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29 November 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Students missing: "The authorities must clarify the situation", said the Bishop of Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) - In a video sent to Fides (and also published on the website of the Diocese of Tlaxcala), Mgr. Francisco Moreno Barrón, Bishop of Tlaxcala states that the authorities should clarify the story o ...
29 November 2014
AFRICA - Flexibility in health systems and community approach that adapts to the daily realities of HIV-positive people
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - 71% of the 35 million people living with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. The call by (UNAIDS) to close the gap around access to HIV services will not be met unless the delivery of anti ...
29 November 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - After improvised lessons in the street, minors are forced to bring chairs in a house used as a school every day
Cuernavaca (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 90 school children between 5 and 10 years of age enrolled in a school with no name of recent construction located in Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas of the city of Cuernavaca, came toget ...
29 November 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Observatory for Reconciliation and Peace is created
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To support peace negotiations with the FARC and to work for national reconciliation. This is the purpose of the Observatory for reconciliation and peace, recognized by the National Conciliation C ...
29 November 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mgr. Kaigama: "Boko Haram attacks Muslims who do not think like them"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The terrible attack against Muslims in prayer shows that Boko Haram has expanded its objectives", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
28 November 2014
AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Debate on the mining law, the Bishops ask respect for the environment
Comodoro Rivadavia (Agenzia Fides) - Respect for the environment, as it is part of creation, was confirmed by the Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, His Exc. Mgr. Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz, along with his Auxiliary Bishop, His Ex ...
28 November 2014
AFRICA/BENIN - "Magic shows" to finance the schooling of children
Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - To finance the schooling of children in Benin, a group of "wizards" have set up a series of shows for young children who go to the kindergarten run by the NGO Spanish Mensajeros de la Paz, in Co ...
28 November 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - From the first Sunday of Advent: Twelve Days of Prayer for Peace
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico invite to pray and work for peace in the country. The statement of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, also sent to Agenzia Fides, entitled "Let us pray and work for peac ...
28 November 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops reaffirm that the ordination of women to the priesthood is not recognised in the Catholic Church
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - With a Pastoral Statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Chairman of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, the South African Bishops reaff ...
28 November 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Semarang: "Serve the common good, beyond religious belief"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Who holds political and institutional office is called to serve the people and to promote the common good, beyond his personal religious beliefs or ethnicity. And citizens have to choose leader ...
28 November 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The head of the group that had seized the Polish priest has been released
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to be free, it is something extraordinary. I was held for six weeks. I was treated well and respected", said, Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest abducted in Central A ...
28 November 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Dalit: discrimination for 165 million Indians
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Discrimination related to caste, child labor, early marriage of girls and chronic malnutrition are some of the most serious problems affecting the Indian population. Castes and subcastes are m ...
27 November 2014
ASIA/CHINA - A group of doctors provide free health service in the diocese of Hai Men
Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) – To give witness to the Gospel through the works of charity: is the reason that led to the formation of the "Group of Divine Providence" that offers free health service to Catholics and non-Cat ...
27 November 2014
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Justice for the massacre in Maguindanao: the relatives of the victims write to the Pope
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Relatives of the victims killed in the "Massacre in Maguindanao" - the kidnapping and barbaric execution of 46 people in Maguindanao province took place on November 23, 2009 - have appealed to Po ...
27 November 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Vicar General of Bouar: "Fr. Mateusz is fine and was released without the use of force"
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest is fine. He was kidnapped in mid-October in the Central African Republic (see Fides 15/10/2014) and was released yesterday, November 26. This w ...
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