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7 November 2012
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Historical record of poverty: 1,140,000 people and 1 child/adolescent out of 3
San José (Agenzia Fides) – One child or an adolescent out of 3 lives in poverty, and 481,764 children are struggling to meet their basic needs with regards to food, access to health services, home, water and electrici ...
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7 November 2012
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni meets the young of Owerri: "Let us with simplicity accept Jesus as our companion in the journey of our life; at school; at home, on the road"
Owerri (Agenzia Fides) - "It is truly with joy that I begin my pastoral visit here in Owerri by meeting you, dear and beloved young people, who are the hope of the Church, the ultimate heirs of the evangelization of thos ...
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7 November 2012
VATICAN - The Pope launches a new appeal "to do everything possible for Syria" and sends Cardinal Sarah on a special mission
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A new appeal for Syria, "to do everything possible because one day might be too late," was launched by Pope Benedict XVI at the end of today's general audience, together with the announceme ...
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7 November 2012
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops welcome the Framework Agreement between Burundi and the Holy See signed on 6 November
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "An agreement that ensures the social and religious peace of the Country to the extent that the Catholic population and its Pastors see their needs understood and protected by the State." This ...
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6 November 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Living the Year of Faith, following the example of Abraham and Job; reading of the Catechism of the Catholic Church after Sunday Mass
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Living the Year of Faith, following the excellent example of faith given by Abraham and Job: with such conviction the Catholic community of mainland China starts its journey in the Year o ...
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6 November 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bolivian Bishops celebrate 50 years of the life of the Episcopal Conference and open the Year of Faith
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "We will evaluate the process of restructuring the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) which started three years ago to see whether adjustments are necessary in the process, then there will b ...
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6 November 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Christian community asks for the release of an Armenian singer and seven others kidnapped
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Sam Ghannoum is a young 28-year-old Christian Armenian songwriter. He comes from an Armenian family who live in a suburb of Aleppo. He is known in the community for his compositions made of easte ...
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6 November 2012
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - One out of 7 women is sexually exploited: poverty allows prostitution to spread
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In less than 20 years, the number of registered prostitutes in the main port city of Madagascar, Toamasina, where about 200 000 people, has risen from 17,000 in 1993 to 29,000 in 2012. It i ...
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6 November 2012
AMERICA/CUBA - "Hurricane Sandy hits Cuba: houses and churches destroyed, lack of food, electricity and telephone line, but nobody talks about it": dramatic testimony from Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - For several days the media have been documenting the devastating force of Hurricane Sandy in its passage in New York and other U.S. cities. Little or nothing is said instead of the dama ...
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6 November 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We thank the Lord because during the Centenary of the arrival of Light in our lands, we enter the Year of Faith": the 100 years of the Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionaries arrived for the first time in this area about 100 years ago, so this is why we wanted to celebrate the arrival of the Light of Christ, the Light of Salvation, in our land," says ...
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6 November 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Thousands of displaced people, homes destroyed and livestock drowned: Somaliland flooded by rain
Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - The torrential rains that have hit in recent weeks are forcing thousands of people of Middle Eastern regions of Somaliland to abandon their homes. More than 4000 families of 9 villages in the r ...
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6 November 2012
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Religious leaders "no" to hudud: "Do not exploit religion for political reasons"
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Our position is clear: we want to maintain the status quo and support the current Constitution, which guarantees minorities and does not make Malaysia an Islamic state. We are opposed to a ...
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6 November 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal for a moratorium on the death penalty: 200 people on death row in inhuman conditions
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for a moratorium on the death penalty in South Sudan was launched by Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and a series of local groups of civil society. In a joint stateme ...
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6 November 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - School burned in Lahore: blasphemy-Pakistani Muslims "lose their control"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is really shocking that Farooqi Girls High School in Lahore was burned to the ground because a teacher was accused of blasphemy. No one should be allowed to take the law into one’s own hand ...
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5 November 2012
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Nigeria for the centenary of the Evangelization of the Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will make a pastoral visit to Nigeria for the centenary of the Evangelization of the Ecclesiastical ...
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