Bishops on the situation of the country: the rights of farmers are not respected Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) will meet in Assembly on Monday, February 20, to evaluate and reflect on its program for the year 2017. About a year ago (see Fides 14/03/2016) the Bi ...
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  17 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Caritas monitors malnourished children Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas, together with organizations such as Médicos Unidos and Radar de los Barrios, has recently promoted a day of monitoring in the western area of Caracas during which assistance to 56 chil ...
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  17 February 2017
  ASIA/IRAQ - Human Rights Watch report: Christian villages looted and burned in the Nineveh Plain by anti-jihadist militias Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - "Spontaneous" armed militias and paramilitary groups involved in the fight against the jihadists of the self-proclaimed Islamic state (Daesh) are responsible for looting, destruction and burnin ...
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  17 February 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Still violence and death: condemnation of the Archbishop of Santo Domingo Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Ozoria, denounced the fact that Dominican society is going through difficult moments of darkness and violence. "This world walks i ...
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  17 February 2017
  AFRICA/KENYA - Paulines program for youth: "Beware of propagators of hate in social media" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Encourage youth to use social media positively and responsibly to preach and maintain peace as the Country moves towards the general elections slated for 8th, August, 2017. This is the purpose ...
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  17 February 2017
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Gym only for women, founded by a woman Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – A gym only for women is having big success in Afghanistan. The experiment not only represents a commercial opportunity for the owner of the facility, but also an opportunity for girls, in a coun ...
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  17 February 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - More than 20,000 displaced people in Bambari due to clashes among former Seleka factions Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - More than 20,000 residents in Bambari forced to flee, took refuge in the forest because of the fighting between two rival factions of former Seleka rebellion. This is what the authorities of the ...
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  17 February 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A week of terrorist violence: "We are vulnerable", says a priest Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn this senseless violence against innocent human beings. Before any ethnic, cultural or religious connotation, the victims are human beings. People in Pakistan are above all sad; they ...
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  17 February 2017
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Disputes over the lands of St. Macarius monastery still unresolved Fayyum (Agenzia Fides) - There is still no definitive solution to the dispute between the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of St. Macarius, in the region of Wadi al Rayan, and the Egyptian government regarding the proposed cons ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/STATI UNITI - Aumenta la solidarietà con i popoli indigeni, denuncia dei lavori di Keystone e Dakota AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Solidarity with the indegenous peoples increases: Franciscans condemn President’s executive order advancing the Dakota Access and Keystone Pipelines Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Pataz, one of the poorest provinces in the Country Tayabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The province of Pataz is one of the poorest in Peru, situated in the region of La Libertad. According to an estimate by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, 11 districts out of 13 in Pataz fal ...
• 16 February 2017
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Erection of the Diocese of Maintirano and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 8, 2017 the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Maintirano (Madagascar), with territory taken from the Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy, Mahajanga and Morondava, making it a suffra ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Cordoba comments the new law: "Donating an organ does not contradict the Catholic doctrine, but we must be vigilant" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Law n. 1805, passed by Congress last August and recently ratified, establishes organ donation in Colombia as mandatory. "There is nothing wrong in it" said His Exc. Mgr. Juan Vicente Cordoba Vill ...
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  16 February 2017
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Marian Congress in Cebu: "Faith affects life" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian Congress dedicated to the Jubilee of the Mother of Perpetual Help, which opens in Cebu city in the sanctuary run by the Redemptorist Fathers, will not only be dedicated to spiritual them ...