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Mexico City - In the ranking of 2019, among the 10 most violent cities in the world, Acapulco and Tijuana are at the top of the list. In that of the 50 most violent cities Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Irapuato, Guanajuato are added. In an interview with Agenzia Fides, Mgr. Ramón Castro Castro, Bishop of the Mexican diocese of Cuernavaca, speaks of the violence […]

Camiri - The Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri celebrates a hundred years since its birth. The date of May 22 of a century ago in fact marked the beginning of the fixed presence of groups of missionaries who, crossing the Andes, managed to start an organized evangelization of the local population.The Bishop’s Conference of Bolivia has sent to Fides a note and multimedia material of the […]

Ramallah - On Wednesday, March 22, 2019, Fr. Iyad Twal, Director of the Latin Patriarchate Schools in Palestine and Israel, in partnership with World Vision, an independent humanitarian organization of Christian inspiration, founded in 1950 by US Baptist missionary Robert Pierce, launched an agreement entitled “Child Protection Policy” to be implemented in the Latin Patriarchate […]

Vatican City - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the rev. Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok, of the clergy of Malakal, currently Vicar General of the same diocese as the Bishop of the diocese of Malakal .The rev. Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok was born on 1 January 1973 in the village of Andong . He attended primary schools in Adong and Thawrat Malakal , and later the St. Lwanga Institute . He studied […]

Manila - The Catholic Church in the Philippines is opposed to reinstating the death penalty in the legal system of the country. This was stated in an interview with Agenzia Fides by Catholic lay leader Rodolfo Diamante, a member of the Episcopal Commission for prison pastoral care, noting that "legislators should not approve laws just to please president Rodrigo Duterte". The debate on the […]

Washington D.C., May 23, 2019 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Elise Amez-Droz’s journey to the Catholic Church began in a place well known for religious fervor, but not exactly known for Catholicism: Salt Lake City, Utah. While at a conference in Salt Lake City, Amez-Droz, 24, met someone who was converting to Catholicism, which surprised her, she said. A native of Switzerland, Amez-Droz said the only […]

Bangui - "The local warlords are facilitating the progression of the Peuls herders in our area, creating alarm among the population", says His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños to Agenzia Fides."Throughout the Sahel the transfer of the Peuls with millions of cattle is destabilizing entire areas of Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad and now the Central African Republic, due […]

Bishop Nazarene Soosai of Kottar Diocese Speaks with Aid to the Church in Need The post Changes to India’s Constitution Would Spell Disaster for Christians appeared first on ZENIT - English. […]

Pelotas - "We live in a social context of strong changes in the social dynamics that have in particular affected our families and young people. It is possible to note in all these aspects, lights and shadows, but above all we underline that the family continues to be very appreciated as a space of intimacy, affection and reciprocity between the generations". This is what the final statement of […]

'The mission to proclaim the Gospel, entrusted by Jesus to the apostles, has been carried to us today through our baptism.' The post US: Collection for Catholic Communication Campaign June 1-2 appeared first on ZENIT - English. […]