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• 8 May 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The President of the Episcopal Conference announces the Diocesan Synods in order "to strengthen unity and deepen faith" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Burundi is about to experience a strong moment of grace and spiritual deepening thanks to the Synods which will be organized in every diocese in the Country", says to Fides Agency Hi ...
• 8 May 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A Vietnamese priest in the list of the top “100 information heroes” Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Anton Ngoc Thanh, a Vietnamese Redemptorist is listed in the “100 information heroes” by the Reporters Without Borders for the forthcoming World Press Freedom Day, 3 May. As Fides learns, the ...
• 8 May 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Integrated program for the fight against poverty through rural development and human formation: a social project for a rural area Moatize (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of Tete, the Salesian Mission in Moatize is realizing the second edition of Austria - Moatize project carried out by the NGO Austrian Salesian Jugend Eine Welt. According to the ...
• 8 May 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 800 women and 18 000 children under five years of age die from preventable causes worldwide every day Washington (Agenzia Fides) - About 800 mothers and 18 000 children under five years of age die from preventable causes Worldwide every day . This is what is stated in the report "State of the World’s Mothers" just publ ...
• 7 May 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The complaint of the Bishop Gassis: Catholic hospital bombed in the Nuba Mountains Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The bombing is an outrage against innocent civilians who are seeking medical assistance from our hospital," said Bishop Emeritus Macram Max Gassis of the Diocese of EI Obeid in a statement sen ...
• 7 May 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - The decline in vocations to priesthood at the center of the Assembly of Bishops of Chile Punta de Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - With a Mass presided by the Apostolic Nuncio in Chile, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, the 107th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference of Chile (CECh) began, which takes place from May 5 t ...
• 7 May 2014
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Twelve thousand children work as slaves on cocoa farms Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - According to the International Labour Office (ILO), 1 million 800 thousand children are engaged in cocoa plantations in West Africa, among these only 284 thousand are considered workers. The stu ...
• 7 May 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II writes to Pope Francis: let us unify the dates for the Easter celebration Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Tawadros II sent a letter to Pope Francis, on the occasion of the first anniversary of their meeting at the Vatican, in which among other things invites ...
• 7 May 2014
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 28, 2013 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Salvator Ngendabanyikwa, of the Diocese of Ruyigi as National Dir ...
• 7 May 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - " Be careful not to go back to new forms of racial discrimination" says Cardinal Napier to voters Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - More than 25.3 million South Africans are called today, May 7, to the polls to elect a new Parliament. In turn, the MPs will elect the Head of State on May 21. It seems that outgoing Presid ...
• 7 May 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishop of Jaffna: "Our ministry is reconciliation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In Sri Lanka, our ministry as Bishops and Christians is essentially that of reconciliation, which is the main urgency that the country lives": says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Emm ...
• 7 May 2014
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - New assignments in the Episcopal Conference, always striving for the weakest Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the 25 dioceses of Ecuador, along with eight auxiliary Bishops (with the right to vote) have come together to elect today, May 7, the new President of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Confe ...
• 7 May 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim leaders remember and appreciate John Paul II Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Important Muslim leaders of Pakistan have visited an exhibition in Lahore to commemorate John Paul II, appreciating his figure. After seeing the photos of St. John Paul II, Syed Abdul Khabeer Aza ...
• 7 May 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Over the past six years more than 42 thousand people have disappeared involuntarily Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in the last six years in Mexico has also increased human rights violations. An example of this phenomenon is given by the forced disappearance of 42 thousand 300 people, of whom alm ...
• 6 May 2014
  VATICAN - Archbishop Rugambwa: "the PMS are one of the most important and relevant instruments in order to hold high the priority of the Missio ad Gentes in the local Churches" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It has been a busy year of work": this is what His Exc. Mgr. Protase Rugambwa, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) said in his report at the opening of the General annual Assembly ...