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26 November 2013
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poor wait outside hospitals because they cannot pay their visits and treatments and very often die
Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the earthquake and Hayan typhoon that hit the Philippine population continues to get worse also because of the poor condition of the various hospitals, including the Hospital of ...
26 November 2013
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - FARC "authorize" the opening of churches in the south of the country, but only on Sundays
Mocoa (Agenzia Fides) - In the Colombian department of Putumayo in the south of the country, FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) allow churches to open only on Saturdays and Sundays and priests therefore can ce ...
25 November 2013
ASIA/CHINA - The Sisters of the Diocese of Su Zhou end the Year of Faith with a pilgrimage
Su Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – A three-day pilgrimage to the Cathedral and the Shrine of Our Lady, in the Archdiocese of Ji Nan: this is how the Diocesan Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Virgin of the ...
25 November 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - The village of Deir Atieh invaded by Islamists: Christians identified and detained
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Militants of Islamist factions have invaded the town of Deir Atieh, north of Damascus, spreading terror, death and destruction. As Fides sources in the Greek Orthodox Church report, the attack ...
25 November 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Violence against women is a social challenge", says Bishop Sanchez
Durango (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Durango, His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Sánchez Martínez, invited the communit ...
25 November 2013
ASIA/TURKEY - Protestant Christian Pastor arrested on false charges of human trafficking
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Protestant Christian Pastor Orhan Picaklar, 42, of the "Agape Church" was arrested by the police in the town of Samsun, on the Black Sea, on charges of organizing human trafficking ...
25 November 2013
AMERICA/PANAMA - Religious leaders’ appeal to stop violence against children and adolescents
Colon (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Panama, His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, launched an appeal to the entire population, without distinction of creed, in order to stop violence, ill-treatment and abuse on childr ...
25 November 2013
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Violence and Conflicts: Women suffer the most
Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia, about 70 % of women suffer all kinds of violence due to ongoing armed conflict, homicides, sexual abuse, torture and rape. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimina ...
25 November 2013
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - On the eve of the opening of CAM 4, the last phase of the continental missionary journey
Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - There are only a few hours at the opening of the Fourth American Missionary Congress (CAM 4) and IX Latin American Missionary Congress (COMLA 9), which will be held in Maracaibo (Venezuela), f ...
25 November 2013
AFRICA/MAURITIUS - "The family is threatened by many forces" denounced the Africa Family Life Federation
Port Louis (Agenzia Fides ) - "The family is now threatened by many forces and is under crisis. In the last two decades, there has been an acceleration of powerful financial support and external pressures on Africa to ne ...
25 November 2013
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan’s prudence on the news of Christian women abducted by Boko Haram and forcibly converted to Islam
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - I have heard of these cases, but it is difficult to evaluate them because there are so many "rumours" ", says to Fides Agency Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Archbishop of Abuja, with regards ...
25 November 2013
VATICAN - The Year of Faith ends in the sign of the mission
Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father closed on Sunday, November 24 , Solemnity of Christ the King, the Year of Faith, which was inaugurated by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 October 2012 on the fiftieth anniversary o ...
25 November 2013
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Updates on the interventions to the people affected by the typhoon
Bohol (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest updates which Fides received by the coordinator of the CTF, Fr. Aris Miranda, MI, aid and food were distributed in several villages of Bohol affected by the typhoon and mar ...
23 November 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Birth of the Islamic Front. Patriarch Gregorios III: they certainly do not fight for democracy
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Seven inspired Islamist anti-regime formations announced, in a statement made public on Friday, November 22, their fusion and the creation of an Islamic Front aimed at building an 'Islamic Stat ...
23 November 2013
AMERICA/CHILE - A community divided in two in order to protect the environment threatened by the Pascua Lama project
Copiapo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Copiapó, Mgr. Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F., attended the meeting of the Commission appointed to investigate the Pascua Lama project and highlighted th ...
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