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8 November 2012
AMERICA/PERU - "Being able to read, listen, see": a Congress on the ethical responsibility of spectators
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Second International Congress of infoethics 2012 will begin today, November 8, and will end on Saturday, November 10. It will focus on the ethical responsibility of the public. "Much has been d ...
8 November 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - Living Spring Foundation has been providing support for the initiatives of evangelization for 5 years
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Living Spring Foundation, Catholic non-profit foundation in Hong Kong, celebrated its 5 years of life and support to evangelization. According to information gathered by Fides Agency, the ...
8 November 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Church's efforts to free the kidnapped Christians and to assist the displaced
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - There is an effort underway on behalf of the Church to try to free ten Christians who were kidnapped in recent days by an armed group while they were on a bus from Aleppo to Beirut (see Fides 06/ ...
8 November 2012
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Drought alarm: nearly 2 million people at risk of hunger, of whom 500,000 are children
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Some 500,000 Angolan children are at risk of hunger due to the drought that has hit the Country. The alarm was raised by the Angolan government, according to which "10 of the 18 provinces of the ...
8 November 2012
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Earthquake in Guatemala: 48 victims and 17,000 displaced
San Marcos (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake of 7.4 on the Richter scale that hit yesterday, Wednesday, November 7, the northern part of Guatemala has caused 48 deaths. This was announced by the President of Guatemala, Ot ...
8 November 2012
VATICAN - "The Church needs the two solid pillars of Missio ad Gentes and New Evangelization": Cardinal Filoni opens the Symposium on Evangelization in Owerri
Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ is the first and ultimate subject of all evangelization, be it evangelization as the Missio ad Gentes or the New Evangelization. The Church, as the Body of Christ, has received this ...
8 November 2012
ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Robert Sarah meets President Suleiman and the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch: may our Churches be closer, especially in these difficult times
Baalbek (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Robert Sarah’s visit "is going really well. To the intense program, unexpected and surprising meetings are added, such as what occurred yesterday between the Cardinal and the Orthodox ...
8 November 2012
AFRICA/MALI - Negotiations and military preparations in view of the reconquest of the north
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The meetings which are taking place in Ouagadougou and Bamako are aimed at convincing a part of the groups that control the north of Mali to renounce armed struggle" says to Fides Agency Father ...
7 November 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - The Chinese Dominican Congregation has been evangelizing through service to the most vulnerable for 80 years
Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) – To confirm the continuity of evangelization, pastoral commitment, service to the most vulnerable, according to the Dominican spirit: these are the reasons that characterized the celebration fo ...
7 November 2012
AMERICA/PANAMA - A minute of prayer for Panama across the country, dialogue in Colon reopens
Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Panama launched a special initiative: it asked everyone, wherever they were (at home, at work, in the car ...) a minute of prayer for the nation, yesterday, 6 November, at ...
7 November 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Two Christian girls raped in Orissa, one killed
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Horror and outrage in the Christian community in Orissa. Two 13-year-old Christian girls were raped and one was killed. The two separate mob attacks took place in the Kandhamal district abou ...
7 November 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Dialogue between the government and charitable institutions is of vital importance": the proposals of the participants in the forum of the CNBB
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of work, representatives of civil society organizations also presented yesterday afternoon, November 6, in Brasilia (DF), a few suggestions at the end of the Seminar "State and S ...
7 November 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - National disaster: floods have so far hit seven million and 700 thousand people
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll caused by the worst floods recorded in the last decades in southern Nigeria (see Fides 11/10/2012) continues to worsen. According to estimates by the National Emergency Management A ...
7 November 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Clarification of the Bishop of Torit on the contribution for the reconstruction of the Cathedral by Muslim students
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In connection with the proposal of a group of young Muslims to contribute to the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Torit (South Sudan), a statement, issued on behalf of His Exc. Mgr. Johnson Akio ...
7 November 2012
ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Year of Faith in the Arabian Peninsula: gathering of young Catholics in the Middle East
Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,500 young Catholics in the Middle East will meet in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from November 15 to 17, for three days of reflection and prayer. At the center of the "Arabia Catholic Youth Con ...
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