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• 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 ...
• 16 November 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Year of Faith in the sign of renewal and conversion Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Hong Kong will open the Year of Faith, "of renewal and conversion," with a solemn Mass to be celebrated on Sunday, December 16, at the conclusion of the diocesan Year of the Lai ...
• 16 November 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "United for life and for peace," the Catholic initiative to support the truce among the gangs San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the Bishops and pastors of different denominations will meet on Saturday, November 17 for a pastoral initiative for life and for peace. The families of gang members and members of our ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cholera, ebola and marburg are claiming victims in the African country Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The recent outbreak of cholera identified, threatens to spread throughout the country. After the death of three people belonging to the same family (see Fides 15/11/2012), in the district of Luw ...
• 16 November 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 220 million malnourished children, penalized in their growth and future Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the International Day of the Child, which will be held on November 20, the Spanish organization Acción contra el Hambre has reported that over 200 million children suffer from ...
• 16 November 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Controversy over a provision that hurts the religious sensibility of the sick Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The fundamental right to freedom of worship in force in the country was asked by the Archbishop of Cuenca, His Excellency Mons Luis Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., following the relocation of a statue of ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The appointment to Cardinal of Mgr. Onaiyekan: a sign of recognition of the growth of the Nigerian Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The appointment of the Archbishop of Abuja, Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, to Cardinal, has aroused the pride of the whole of Nigeria," says to Fides Agency Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of S ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The forgotten conflict in Masisi: The complaint of the Jesuit Refugee Service Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past six months the forces of MONUSCO (United Nations Mission in Congo) have supported the Congolese army against the March 23 Movement (M23) in the district of Rutshuru in North Kivu ...
• 16 November 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic pastoral operator Killed on the islets of "Abu Sayyaf" Bongao (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Conchita Francisco, 62, pastoral worker, a widow and mother of two children, was shot to death, by unidentified men in front of the Catholic Cathedral of Bongao, in the Philippine pr ...
• 16 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Representatives of Christian Churches announce the withdrawal from the Constituent Assembly. Bishop Zaki: Egyptian identity is at risk Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Christian Churches in Egypt have announced their withdrawal from the Constituent Assembly charged with drafting the new constitution of the great North African Country. ...