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23 November 2013
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Nicaragua does not need any Constitution reform", the Bishops say
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Nicaragua does not need any Constitution reform... They are not necessary reforms", say the Bishops of Nicaragua in a statement sent to Fides news agency.
The statement published yesterday Nov ...
23 November 2013
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Family in southern Africa threatened by poverty but also by new media
Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - Even in Africa, mass media and social networks are likely to fragment family life in many small separated and non communicating enclaves. This is what the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops in S ...
23 November 2013
AFRICA/MALAWI - Corruption Scandal: "Speedy prosecutions to regain the trust of donors" asks the Church
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Do everything possible to clean up politics and administration in order to regain the confidence of international donors whose aid is needed to alleviate the suffering of the population. This ...
22 November 2013
ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian courses for «crypto-Armenians»
Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The city of the southern province of Dyiarbakir in south-east Turkey, has decided to continue programming Armenian courses aimed in particular at the so-called «crypto-Armenians» to enable ...
22 November 2013
AMERICA/CHILE - Solidarity of the Chilean Church to the victims of the typhoon that hit the Philippines
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to the entire national community in order to show solidarity towards the Filipino people, who are suffering the serious consequences of Typhoon Haiyan, was addressed by the Episc ...
22 November 2013
AFRICA/CONGO DR - "President, reinforce the presence of the State" is what civil society in North Kivu asks Kabila
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The announced visit of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila in North Kivu was welcomed by local civil society with a statement sent to Fides Agency. "The visit which ...
22 November 2013
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Jesuit Refugee Service" to the rescue of the Filipino people hit by Haiyan
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – To assess the needs, develop projects and action plans, provide reports to donors, to ensure that resources are used as efficiently as possible: with these criteria and these operating lines th ...
22 November 2013
ASIA/JORDAN - Minister of Tourism to the Heads of Churches: promote pilgrimages to the Holy Places
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to promote and concretely support pilgrimages to Places of Christian memory in Jordan was addressed on Thursday, November 21 by the Jordanian Minister for Labour and Tourism Nidal ...
22 November 2013
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Proclaiming the Gospel in a multicultural world: the opening of CAM 4 approaches
Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - How to proclaim the Gospel and to bear witness today, in a changing world, a secular and multicultural world? This questioned will be addressed to more than 4,000 participants in the Fourth Am ...
22 November 2013
EUROPE/ITALY - "DROP by DROP": to ensure clean water to children in Rwanda
Lodi (Agenzia Fides) - 110 children in Rwanda will have drinking water by Christmas, thanks to the partnership between the Fight World Hunger Movement (MLFM), an Italian NGO that operates in the poorest Countries to brin ...
22 November 2013
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The existence of many Pentecostal churches is no impediment to the evangelization mission of the Catholic Church", said Cardinal Onaiyekan
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The existence of many Pentecostal churches is no impediment to the evangelization mission of the Catholic Church in the Country, neither is it a cause for panic. This was declared by Cardinal John ...
21 November 2013
ASIA/CHINA - Course on faith formation for 90 catechists of Si Chuan province
Cheng Du (Agenzia Fides) - There were 90 catechists from 5 dioceses of the south-western Chinese province of Si Chuan and the Diocese of Wan Zhou who participated in an intensive course on faith formation which was held ...
21 November 2013
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Bishops: "heal the wounds caused by the political crisis"
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is divided into two categories: the rich and the poor who sink into extreme poverty. Insecurity grows and people are no longer protected, the rule of law protects the strong ...
21 November 2013
ASIA/LEBANON – NourKids is born: the Christian Arab TV channel for children
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The new Arab channel online NourKids, fully dedicated for children and young people aged 3 to 15 was "launched" from Beirut on 20 November, on the occasion of International children’s Day. The ...
21 November 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archbishop of Morelia calls on the population: "take shelter... there is violence in the street"
Morelia (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Morelia, His Exc. Mgr. Alberto Suárez Inda, has urged people "to take shelter and be careful about the situation of insecurity that prevails in urban areas" following the cl ...
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