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• 1 March 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Justice for 1500 orphans of the civil conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - There are 1,542 children who lost their parents in the civil war analysed by the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) in the departments of Antioquia, Casanare and Nariño. In a note se ...
• 1 March 2013
  ASIA/NEPAL - Fasting against corruption Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A group of human rights activists launched a hunger strike to protest against corruption in the country. For six days, the coordinator of the initiative, the activist Sharada Bhusal, is in the ...
• 1 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Violent clashes between factions of the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violent clashes between rival factions of the M23 are underway in the region of Rutshuru, 30 km from Goma, capital of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). In the aftermath of the ...
• 1 March 2013
  VATICAN - The missionary Congregation: "Thank you to Benedict XVI, let us pray for the successor " Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the first day of the "Vacant See", the officials of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP), gathered in a weekly work meeting, listened to the exhortation of the Secret ...
• 28 February 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church next to the tribals, in the face of abuses in the tourist paradise of Boracay Boracay (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine island of Boracay is a tourist paradise, an island that includes beaches among the most beautiful of Southeast Asia. But it is also the scene of abuse and violence suffered by ind ...
• 28 February 2013
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• 28 February 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Christian leaders: "We are extremely disturbed and greatly saddened by the electoral violence" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are extremely disturbed and greatly saddened by the violence and the loss of precious life in the heat of the recent campaigns for the Livingstone parliamentary by-election," said a statement ...
• 28 February 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The new Nuncio: Holy See and Nicaragua together for the common good and for the family Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The new Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua, His Excellency, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, said during the presentation of his credentials to President Daniel Ortega, that the Holy See intends "to ...
• 28 February 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Evangelization: a priority in the Year of Faith Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of Faith, the priority for the Church is evangelization. This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, in a meeting with the clergy of his diocese. Before an ass ...
• 28 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Over two thousand faithful at the Lectio Divina Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - Over two thousand faithful from the provinces of Jiang Su, Zhe Jiang, Fu Jian and Shang Hai attended the seminar "The Word of God strengthens our Lenten journey" organized by the Diocese of Wen ...
• 28 February 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Elections: Archbishop Lele’s appeal "avoid violence and ethnic discrimination" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Choose peace for our beloved Kenya, before, during and after the general election. We can only do that by transcending our ethnic affiliations, voting good leaders capable of serving people wit ...
• 28 February 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Hispanic-American Day: "America, Doors open to the mission" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "America, doors open to the mission" is the theme of the Hispanic American Day, which is celebrated on March 3 in Spain, the traditional event since 1959 invites all Iberian dioceses to keep alive ...
• 27 February 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - From the Nuba Mountains to Uganda to receive new limbs thanks to the Catholic Church Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is sponsoring 20 amputees, all war victims, who suffered amputations in the war in the Nuba Mountains (Sudan) to reach a hospital in Uganda where they can get new implants. Thes ...
• 27 February 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - New Shiite militant group threatens Sunnis and Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - What everyone fears is a return to sectarian violence that has bloodied the country for years: families of a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad in recent weeks have received warnings and threats from ...
• 27 February 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - From "Flashmob" to new evangelization Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mission travels underground, on undergrounds: on Saturday 9th March, a group of young Catholics will get on the underground in Mexico City to bring the message of Christ to thousands of peop ...