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• 20 November 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Unilateral truce announced by the FARC, but dialogue for peace continues Havana (Agenzia Fides) -Yesterday, Monday, November 19, peace talks between the representatives of the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) restarted in Cuba. The delegation of the F ...
• 20 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "The solution to Rimsha’s case is a contribution to peace and harmony" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The outcome of Rimsha Masih’s case, a Christian girl acquitted on false charges of blasphemy, will be a contribution to peace, justice and interfaith harmony in Pakistan," says to Fides Agency ...
• 20 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Rebels of the M23 announce that they have entered in Goma Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The rebels of the M23 announced that this morning, November 20, they entered Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The M23 had already occupied the cit ...
• 20 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The Shabaab are bringing their war in Kenya": the Bishop of Garissa's concern Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Garissa is completely blocked, while fighting continues. The entire population is locked in the house and cannot go out and buy the necessary goods, no one can enter or leave the city," says to ...
• 20 November 2012
  AFRICA - Girls "witches", water carriers, abandoned babies: to give dignity to children Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - Among the initiatives of the World Day for the Rights of the Child and Adolescents, the Movement Fight World Hunger (MLFM) invites us to reflect on the violated rights of children and adolescents ...
• 19 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Mgr. Guo Chuanzhen: he established the diocesan Seminary where a great number of priests now operating in Shandong Province were formed Jinan (Agenzia Fides) - On November 6, His Exc. Mgr. Samuel Guo Chuanzhen, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Jinan, Shandong Province (China Mainland) died. He was 94 years old and lived retired at ...
• 19 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 11 million Mexicans live in extreme poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - There are 11 million (out of a population of about 110 million people) Mexicans who live in extreme poverty. These data are presented in a report recently presented by the Secretary General ...
• 19 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church calls on the population to participate in the census, civic duty and a tool for the development of society La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church calls on the Bolivian population to participate in the national Census, because it is a "civic duty", and calls on the authorities and population to make every effort for this ...
• 19 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Year of Faith, mission in Africa "in real time" thanks to the web Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Year of Faith will also be a year of mission, because "mission and proclamation are the thermometer of faith": in this spirit the diocese of Mangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka, sen ...
• 19 November 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "The conflicts that the country experiences are still unresolved": Bishops' document on the situation Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - "What do we have to do?" (Lk 3:10) is the title of the document sent to Fides Agency, signed by the President of the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, His Exc. Mgr. Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez ...
• 19 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - After the attack more clashes in "Little Mogadishu" in Nairobi: disturbing signals on the eve of the elections Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - New inter-community clashes broke out in Nairobi, in the Eastleigh neighborhood, after the attack on Sunday, November 18 that caused seven deaths and several injuries. A bomb exploded on a bus t ...
• 19 November 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: Obama's visit gives hope for democracy and religious freedom Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "President Obama’s visit is certainly a very positive sign for the country and will be an encouragement to continue on the path of reform towards democracy and religious freedom" is what His Ex ...
• 19 November 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Almost all the NGOs and the French Consul have left Goma, uncertain situation in the capital of North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Almost all NGOs have left Goma and are in Gisenyi, the city of Rwanda on the border with the Congolese capital of North Kivu. Even the French Consul in Goma has left the city and is in a hotel ...
• 19 November 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A new psychomotor rehabilitation center for disabled children has been inaugurated Zimpeto (Agenzia Fides) - Mozambique is a young democracy which after 30 years of civil war, is trying to emerge from the economic and social poverty. Italy is very close to these people with various forms of cooperation ...
• 19 November 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Emeritus Sabbah: in front of the massacres in Gaza, the UN recognizes the Palestinian State as a permanent observer Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "Behind the missiles fired from Gaza and triggered retaliation from time to time by Israel, the underlying issue always resurfaces. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is the problem that m ...