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• 2 January 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros cancels catechesis in program on the day of the Constitutional Referendum Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - As the people of Egypt are preparing for a referendum to express their degree of agreement on the text of the new Constitution, the Patriarch of Alexandria of the Coptic Orthodox Tawadros II decid ...
• 2 January 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Fight against witchcraft: the vital contribution of Churches Goroka (Agenzia Fides) - In the fight concerning beliefs and practices of witchcraft, a plague which afflicts Papua New Guinea, the contribution of the Churches is crucial for bringing about real change in people's menta ...
• 2 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Erection of the Diocese of Sultanpet and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, 28 December the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Sultanpet, India, with territory taken from the dioceses of Coimbatore and Calicut, making it a suffragan of the metropol ...
• 2 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako appeals for national harmony Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to all parties in the nation, in these precise circumstances, to work for calm and invoking the language of dialogue, understanding, moderation and putting the interest of the nation ...
• 2 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: may 2014 be a "year of peace" in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – May 2014 be "a year of peace and reconciliation" in Pakistan: is the appeal launched by the leaders of Christian and other religious communities during an interfaith meeting in Lahore, in the n ...
• 2 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Joint appeal of the Archbishop of Bangui and the Imam "for a UN force" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the intervention of French and African troops, the situation in the Central African Republic, remains precarious. "The Central African Republic remains on the verge of a war with religiou ...
• 2 January 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Appointment of Auxiliaries for the Archdiocese of Seoul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2013, the Holy Father appointed: Rev. Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon, Director of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Care and Research Center and Rev. Fr. Peter Chung Soon-taek, O.C.D., Gene ...
• 30 December 2013
  VATICAN - PASTORAL CARE WORKERS KILLED IN 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to information in our possession, during 2013, 22 pastoral care workers were killed worldwide (mostly priests), almost double compared to 13 who were killed in 2012. On the night ...
• 21 December 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Christmas in the sign of solidarity and respect for the rights of all Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - In the Archdiocese of Huancayo (Peru), Christmas this year will be dedicated to prayer and reflection for the poor and those who suffer the injustices of a secularized world in which material v ...
• 21 December 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - 5 million people exposed to plague Antandrohomby (Agenzia Fides) - This year's season of bubonic plague in Madagascar has arrived earlier than expected, and with an apparent prevalence of a more deadly strain of the disease. Between the months of Septembe ...
• 21 December 2013
  AMERICA/CUBA - New Year in the sign of commitment towards family and missionary proclamation, in a different Cuba Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - The new Global Pastoral Care Plan to be presented to the Bishops in February 2014 for final approval is ready. This plan will encourage the work of the Church in Cuba in the period 2014 ...
• 21 December 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The year 2013 full of social conflict and human right abuses Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The year 2013 has been a year full of conflict and human right abuses. Over 100 people have been violently killed for political reasons during the year. More than 1,200 have died on the job. It ...
• 21 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 5,000 refugees welcomed in the Cathedral of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - About 5,000 people have taken refuge in the cathedral in Juba, capital of South Sudan, for days in the grip of violent clashes between rival factions of the army, respectively loyal to President Sa ...
• 21 December 2013
  We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (Fides resumes service on January 2, 2014) We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (Fides resumes service on January 2, 2014) ...
• 21 December 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: some lawyers help Catholics to convert in order to divorce Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai has denounced lawyers helping Catholic couples divorce suggesting to convert to other non-Catholic Christian churches. "Every lawyer who helps a married co ...