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7 January 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We are tired of war, we need peace"; Christian leaders’ appeal
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn the senseless killing of civilians and we call on President Salva Kiir Mayardit and former Vice President Riek Machar to stop the fighting and negotiate peacefully instead of resorting ...
7 January 2014
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Much is being done to fight malnutrition and give health care assistance to babies of HIV women and AIDS patients
Marrere (Agenzia Fides) - The General Hospital of Marrere assists a population of approximately 300 thousand inhabitants, especially people living in the slums of the big city of Nampula, 14 km away from the hospital. Du ...
7 January 2014
AFRICA/KENYA - Food, clothing, shelter, water: emergency for Sudanese refugees
Kakuma (Agenzia Fides) - Until January 3, 2273 Sudanese refugees arrived in the Kakuma camp, at the Holy Cross parish in Kenya, where there are over 130 thousand people of different African nationalities. A note by ANS, ...
7 January 2014
ASIA/SYRIA - Battle between Islamist factions in Raqqa
Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - The clash between the different Islamist factions that oppose the Assad regime has become open war in Raqqa, the city where the Italian Jesuit Paolo Dall'Oglio was abducted five months ago. In rec ...
7 January 2014
AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Christmas: Egyptian President visits Patriarch Tawadros
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After the concerns of the vigil, the Coptic Christians of Egypt are celebrating Christmas marked by the consistent deployment of means of protection put in place by the army and police forces. In ...
7 January 2014
VATICAN - During the Angelus Pope Francis recalls Childhood Mission Day
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, on Monday, January 6, the feast of the Epiphany, the Holy Father said: "the Pontifical Mission Society of the Hol ...
7 January 2014
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "In Malakal , the situation is desperate", says a local source to Fides
Juba (Agenzia Fides ) - "There has been fighting in Malakal since December 24. The faithful were not able to celebrate Christmas Mass" refers a source of the local Church to Fides. Malakal is the capital of the Upper Nil ...
7 January 2014
ASIA/CHINA - Pope Francis elected among the ten "key men of the year 2013"
Beijing (Agenzia Fides ) - Pope Francis was elected in the group of the ten "key men of the year 2013" by 50 representatives of the media, journalistic and diplomatic associations, among the most important of mainland Ch ...
7 January 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO – A priest of the diocese of Ciudad Victoria has been missing since November, violence does not calm down
Ciudad Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, His Exc. Mgr. Antonio González Sánchez, confirmed that one of his priests has been missing for two months, while the insecurity in the area remains very ...
4 January 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - New plan of evangelization with mass media dedicated to the "protection of life"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the new year the Church in Pakistan reintroduces evangelization with mass media, with a plan that will focus on the theme of "protection of life": this was reported to Fides by Fr. Nadeem John ...
4 January 2014
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon: a road map of peace and fraternity for the country in 2014
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, fraternity, democracy in Myanmar are "a common hope for all citizens": at the beginning of a new year, "Myanmar is preparing the beginning of a new era, made of freedom, justice and peace" ...
4 January 2014
ASIA/SYRIA - The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo: "At the Geneva 2 one has to take cognizance of the fact that Syria is not Libya"
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The participants at the Geneva 2 Conference will have to start respecting the characteristics of their Syrian Country". This is how the Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldean, Antoine Audo describes ...
4 January 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian politicians: "Remove one's religious belief from identity cards"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It is time to remove one’s religious belief from identity cards: is the proposal made by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian politician who has the important role of leutenant governor of the ...
3 January 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - To eradicate terrorism, we need a national plan of "de-radicalization"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The radical Islamic terrorist groups in Indonesia are weaker than in the past, but they are still dangerous. To eradicate them what is needed is, on the one hand, coordinated effort on behalf of ...
3 January 2014
AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Tororo and appointment of Successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Tororo (Uganda), by His Exc. Mgr. Denis Kiwanuka Lote, in accordance with can ...
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