Archive News

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  20 July 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The religious for the respect and defense of life: Every life has infinite value Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "How many times have we reflected on the words of the book of the prophet Jeremiah: 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the natio ...
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  20 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - There is no longer a border between Eritrea and Ethiopia because a bridge of love has destroyed it Addis Abeba (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday 8 July 2018 was a historic date for the peace process between the two countries Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, visited Eritrea’s Prime Minister Isa ...
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  19 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Organization of American States condemns Ortega for repression Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On the same day in which 39 years ago (1979) the Nicaraguan people announced the popular victory against dictator Somoza, yesterday, 18 July 2018, the Permanent Council of the OAS (Organization ...
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  19 July 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - UN Alarm: "Violence between farmers and herders risks turning into forms of terrorism" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence between farmers and herders is increasingly a major security threat in the region and risks morphing into the terrorist attacks that have defined the security landscape", said Mohamed Ib ...
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  19 July 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - "Come and see": Jesus' invitation inspires the first international convention of young Syriac Catholics Faytrun (Agenzia Fides) - The "method" used by Christ to draw men and women of all times to him is always what he used in his gatherings with the first apostles: "Come and see" (Jn 1, 39) . And the words of Jesus' invita ...
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  19 July 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops involved in the reform of justice, moral heritage of the country Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., Archbishop of Trujillo, met yesterday, Wednesday 18 July, the Commission for Justice Refor ...
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  19 July 2018
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New Evangelization to remain rooted in Christ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To provide a gripping experience of Jesus, a gripping experience of the community called the Church, and a gripping experience of the mission, the calling, motivated only by the love of Christ, a ...
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  19 July 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Breakfast prepared by the parish is the only meal for thousands of Venezuelan refugees Pacaraima (Agenzia Fides) - Brazilian Don José Sebastião Barros da Silveira and Argentine don Miguel Alberto Fernández, Orionini (Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza), arrived in Pacaraima, Brazil, diocese of Rorai ...
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  18 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "Religious extremism is a threat to development" says Fr. Devine of the Shalom Center Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are attentive to the Religionization of politics and the Politicization of religion", warned Fr. Patrick Devine (SMA), founder and president of the Shalom Center in Nairobi, Kenya, in hi ...
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  18 July 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Fadi Iskander becomes a priest, son of Syriac Orthodox priest-martyr Boulos Iskander Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – To receive priestly ordination from the hands of the same bishop who had ordained his father many years before, killed in 2006 and celebrated as a martyr by Iraqi Christians, is what happened to ...
• 18 July 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Javier Alexis Gil Henao Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 May 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Javier Alexis Gil Henao, of the diocesan clergy of Garzόn, as Nat ...
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  18 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Sister Xiskya Valladares to the international community: "Please, act quickly, before they kill us all" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I am just a Catholic nun. Nobody has asked me to write to you. But (...) I cannot stand and watch like a dictator massacre his people while you remain silent". This is how the open letter that ...
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  18 July 2018
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - We need to strengthen our faith in God to recover from corruption Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - After the denunciation of the African Union (see Fides 4/7/2018) and that of the bishops of Kenya (see Fides 7/7/2018), the President of the Episcopal Conference of Zambia (ZCCB), Mgr. George Lun ...
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  18 July 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church forms to responsible voting and participation, also via the web Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - During the electoral campaign for the general elections of next October, the Church in Brazil contributes as usual to the civil and democratic education of citizens through publications and aud ...
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  17 July 2018
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - "The story of the Association indicates the path for the future", says the Secretary General of AMECEA Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us think more of what we have in common and what we can do together in building a strong Church within the region", says Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo, Secretary General of the Association of ...