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28 November 2012
AMERICA/PERU - A program of support for more than 6000 street children and adolescents has started
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the program called Llachay, which aims to give back the rights of street children and adolescents who live in situations at risk, 6,365 children throughout Peru will be taken care of unti ...
28 November 2012
AMERICA/PANAMA - Meeting of the Bishops of Central America, today the opening of the Jubilee Year for the 500th anniversary of the first diocese
Panama (Agenzia Fides) – Since Monday, November 26, 60 Bishops of the Central American region have been in Panama for the 2012 General Assembly of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC). The meeting is bei ...
28 November 2012
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Precarious situation in Masisi for the presence of various rebel groups, while the arrival of the M23 is feared
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The inhabitants of Masisi are living in fear of the imminent arrival of the rebel group M23 and the effects of violent attacks on behalf of several other groups in the area," said a statement ...
28 November 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Over 200 Shiite Muslims accused of "blasphemy"
Multan (Agenzia Fides) - An official complaint with the prosecution for blasphemy was presented to the police in Multan (in Punjab) against 222 Shiite Muslims, of whom 72 identified and 150 unidentified. The complaint wa ...
28 November 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Concern over the social consequences of the upcoming international events: the Bishops study the situation
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The members of CONSEP (Council for the Pastoral care in its acronym in Portuguese), which has the task of monitoring the implementation of the general guidelines about the evangelizing action o ...
28 November 2012
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Archbishop Maroun Lahham: Palestinian Christians support the request to the United Nations by President Abu Mazen
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Land Churches unanimously support the Palestinian National Authority's accomplishment. The soul and prayers of the Holy Land's Christians ask for this step to be taken. "So Archbishop ...
27 November 2012
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean-Japanese Bishops discuss the reduction of dependence on nuclear power
Daegu (Agenzia Fides) - The 18th meeting of Korean-Japanese Bishops’ Exchange Meeting was held with the theme of "Nuclear Power Phase-out" in Gyeongju city of the Daegu Archdiocese in Korea from November 13 to 15. Acco ...
27 November 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic principles and Christian values are essential in the management of Catholic schools
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Follow firmly Catholic principles and Christian values in school management: is the exhortation that comes from the 36th Annual Meeting of the Catholic Religious Schools Council addressed to t ...
27 November 2012
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A " Ministry of the Family ": the Church’s request to the government
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (DEC) and the National Commission for the Pastoral Care of the Family have asked the Dominican government to establish the "Ministry of the Family," whic ...
27 November 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - The meeting between the Presidents of the United States and Mexico is a "historic opportunity" to solve the drama of emigration
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The event of the week, that is to say today's meeting at the White House, President-elect of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, with U.S. President Barack Obama will meet to address various bilate ...
27 November 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - Campaign against the indigenous trade in Yucatan
Merida (Agenzia Fides) - With an energetic and urgent appeal to fight what is called a "new slavery", the Commission on Human Rights of the State of Yucatan (CODHEY) and the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), h ...
27 November 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Malnutrition and lack of health care and hygiene for children who live with their parents in prisons
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia is one of the few countries where inmates can live in cells with their children. It is an irregular situation which, besides being dangerous for the integrity of children who are subjecte ...
27 November 2012
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The M23 announces its withdrawal from Goma, but the humanitarian situation remains serious
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The rebels of the M23 announced that they agree to leave Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) they conquered last week. The rebels seem to have succumbed to intern ...
27 November 2012
AFRICA/EGYPT - Tense atmosphere, the meeting between Patriarch Tawadros II and leaders of the Egyptian Catholic Churches has also been postponed
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting announced by the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II with a qualified Egyptian delegation of the Catholic Churches - which would have also provided the opportunity to agree on a ...
27 November 2012
AFRICA/MALI - Strong divisions among political parties in Bamako; contested the deal with the MNLA and Ansar al-Dine
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Strong political divisions in Bamako while the north of Mali remains under the control of Islamist groups. As reported to Fides Agency by Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference ...
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