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31 October 2014
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Project for a "return to normality" after months of armed conflict
Sofala (Agenzia Fides) - After months of heated conflict, the two political forces that have been facing each other in Mozambique have signed a truce, but many families preferred to stay in camps or hide in the forest, w ...
31 October 2014
EUROPE/SPAIN - Alarm tuberculosis: outdated policies will not be able to stop the peak of TB drug-resistant strains
Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, being held in Barcelona, the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) submitted its report, "Out of Step" which reveals deadly gaps ...
31 October 2014
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Archbishop of Yaoundé
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 31 October 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Jean Mbarga, Bishop of Ebolowa and apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Yaoundé as Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon). ( ...
30 October 2014
VATICAN - Pope's appeal: take all necessary measures to eradicate the Ebola virus
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the General Audience on Wednesday, October 29, the Holy Father launched an appeal and expressed his grave concern regarding the worsening of the Ebola epidemic: "This implacab ...
30 October 2014
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah dialogue movement: "Fight soldiers with prayer"
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – The "Prayer of Harmony", a chain of prayer among Christians, Muslims and followers of other religions, is the weapon with which to "fight soldiers" and the terrorist ideology of violence and ...
30 October 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - The families of the students who disappeared will be received by the President, Pope Francis asks for prayers
Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - "Today I would like to raise a prayer and draw close in our hearts to the people of Mexico, who are suffering from the loss of these students and many similar problems. May our hearts be cl ...
30 October 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Campaign against the recruitment of children in armed conflict: "Children, not soldiers"!
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The government of South Sudan has just launched, with the support of the United Nations, the national campaign "Children, not soldiers" which aims to end and prevent the recruitment and use of chil ...
30 October 2014
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Jesuits: "To be companions for indigenous peoples"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits in Myanmar intend to be "companions for indigenous peoples", is what the religious said in a recent meeting dedicated to the Pastoral ministry of indigenous communities, held in the d ...
30 October 2014
ASIA/SYRIA - The Catholic Syrian Bishops: if the world wants to help us, stop sending us weapons!
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A severe reminder to the international community so that it puts an end to the arms trade that fuels war and an appeal to the consciences of Christians, so they resist the idea of escaping from ...
30 October 2014
AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Drugs: "it is urgent to move from concern to action"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Gualeguaychú, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Eduardo Lozano, who is President of the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral, acknowledged that recently there has been t ...
30 October 2014
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches’ appeal after the death of the President: "Let us join together in prayer during this time of mourning"
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the three major churches in Zambia, we send our sincere condolences to the presidential family, the Government and people of Zambia, following this great loss", said the condolence ...
30 October 2014
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission calls for the support of Australians in order to feed the hungry, malnourished and sick Peruvian children
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of malnutrition continues to spread in some of the poorest and most remote areas of Peru. In view of the upcoming holiday season, Catholic Mission Australia has launched its app ...
30 October 2014
ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II to Armenian President: Christians helped to build the Arab civilization
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Christians gave their own contribution to the building of Arab civilization. This is also why the forced displacement of the indigenous Christian communities in the Middle East is a serious proble ...
29 October 2014
ASIA/CHINA – To make Jesus known to non-Christians and make Catholics aware of their missionary responsibility
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "World Mission Day was an opportunity to make Jesus known to non-Christians and make Catholics aware of their missionary vocation and evangelising mission of the Church": this was stated by the ...
29 October 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Colombian dioceses ask to defend the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific
Quibdó (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Pacific region of Colombia (Dioceses of Quibdó, Istmina-Tadó, Guapi, Tumaco, Buenaventura) and a group of NGOs submitted a request to the Inter-American Commission on Human ...
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