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17 December 2014
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church and government meet again
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The presidency of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA) will be received on Monday, December 22 by the President of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner. The meeting takes place after some fr ...
17 December 2014
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The parishes of Maiduguri cares for more than 5,000 displaced people fleeing Boko Haram
Maiduguri (Fides) – The situation of displaced persons welcomed in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, in northern Nigeria is dramatic. This has also posed a great risk as boko haram militia now disguise as displaced pe ...
17 December 2014
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Meeting of the "wise men" begins today to put an end to the massacres in the territory of Beni
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A three-day meeting will be held today, December 17, in Beni, North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) to try to put an end to the spiral of violence that is shaking the Territory Be ...
17 December 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Caritas Iraq intensifies aid for 6 thousand refugee families in Dohuk
Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - The team of Caritas Iraq working in the region of Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, has launched the support program that provides for the distribution of aid and the provision of assistance to 6 thousan ...
17 December 2014
AFRICA/SUDAN - Twenty new radio stations in Darfur and South Kordofan
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In January, Sudan plans to launch ten shortwave radio stations in Darfur, and ten in South Kordofan. The new stations will present programs in local dialects, in response to the transmissions o ...
17 December 2014
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The campaign against hunger begins again, especially to help poor families
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - In order to decrease the number of Costa Ricans who suffer from hunger (about 400,000 according to the report by FAO), the Foundation Caritas Costa Rica promotes a fundraiser through the campai ...
17 December 2014
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Camilliani committed to face the threat of Ebola virus
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - So far there have been no recorded cases of Ebola in Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo, but the probability is very high because of the proximity to the countries that have confirmed the presence ...
16 December 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Land grabbing, instrument of oppression against Christians
Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - There is a subtle instrument of oppression against Christians in Pakistan: land grabbing. It is a phenomenon that consists of systematically expropriating Christian families of their land (large p ...
16 December 2014
AMERICA/PANAMA - Last round of by-elections, the local Church sends observers to polling stations
Penonomé (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Panama has announced that it will appoint observers for the by-elections of 21 December 2014. The note sent to Agenzia Fides explains that elctions are being held in Pan ...
16 December 2014
ASIA/INDIA - Year of the consecrated life: Sisters in brothels to save the enslaved prostitutes
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - For the Indian religious women the Year of consecrated Life means a strong return to the contemplative dimension but also a renewed commitment to action: with this awareness, a group of four si ...
16 December 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - The autonomous region of Kurdistan includes Syriac and Armenian among the official languages
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, has approved the new legislation which also includes Armenian and Syriac among the five official languages used in the t ...
16 December 2014
AMERICA/PERU - Climate change: Christians in defense of the weak and of their suffering
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - After two weeks of intense negotiations within the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, Cop20, (see Fides 03/12/2014), held in Lima (Peru) from 1 to 12 December, the 196 participating count ...
16 December 2014
AFRICA/DR CONGO - More groups commit massacres against civilians in Beni: maybe a new war?
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the territory of Beni, which belongs to the province of North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the situation of extreme insecurity is becoming more dramatic and intolerable: m ...
16 December 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation of Bishop of Hyderabad and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 December 2014 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan, by His Exc. Mgr. Max John Rodrigues, in accordance with ca ...
16 December 2014
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Corruption and intra-party conflicts threaten democracy" say the Christian confessions
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We lament at the failure of political leadership in Zambia today. There is far too much hypocrisy and rhetoric. It is for this reason that there is no evidence in the fight against corruption", ...
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