News

• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Nongstoin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 October 2016, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Dominic Jala, S.D.B., Archbishop of Shillong as Apostolic Administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese o ...
• 17 October 2016
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary to President Duterte: "Even violence is a drug" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the campaign of summary justice and extrajudicial executions against traffickers and drug dealers who for months have raged in the Philippines, and has claimed about 3,500 victims, ...
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  17 October 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Vargas: concrete and particular measures for Araucania Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Concrete and specific decisions to address the facts of violence that occur Araucanía should be taken said yesterday His Exc. Mgr. Hector Eduardo Vargas, Bishop of Temuco, in response to stateme ...
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  17 October 2016
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army calls for a ceasefire with ethnic minorities Naypyitaw (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to ethnic minority groups, who have not yet laid down their arms and should sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement before the political talks: was launched by the Commander-in ...
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  17 October 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Deaths due to tuberculosis, lack of food: the Church denounces the situation in prisons Guarico (Agenzia Fides) - The statement from the Justice and Peace Commission of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela was released yesterday, in some parishes of the capital of Venezuela with regards to the prison situat ...
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  17 October 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Need to eliminate practices that encourage gender discrimination Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has proposed to the legal and legislative management important changes to ensure the right to equality regarding rural women and eliminate practic ...
• 17 October 2016
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian Churches launch a project of reconciliation among ethnic groups Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The main Christian denominations in South Sudan, gathered in the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), have launched a project of reconciliation and peace in Jonglei State to reduce tensions amon ...
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  17 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Six people killed in clashes between the military and followers of a millenarian sect Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The error of a Congolese military caused the death of four people when the rocket fired by him hit the Mwamba institute, in the municipality of Bulengera, in the city of Butembo in North Kivu P ...
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  14 October 2016
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Migrants and natives: together on the move for a new future Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - From 7 to 9 October, the Center of Spirituality of the Scalabrini Missionaries in Stuttgart, hosted the annual Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits, 2016, with the collaboration of the Scalabrinian Secul ...
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  14 October 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The case of the young Mexican boy killed at the border by a US guard reopens El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The "Border Network for Human Rights" welcomes the news that the US Supreme Court will review the "Hernandez v. Mesa" case, on the death of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, a 15-year-old Mexican ...
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  14 October 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A hospice to accommodate orphans and HIV-positive people Guayaquivil (Agenzia Fides) - The network of Dispensary Doctors of the Archdiocese of Guayaquivil (REDIMA) has been engaged since 2004 in the fight against HIV and use the Josemaria Diagnostic Center, a reference point f ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An application to the Supreme Court: a new judge for Asia Bibi’s trial Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - To appoint another judge immediately or a new college to hear the case of Asia Bibi: as Fides learns, this is the request sent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Asia Bibi’s legal ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu campaign against a Christian school Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Three Hindu teachers have denounced the leaders of the Christian school of the Holy Trinity School in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, in the diocese of Indore, complaining of "being hurt in t ...
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  14 October 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Bishops: "It is time to say no to the historical colonialism" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to say no to the historical colonialism that accompanied unjust laws such as the law of "cabotaje", the parties demagogy, lies and opportunism of many leaders", said the long docume ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - UNESCO resolution on "Temple Mount". Negative reactions in Israel New York (Agenzia Fides) – UNESCO's Executive Board adopted a decision that calls on Israel to allow the restoration of the historic status quo of Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif. The decision on Jerusalem was taken ...