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• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 18, 2014, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Joao Augusto Mendes Martins, of the clergy of Santiago de Cabo ...
• 16 May 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Basic Ecclesial Communities: the new face of the Church at the service of justice and peace El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - From July 10 to 13, the XI National Meeting of the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) will be held in the Diocese of El Alto, with the slogan: "To build a new face of the Church from the BEC. For ...
• 16 May 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Three years of Martelly’s presidency, among acclaim and requests for resignation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haitian President Michel Martelly celebrated his third year of the presidential office on May 14 by listing a series of successes in front of hundreds of supporters, while the opposition ...
• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Drinking water to save refugees and children from death and disease Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, children under 5 years of age die in large numbers because of the dirty and contaminated water. Having access to clean and safe water can improve the health and well-being of al ...
• 16 May 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: confidence in the new government and secular pluralism of India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Official figures of the Indian elections, which sees the clear victory of the “Bharatiya Janata Party” (BJP), does not worry the Church in India, which is confident about the future. Afte ...
• 16 May 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Willingness to continue dialogue between the Government and the Church Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - While the Bishops of Mexico are in the Vatican for the Ad Limina Apostolorum visit, the Secretary General of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM ) informs Fides of having received, on May ...
• 15 May 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Violence against children who suffer abuse and harassment continues Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called for the protection of children in Honduras, who are victims of violence and to give priority to the investigation of recent h ...
• 15 May 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First American Congress: "Adolescence and Childhood at the service of the Mission" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Brazil prepares itself to host the First Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM) Congress. With the theme: "IAM of America at the service of the Mission" and the slogan: "You are my friends ...
• 15 May 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Anti-Chinese protests and violence: civil society and the Catholics ask for non-violence Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – To protest is legitimate, but has to be peaceful and non-violent. This is what civil society movements and Catholics in Vietnam ask for, after the serious riots and mass violence carried out yes ...
• 15 May 2014
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, 2013, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Frans De Ridder, CICM (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart ...
• 15 May 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - The relatives of the martyr, Archbishop Rahho write to the Pope on the eve of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Holiness, your tears on the memory of Christian martyrs give us as children of the Catholic Church also the strength to endure hardship and go towards others with faith and love for all. As ...
• 15 May 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "By blocking visas, Europe pushes immigrants into the arms of traffickers", says Fr. Zerai Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "There are at least two factors that explain the increase in the number of people trying to cross the Mediterranean with boats" says to Fides Agency Don Mussie Zerai Yosief, President of the Hab ...
• 15 May 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 5 Christian families kidnapped and enslaved by employers have been released Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Five Christian families kidnapped and enslaved by their Muslim employers, owners of brick kilns, have been released thanks to the intervention of the bailiff and the police. As reported to Fides ...
• 15 May 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 88-year-old Mgr. Lona continues to defend the indigenous population Chimalapas (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Tehuantepec (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Arturo Lona Reyes, has publicly stated that Rosario Robles Berlanga, the Federal responsible of SEDESOL (Secretariat of S ...
• 15 May 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – The Christians of Jerusalem write to the Nuncio: we want to see Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "On the eve of the visit to Jerusalem by His Holiness Pope Francis, and his meeting with His Holiness Bartholomew I, we seek our legitimate right to greet our spiritual leaders". This is what ...