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• 15 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite League: a UN resolution against the attacks on religions is needed Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Governing Council of the Maronite League met on Wednesday, January 14 and condemned what happened in France last week as an "attack on human rights and human dignity, which is in contradictio ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Bishops' Holy Land Coordination visit the Cremisan Valley Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The 16 Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination – body that brings together Bishops and representatives of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe and North America (see Fides 07/01/2015; 12/01/201 ...
• 14 January 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Corruption: a serious disease that has infected all Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is seriously injured and infected with a bacterium that has brought democracy to the point of death: corruption, a common practice that has become 'something natural', to the po ...
• 14 January 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI – Parliament dissolved, demonstrations against President increase Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Parliament in Haiti has been dissolved after the failure of last-ditch negotiations over a new electoral law, according to a twitter sent to Fides. President Michel Martelly now effective ...
• 14 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Signs of hope but still too much violence, also due to the strong movement of weapons", say the Bishops Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Muslim and Christian communities are beginning to talk to each other and seek peace" say the Bishops of the Central African Republic in their message entitled "Therefore choose life" publish ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The local Church: "From Madhu hope to revive peace" Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Marian prayer of the Pope at the Shrine of Madhu is a message of hope: the whole nation remembers that harmony and peace are precious values and essential for the future, they are to be prot ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Frost and snow: first victims due to frostbite among the Syrian refugees Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The cold wave that has hit large regions of the Middle East in recent days has caused the first victims among the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. "Four people have died form hypothermia - confirms to ...
• 14 January 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tetanus vaccine: the first tests deny that it can be used for birth control Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The joint team of experts appointed by the Catholic Church and the Minister of Health in Nairobi have declared that the vaccine used in the campaign against tetanus in Kenya is safe, even if the ...
• 14 January 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Hunger and cold temperatures continue to cause deaths in North Darfur Darkoro (Agenzia Fides) - The weather conditions worsen the already precarious living conditions of the population of North Darfur. Several people have died from hunger and intense cold in East Jebel Marra region, nearby ...
• 14 January 2015
  VATICAN - Saint Joseph Vaz, an example of missionary zeal Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint Joseph gives us an example of missionary zeal. Though he came to Ceylon to minister to the Catholic community, in his evangelical charity he reached out to everyone. Leaving behind his ho ...
• 14 January 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary, after the bombing in Paris: "Dear Muslim brothers, we mourn with you" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "We know how much you are suffering, dear Muslim friends, in seeing terrorism practiced in different parts of the world in the name of Islam and in the name of Allah": is what is written in an ...
• 13 January 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still controversy about the transoceanic canal: the Bishops call for clarity Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Improvised" and "without being verified technically": is how the president of the Academy of Sciences of Nicaragua, Manuel Ortega Hegg, defined the "change" in the route of the transoceanic can ...
• 13 January 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Copts kidnapped: jihadist websites spread photos Sirte (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, January 12 some jihadist websites published photos of 21 Coptic Egyptians abducted in recent weeks in Sirte in two group seizures, attributing the kidnappings to the Islamic State (IS ...
• 13 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – A mentally disabled man killed on charges of blasphemy Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – A 52-year-old Muslim man, Abid Mehmood, accused of blasphemy in 2011 and released from prison a few days ago because of physical and mental disabilities, was killed by masked men. His disab ...
• 13 January 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Dialogue to end the crisis: the exhortation of the Episcopal Conference Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - With the title "Ethical and spiritual renewal before the crisis", the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela has published a pastoral exhortation articulated in 24 points that invites Christians to r ...