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10 February 2014
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Inhumane conditions for children held in detention centers for immigrants
Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has recently launched a research regarding the situation of over a thousand children held in prisons for immigrants on the Christmas Islands in Aus ...
10 February 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Religious leaders’ appeal: "Do not drag religion into political conflict"
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not want religion to be dragged into a conflict that is purely political". This is what the main religious leaders of the Central African Republic (His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Ar ...
10 February 2014
ASIA/LEBANON - Feast of St. Maron, the Lebanese reflect on the "Bkerké Charter"
Beirut ( Agenzia Fides) - The Feast of St. Maron, celebrated in the Maronite churches in Lebanon and around the world on Sunday, February 9th, represented for the Lebanese also an opportunity for reflection on the so-cal ...
10 February 2014
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace negotiations with other groups: the Church's commitment
Cali (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía, Archbishop of Cali, told the press that in these past days, during preliminary peace talks that are taking place in Cuba, there appeared to be very ...
10 February 2014
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Monze and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 10 , 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Monze (Zambia), by His Exc. Mgr. Emilio Patriarca, in accordance with canon 40 ...
7 February 2014
ASIA/MYANMAR - The future mission is education: the first assembly of the Jesuits in the country
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The future for the Jesuit mission in Myanmar, a country which is rapidly changing, is the commitment concerning education: this is what emerged from the first meeting of the Jesuits in Myanmar, h ...
7 February 2014
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Simple boats transformed into mobile clinics to deliver humanitarian and medical aid
Guiuan (Agenzia Fides) - In order to have the possibility to deliver medical and humanitarian aid in five islands in the south of Guiuan, affected by Typhoon Haiyan, the NGO Doctors Without Borders has organized mobile c ...
7 February 2014
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dialogue and collaboration, the only way to solve the common problems of Dominicans and Haitians
Jimani (Agenzia Fides) - The progress made so far in the ongoing dialogue between the authorities of the Dominican Republic and Haiti are assessed favorably by the weekly "Camino", the official voice of the Dominican Epi ...
7 February 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Assembly of Indian Bishops: to renew the Church and society, while remaining faithful to Christ
Palai (Agenzia Fides) - "A Renewed Church for a renewed society", in the spirit of the II Vatican Council and to be on the same wavelength with Pope Francis’ words: is the theme of the 31st Plenary Assembly of the Bish ...
7 February 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Christian candidates in random order in the next national elections
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – There will be nine main political lists inspired by Christian activists - Chaldeans, Syrians and Assyrians - who will take part in the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, scheduled for Apr ...
7 February 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Despite the truce, clashes continue: aid, medicines and therapeutic food are needed
Yirol (Agenzia Fides) - In the aftermath of the truce signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, between representatives of the Government of Southern Sudan and the rebels led by Riek Machar, fighting continues and there remains m ...
7 February 2014
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Christians and Muslims: the same blood, the same language, the same Country"
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians and Muslims: the same blood, the same language, the same Country"; is the slogan that can be read in the parish of Fr. Dieudonné, a young priest of the Diocese of Alindao, in the Cen ...
7 February 2014
AFRICA/UGANDA – Catholic Church launches Uganda Martyrs’ campaign
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, Archbishop of Kampala, has launched the campaign dubbed "Kikungo" started at the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Namayumba. The campaign will climax on Octobe ...
6 February 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Only education can defeat superstition and ensure full respect for life in all its forms
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The National Day for Life has just been celebrated, to remind everyone of the tremendous value of life which is often, unfortunately, trampled and degraded. Too many times human beings are dep ...
6 February 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - Al-Sisi to run for President. Bishop Fahim Hanna: he has the support of the people, but the Church does not take sides
Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the Egyptian armed forces Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has publicly confirmed his candidacy for the presidential elections to be held in Egypt next April. " I have to succumb to the people's d ...
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