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17 November 2016
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The commitment of Catholics against human trafficking
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Forms of human exploitation are in all nations of the earth, and Australia is no exception. They exist because of the greed of society that, in order to have goods and services at low cost, forg ...
17 November 2016
AFRICA/SUDAN - The population of the Red Sea and the Blue Nile is dying of thirst
Ad-Damir (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Sudanese Parliament have declared that several people have died of thirst in the Red Sea and the Blue Nile, where there is a severe shortage of drinking water. The authorities ha ...
17 November 2016
ASIA/LEBANON - New meetings between newly elected President Aoun and the heads of Churches
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon there are increasing signs of the imminent presentation of a new government, led by the Sunni Premier Saad Hariri, newly elected President Michel Aoun, after meeting Maronite P ...
17 November 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - President Barzani: we will not withdraw from the reconquered lands, Kurdistan will be multiethnic and multireligious
Bashiqa (Agenzia Fides) - The Kurdish Peshmerga troops will not withdraw from lands they reclaimed from ISIS in the military campaign for the liberation of Mosul, explaining that this was agreed with the United States a ...
17 November 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - After Kabila’s latest statements, the possibility of an agreement mediated by the Bishops diminishes
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The agreement born from national dialogue is the only road map developed by the Congolese themselves" to get out of the political crisis. This is what the President of the Democratic Republic ...
17 November 2016
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Award to IDHUCA: has been defending the rights of the weakest for 31 years
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, the Ambassador of Spain in El Salvador delivered, on behalf of the Spanish king, Philip VI, a Plaque of Civil Merit to the Institute for Human Rights of the Central American ...
16 November 2016
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Anselmo Alejandro Peña Sanchez
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 September 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Anselmo Alejandro Peña Sanchez, of the diocesan clergy of Mao-Mo ...
16 November 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Father Aguilar: "Every day children die in Venezuela, there are no medicines and food"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The director of the Communication Department of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), Father Pedro Pablo Aguilar, highlighted that Venezuelans are becoming "poorer and poorer" because the co ...
16 November 2016
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Two Christians among Trump’s advisors for the Middle East
New York (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least two Christians of the Eastern Churches in the American Middle East Advisory Committee, the Advisory Committee on the Middle East appointed by tycoon Donald Trump before being ...
16 November 2016
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Children workers discuss work and decent life
Luque (Agenzia Fides) - "Work ennobles us, struggle unites and strengthens us" was the motto of the Regional Meeting that the Latin American and Caribbean Movement of Children and Adolescents Workers (MOLACNNATs), recent ...
16 November 2016
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "A small contribution can help change a life" appeal for needy families in the Philippines
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the Catholic Mission with the Appeal for Children, to raise funds for needy children who live in poor communities around the world, this year aims to help a child in the ...
16 November 2016
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal-elect Nzapalainga distributes school kits and food to the children of Km5
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I have come here so that the children whose parents do not have the means to send them to school, and the abandoned orphans, can study and I hope can be nurses, ministers, deputies tomorrow", sa ...
16 November 2016
ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders: "Peace is the common good"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Peace is the supreme good for all citizens and all communities in Myanmar: says a heartfelt appeal to political and military leaders launched by a group of Burmese religious leaders, including Ca ...
16 November 2016
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon Ecclesial Convention: situation and prospects of missionary work
Belem (Agenzia Fides) – The Amazon Ecclesial Convention, being held from 14 to 16 November in the city of Belem aims at discussing the political, social, economic, cultural and religious situation of the region and the ...
16 November 2016
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Report of an NGO on human rights violations: "We risk genocide if nothing is done"
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Crimes are being committed against humanity and there is a risk of genocide" denounces Anschaire Nikoyagize, President of Iteka, the local representative of the International Federation of Hu ...
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