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1 December 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - The Iraqi army involves sectarian militias in the protection of areas reclaimed from the jihadists of the Islamic State
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The areas in the Nineveh Plain, freed from the control of the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) by the Iraqi National Army, are subjected to a system of security and self-defense that also in ...
30 November 2016
AMERICA/HAITI - Camillian missionary: "Every time we save a human life we give a sense to our life"
Jérémie (Agenzia Fides) - After hurricane Matthew on the island of Haiti, and in particular the town of Jérémie, the collection of sending food and medicines to meet the emergency continues. This is what Father Anton ...
30 November 2016
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A priest and a newspaper against drugs which destroy the young
Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - Father Mariano Oberlin carries out, together with the parents of children who have had serious problems with drugs, a constant struggle against this scourge that affects the city of Cordoba and ...
30 November 2016
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Fifty years of Gospel in Lae
Lae (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago the Gospel took root in Lae, the capital of Morobe province. As Fides learns, Catholics, other Christians and other religions celebrated the anniversary in a solemn ceremony in which ...
30 November 2016
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The latent conflict with RENAMO has so far caused 5,000 IDPs and 2,500 refugees in Malawi
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The political and military crisis has turned into a latent conflict.There are 5,000 internally displaced people in central Mozambique because of the political and military conflict between the RA ...
30 November 2016
ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong’s pastoral letter for Advent - Family and marriage: foundation of society
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us together ensure that family and Christian marriage is the starting point for charity" urges Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, in his Pastoral letter for Advent 2016 signed o ...
30 November 2016
ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian Parliament presents an interrogation on the expulsions of evangelical pastors
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The parliamentary of Armenian origin Selina Ozuzun Dogan, member of the Republican People's Party, addressed to Turkish minister of the interior Süleyman Soylu a Parliamentary interrogation on a ...
30 November 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops announce three days of prayer for the victims of sexual abuse
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask forgiveness for ourselves and for our clergy for having not done enough in recognising the physical, emotional and psychological pain and trauma which many victims of sexual abuse h ...
30 November 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The trial for the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti is moving slowly
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The anti-terrorism Military Court in Islamabad issued a forced subpoena for seven witnesses who did not present themselves in the trial for the murder of Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti, kill ...
30 November 2016
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still protests for the inter-oceanic canal: the police ward off protesters
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Police warded off hundreds of peasants with rubber bullets and gas, who from the south of Nicaragua were trying to reach the capital last night to attend a demonstration of the opposition with r ...
29 November 2016
EUROPE/SPAIN - For 10 years a helping hand to women forced into prostitution
Seville (Agenzia Fides) - "Al Alba", the reception and support center for women in Seville, is ten years old and has welcomed 2,107 women. The center works according to the objectives that led to the foundation of the Ob ...
29 November 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The opposition opens to the mediation of Bishops and makes important concessions to the majority
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We encourage the steps taken by CENCO (National Episcopal Conference of Congo) to open the way for true dialogue among the sons and daughters of the Country to avoid the worst", said Jean-Marc ...
29 November 2016
AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian jihadists accused of their involvement in the massacre of Copts killed in Libya
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian justice has accused some compatriots of being in touch with Islamic State jihadists (Daesh) and involved in the massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts killed in Libya in the winter of 2015 (se ...
29 November 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Millions of children orphaned due to conflict and exploitation
Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Millions of children orphaned, victims of violence have continued to rise in Goma since 1994. The complaint comes from the "En Avant Les Enfants" center INUKA. According INUKA, more than 4 million ...
29 November 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuela Caritas: no response on medicines still blocked at customs
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Still no response from the authorities to Caritas Venezuela on medicines sent from abroad to assist cases of emergencies. The director of Caritas Venezuela, Yaneth Marquez, yesterday said to Uni ...
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