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• 17 February 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 15, 2014, the Holy Father appointed Fr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez C.SS.R., former Vicar Provincial and Pastor as Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes (Bo ...
• 17 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the elections: "The leaders respond to the expectations of the people" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church strongly hopes that the general elections give the country leaders who understand the anxieties of the people and respond to their needs": is what is said in the Indian B ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The latest massacre of civilians unfortunately does not surprise me" says the Archbishop of Jos to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "The lastest massacre in northern Nigeria does not surprise me anymore, because Boko Haram follows a regular pattern, aimed at terrorizing the population" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignat ...
• 17 February 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Jubilee of the mission in Pathorghata, "the port of stones" Pathorghata - (Agenzia Fides ) - More than 2,500 people participated in past days to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mission in Pathorghata, in the diocese of Dinajpur. This is how Fr. Livio Prete, PIME, the local ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mpanda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Gervas John Mwasikwabhila Nyaisonga, Bishop of the Diocese of Dodoma as Bishop of Mpanda (Tanzania). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 17/02/ ...
• 17 February 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Congolese, an explosive mix: ex Central African combatants and gold mines Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The instability in the Central African Republic is a threat to its neighbors, starting with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where at least 50,000 Central African refugees live in precar ...
• 17 February 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Play for Life": thousands of religious mobilize against human trafficking Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30 thousand religious women, almost 8,000 priests and about 2,700 religious brothers mobilized "for a prevention campaign that will begin on May 18 in all the host cities of the Footb ...
• 15 February 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New decree in Aceh imposes sharia law to non-Muslims Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial administration of Aceh, in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, has approved a law called the "Qanun Jinayat" which imposes both Muslims and non-Muslims to observe th ...
• 15 February 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops to MPs: "only wear the shirt of Costa Rica" San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - "One needs to take off the shirt of their respective political parties and wear only one of Costa Rica": with this metaphor, the Bishops of Costa Rica urged politicians elected in Parliament to ...
• 15 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishop of Maracay: "One has the right to protest, but violence has to stop" Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Maracay (Venezuela), Mgr. Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, wanted to comment on the terrible situation of violence that the country is experiencing and sent a message "t ...
• 15 February 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The reduction of lands belonging to Christians continues Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - After the proclamation of independence of Lebanon, 8130 square km of land belonged to the Lebanese Christians. Today, however, Lebanese Christians have about 4 thousand km of land. These figures ...
• 14 February 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Who killed Sabir Masih?": Mysterious death of a Christian who was in police custody Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Who killed the Christian Sabir Masih?": Is the cry that rises from the Church and civil society in Pakistan that ask for an independent investigation and thorough autopsy after the mysterious ...
• 14 February 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The government must listen to the people who protest" the voice of the Church after 3 deaths during demonstrations Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot have a government that does not listen to its people", said the President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop of Cumana, His Exc. Mgr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, ...
• 14 February 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Campaign against the gifts between people in love on Valentine's Day. The Islamists: "it is a Christian feast" Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Some shopkeepers in Mosul who exposed gifts and gadgets to be sold on St. Valentine’s day were forced to obey the threats of armed groups who invited them to put their merchandise away, constitu ...
• 14 February 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Conclusion of the Jubilee for the 500th anniversary of Santa Maria La Antigua, the first Church of the continent Panama (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the Special Envoy of the Holy Father, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the closing cel ...