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13 January 2012
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Message of the Bishops: "The election process was fraught with serious irregularities, that have put into question the credibility of the published results"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From the final report of the Electoral Observation Mission of CENCO and testimonies collected in various dioceses and other sources, today it is noted that the election process took place, in ...
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12 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA- Emergency in the villages of Tamil Nadu affected by the typhoon Thane continues
Madras (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in many of the villages in the State of Tamil Nadu scourged by the typhoon Thane remains serious and difficult (see Fides 09/01/2012). Although the news seems to have been downgra ...
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12 January 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - The indigenous people of Taiwan reject electoral fraud, for a a transparent and clean vote
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - For the dignity of the indigenous people, to be the best indigenous in the world and to be loved by God, the indigenous people of Taiwan say 'no' to fraud, to electoral corruption, and claim tra ...
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12 January 2012
AMERICA/HAITI - "Two years after the earthquake there are still 600 000 people in tents, including seminarians": this is the testimony of the Apostolic Nuncio to Fides
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly two years ago, on January 12, 2010, Haiti was devastated by a terrible earthquake. Fides collected the first, alarming and terrible news, on behalf of the Apostolic Nuncio, His Ex ...
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12 January 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Mindanao hospitals on alert for an outbreak of leptospirosis
Cagayan de Oro (Agenzia Fides) - Hospitals in Mindanao are on alert due to cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by rodents, following tropical storm Washi. According to the local health care authorities, re ...
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12 January 2012
EUROPE/SPAIN - The priorities of Caritas Spain in Haiti: health, education, housing, protection of the most vulnerable and strengthening of Caritas Haiti
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Spain has traced a balance of its work on the Caribbean island - called "Caritas with Haiti" - in favor of hundreds of thousands of people after the earthquake which hit the island 2 year ...
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12 January 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - More than 100 animators participated in the VI National Meeting of Missionary Childhood
San Felipe (Agenzia Fides) - More than a hundred animators and leaders of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood, from 17 among dioceses and prelatures around the whole of Chile, gathered from 6 to 8 January for ...
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12 January 2012
ASIA/MYANMAR-The government has signed a "ceasefire" with Karen rebels, but "the objective is complete reconciliation"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Myanmar has signed a cease-fire with the Karen rebels, an ethnic minority group, which has been in conflict with the Burmese army for 60 years . A step forward that Fr. Bernard ...
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12 January 2012
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Kasama and Apostolic Administrator of Mpika
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on January 12, 2012 appointed Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia), His Exc. Mgr Ignatius Chama, until now Bishop of Mpika. The same Prelate was also named Apostolic A ...
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12 January 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than one million flood victims in Sindh in "piteous conditions", having to face the government's apathy
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1.3 million flood victims who, in Sindh province (southern Pakistan) find themselves in "piteous conditions", are having to face indifference on behalf of the institutions: this is the ...
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11 January 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Casa de la Cristiandad", a soup kitchen for the poor and most vulnerable people has just opened
Culiacan (Agenzia Fides) - "Casa de la Cristiandad", a soup kitchen for poor people, migrants, unemployed, drug addicts and alcoholics has opened recently, in Culiacan, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. ...
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11 January 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - "Eucharistic Adoration and Promotion of the Faith": the 35th Regional Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Conference of Taiwan prepares the Year of Faith
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - " Eucharistic Adoration and Promotion of the Faith" is the theme of the 35th Theological Seminar, organized by the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan in collaboration with the Fu Ren Cathol ...
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11 January 2012
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Cuban Catholic pilgrims living in Florida will go to Cuba to meet the Pope
Miami (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Miami has confirmed a pilgrimage to Cuba to allow the Cuban Catholic devotees in South Florida to participate in the visit to the island of Pope Benedict XVI, scheduled for the ...
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11 January 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The new Governor of the Muslim Autonomous Region of Mindanao is a missionary’s student
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The hopes of peace and reconciliation are growing in the southern Philippines, where a Muslim community of over 6 million people live, most of them are residents in the "Muslim Autonomous Regi ...
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11 January 2012
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The results of the legislative elections have been contested, while the battle concerning the presidential continues
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of Congo continues to live in a rather complex political stalemate. While President Joseph Kabila swore in on December 20, his principle opposer, Etienne Tshisekedi (who ...
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