News

• 19 February 2018
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ahiara and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria), presented by his Exc. Msgr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke, and at the same time appoin ...
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  19 February 2018
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Massacre in front of a church in Dagestan. Patriarch Kirill: they want to break the harmony among Christians and Muslims Kizljar (Agenzia Fides) - A gunman killed five women yesterday, Sunday February 18 as they left St. George's Cathedral in Kizljar, in the Republic of Dagestan. According to the Patriarch of Moscow the attack represents a ...
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  19 February 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Many do not feel represented by any party, but the Church calls for responsible voting San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We are discussing the right not to vote, in a democratic country, because this is also an expression of discontent. It seems that even the annulment of the vote is a right, it is not that ...
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  19 February 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - The trishul or the cross? Appeal not to abandon Christian principles Kohima (Agenzia Fides) - Choose between the trishul and the cross: is the appeal addressed to voters by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) - the largest Christian organization in the state of Nagaland (eastern In ...
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  19 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Church invites us to pray for peace:"The country needs unity and compassion" Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community, during Lent, and in particular on Friday 23 February, will pray for peace in the conflict-stricken nations of South Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Con ...
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  17 February 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian Minister at the Vatican: "We would like the Holy See lead a Conference on Jerusalem" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The unilateral decision of the US Administration to recognize Jerusalem as the exclusive capital of Israel "is undermining the possibility of having positive results concerning peace negotiations", ...
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  16 February 2018
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 48 thousand baptized in 2017: the Church in China towards a new missionary impulse Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There were 48,556 newly baptized in 2017 in mainland China. The statistics published by "Faith Cultural Society" on the eve of the Chinese New Year, and sent to Agenzia Fides, "are not complete" ...
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  16 February 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - The diocese of Ngong promotes the Year of Youth: "Be strong in faith, do not be afraid" Ngong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Ngong has announced the celebration of the Year of Youth whose theme is: "You are the Light of the world". As Fides learns, the idea of the local Church comes in view of the XV Gene ...
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  16 February 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Young Peruvians, Bolivians and Ecuadorians question themselves on how to respond concretely to the encyclical "Laudato Sì" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The II National Meeting of Youth of the Partnerschaft was convened in response to Pope Francis’ appeal contained in the "Laudato Sì" and with the aim of "promoting the protagonism of young peopl ...
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  16 February 2018
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a church: Christians forgive the aggressors Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - After the attack, the response was forgiveness. Pastor Samson Ashiq who leads the community of the faithful of the "Church of the Assemblies of God" - among the evangelical denominations present ...
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  16 February 2018
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "President Jacob Zuma’s resignation should have been presented a long time ago" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC), in a statement to Fides "welcomes the resignation of President Jacob Zuma. It is long overdue". Zuma resigned after being recalle ...
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  16 February 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Escalation of violence, the nuns flee: a school closes Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - Morelos de Chilapa Catholic school was closed after the nuns who ran it, Hermanas de Guadalupe, left the place: says the Bishop of the diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero (Mexico), Mg ...
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  15 February 2018
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem say no to the taxation of ecclesiastical properties Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The intention declared by the municipality of Jerusalem to impose municipal taxes on Church properties "contradicts the historical position between Churches and civil authorities over the cent ...
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  15 February 2018
  AFRICA/KENYA - Campaign for Lent: Christ is the starting point for reconciliation Kisumu (Agenzia Fides) - "Reconciliation for peaceful coexistence and national integration, Justice for all": as reported to Agenzia Fides, this is the theme of the Lenten campaign for 2018 presented at the University of ...
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  15 February 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The new Bishop Álvarez Gomez: "A welcoming Church, that feels and lives the mission" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The most important thing is the Gospel, and unity with the clergy, religious women, seminarians and the laity. We want to make the Church of Istmina-Tadó a welcoming community that feels and li ...