News

• 25 November 2016
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Destruction of the cross on the Ngock Lituba "holy mountain": first act of a new traditional fundamentalist movement Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - The destruction of the cross placed at the entrance of the cave on the Ngock Lituba mountain (in Sanaga-Maritime, Cameroon) marks the beginning of the activities of a fundamentalist movement tha ...
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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Group of 120 workers without jobs appeal to the Bishop of Reconquista Reconquista (Agenzia Fides) - On November 22, the Bishop of the diocese of Reconquista, His Exc. Mgr. Ángel José Macin, visited the headquarters of the union of textile workers to express his solidarity to the 120 une ...
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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Hurricane Otto: Bishops' appeal for those affected Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Hurricane Otto continues to hit Central America with torrential rains and strong winds (see Fides 23/11/2016). In Costa Rica, the authorities have evacuated 4,000 people in the northern Caribbea ...
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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Thanksgiving: "Diverse as we are, we are united in the debt we owe to God" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Thanksgiving, which is celebrated today, the President and the Vice President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCBB), Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Ga ...
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  24 November 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five death sentences for the murder of a Christian couple burned alive for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Lahore anti-terrorism court issued a ruling with five death sentences for the perpetrators of the lynching of a Christian couple: Shahbaz Masih, 26, and Shama Bibi, 24, killed in Kot Radha Kish ...
• 24 November 2016
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "The pharmacy of charity": protests over the increase in drug prices Kassala (Agenzia Fides) - Sudanese youth groups, especially women, are protesting against the soaring prices of basic commodities in the city of Omdurman, Wad Madani, Port Sudan and Kassala. In Omdurman, demonstrators ...
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  24 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALI - "The municipal elections mark a step forward", says the secretary of the Episcopal Conference Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the difficulties that Mali still has, the political process continues", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, commenting on the ...
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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Murder in a church in Cali, in front of the Archbishop who was celebrating Mass Cali (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement the Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Msgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia, denounced the killing of one of the faithful of the parish of Santa Cecilia during the celebration of the Mass f ...
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  23 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Tomorrow the final Peace agreement will be signed, President Santos asks to stop the killings of peasant leaders Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement, the negotiating teams of the government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) confirmed yesterday that the new peace agreement will be signed at the Teatro Colon ...
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  23 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Christmas campaign to help poor children Charlotte (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Samaritan Purse group, based in North Carolina, United States, is promoting the project "Operation Christmas Child" this year. A group of volunteers collect small gifts, hygiene ...
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  23 November 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Meeting of the Bishops of Central American SEDAC has begun, prayers for the victims of hurricane Otto Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) opened their annual meeting yesterday afternoon, in the chapel of the Marist Brothers Center in Guatemala City. Accordi ...
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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Catholics and Evangelicals say: "No to new therapeutic abortion conditions" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The new conditions in the proposed abortion law are a mere scapegoat and trap in order to attract public sympathy and also capitalize on such in order to advance abortion on demand among women ...
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  23 November 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The US government supports the mediation of the Congolese Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We underscore our support for the discussions facilitated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CENCO) between the political opposition and the Government of the DRC to reach a consensus path ...
• 23 November 2016
  EUROPE - Testimony: the first value by which the Church can and must communicate Glasgow (Agenzia Fides) - "In times marked by an intense individualism, where persons, with their desires and emotions, become the measure of all decisions and communications, a personal and consistent witness of one’s ...
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  23 November 2016
  ASIA/CINA - Death of Msgr. Francis Tong Hui: zealous and caring Pastor Yan'an (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Msgr. Francis Tong Hui, Emeritus Bishop of Yan'an (Yenan), in Shaanxi province (Continental China) passed away on 27 October, at 10:15 pm. He had been admitted to hospital in Tangdu foll ...