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5 November 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - An Archbishop calls for "prayers and practical help to avoid the destruction of Syria"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church and the Monastery of Santa Maria in Deir Ezzor, on the banks of the Euphrates River, were destroyed by an explosion on Saturday, October 27. It is an event that shocked us and so we ...
5 November 2012
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Year of Faith begins in Venezuela with an appeal for an amnesty for political prisoners
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, launched an appeal to the national government to take the necessary measures in favour of political prisoners: "We insisted on this issue ...
5 November 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The memory of the dead, especially the examples of their faith, in order for us to live a life of faith and witness
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The memory of the dead, especially the examples of their faith that they gave us, help us to live a life of faith and witness: is the main theme that marked the commemoration of the dead ...
5 November 2012
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Year of Faith and national reality: 196th Assembly of Bishops
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay gather for their 196th Ordinary Plenary Assembly which starts today, November 5 until Friday, November 9, at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference in Asuncion. Ac ...
5 November 2012
AFRICA - "Silent Emergency": each year over a million children die from malnutrition
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of food continues to cause deaths every year, over a million children under 5 years of age in Sub-Saharan Africa. Deaths due to malnutrition in this region are exacerbated by drought an ...
5 November 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - Attack during a church service within the police station: for the Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa: "It is a political act, not a religious one"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The attack which took place yesterday, November 4, was aimed at the Sunday celebration of the Christian interfaith community Utawala in Garissa in eastern Kenya, 140 km from the border with Soma ...
5 November 2012
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Malnutrition, poverty and drought for thousands of women, children, indigenous and rural population
Antigua (Agenzia Fides) - A medical team will travel to Basque Retalhuleu, 200 km from the capital of Guatemala, on November 15 to carry out more than 150 surgeries over the course of two weeks. For more than 10 years, t ...
5 November 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Violence in Nigeria: not only Boko Haram but also banditry
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The indictment of a corporal of the police in Zamfara State (Northern Nigeria) for theft of weapons has shed light on a series of attacks in some villages in the area, previously attributed to Isl ...
5 November 2012
ASIA/INDIA - The Church of Bombay remains cautious on the crucifix dripping with blood
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has never claimed that the phenomenon of droplets of blood or water found on the crucifix in Irla is a miracle. In these cases, the Church is always prudent. Every special ev ...
5 November 2012
AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Catholics welcome with enthusiasm the election of the new Coptic Orthodox Pope
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The election of the new Patriarch Tawadros II as head of the Coptic Orthodox Church arouses reactions of joy and enthusiasm in the composite Catholic community in Egypt. "We are all delighted," co ...
31 October 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - The Diocese of Kao Hsiung entrusts 8 couples the mandate for the Evangelization of families
Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) – With the appointment and the missionary mandate assigned to 8 couples of lay faithful of the Diocesan Commission for the Evangelization of the Family, the Diocese of Kao Hsiung in Taiwan wi ...
31 October 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - At the cemetery via the web: Filipino migrants for a "virtual visit" to the dead
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A "virtual tour" via the web at the cemetery, with prayers for their dead, listening to a meditation, a chance to leave an offering: is an initiative launched by the Office of Social Communicatio ...
31 October 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church invites children to recover the value of mast'aku
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the commemoration of the dead, the Catholic Church in Bolivia has invited boys and girls to take part in the traditional mast'aku (ancestral Andean icon tribute to the dead ...
31 October 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazil launches the VIII Mutirão of Communication, which one can follow on the web
Natal (Agenzia Fides) – With the conference "Communication and citizen participation: means and processes," presented by Father Ermanno Allegri of the Adital Agency, in Fortaleza (CE), the VIII Brazilian Mutirão of co ...
31 October 2012
AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Close stories to be listened far away": contest to promote radio stations
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The World Association of Community Radio in Latin America and the Caribbean (AMARC ALC), the Latin American Association of Radio Education (ALER) and the Cultural Association Bostezo, have invited ...
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