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• 25 November 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church is not discouraged because of the drug trade, it will continue to fight for justice and peace Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Caacupé (Paraguay), His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Gimenez Medina, who is also President of the Episcopal Conference, asked the prosecutor to conduct a thorough in ...
• 25 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Mgr. Nzapalainga and the Church in aid of former Seleka rebels: a gesture of forgiveness and reconciliation Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "For me, as a man of God, where there are men, women and children, these are God’s children, created in His image and I have the obligation to help them": this is what His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné ...
• 25 November 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – The Bishops: "Violence against women is a crime against humanity" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to endless rebellions in our Country, women and children are the first victims of this human barbarity" write the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a message for the World Day ...
• 25 November 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In the process of reforms underway, even the release of child soldiers Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - According to the independent Burmese newspaper Irrawaddy, a total of 553 child soldiers were released from the Armed Forces in 2014. Recently, the Army has released 80 others, recruited illega ...
• 25 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremists: Catholic missionaries in schools are not to be called "father" Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries of the Catholic schools of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh who are engaged in teaching, as principals or teachers, will no longer be called "father" but only "Sir". As Fides lea ...
• 24 November 2014
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: may the Lord grant a new missionary drive to the Church in India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The hope of "a new missionary drive to the Church in India" was expressed by Pope Francis before the Angelus prayer, on Sunday, November 23, at the end of the rite for the canonization of 6 ...
• 24 November 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Concern for the construction of the Canal: "I will not leave you alone" ensures the Bishop of Granada Granada (Agenzia Fides) - Concern is growing for the start of the construction of the Interoceanic Canal, between the Pacific and the Atlantic, set for December 22, which will expel thousands of farmers from their land, ...
• 24 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian couple burned alive: the Supreme Court intervenes Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has asked the government to urgently submit a report on the investigation regarding the brutal killing which took place on 4 November in Kasur district, where the ...
• 24 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Security measures have been intensified in front of churches after the massacre of the bus Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Police have stepped up security measures in the County of Mandera (in the north of Kenya on the border with Somalia) where on November 22, 28 people were killed cold bloodedly by Somali Shabaab ...
• 24 November 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - There are now 500 thousand signatures which have been collected for the Democratic Political Reform Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The draft law of popular initiative, "Projeto de Lei de Iniciativa Popular pela Reforma Política Democrática", prepared by the Coalition for the Democratic Political Reform and transparent el ...
• 24 November 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Another massacre in North Kivu: 200 people were killed in the area in October Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than a hundred people were killed on November 20 in the region of Beni, in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the Coordination o ...
• 24 November 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - Conference on Christians and "Arab Springs". Father Bader: a historical phase which was followed only by negative effects Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The final document approved at the conclusion of the Conference on Christians and "Arab Springs", organized on 22 and 23 November in Amman, by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Al-Quds Center ...
• 24 November 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Klerksdorp Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 November 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Victor Hlolo Phalana, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Pretoria as Bishop of the Diocese of Klerksdorp, South Africa. Rev. Victor Hlol ...
• 24 November 2014
  ASIA/NEPAL - The poor are forced to carry out illegal traficking in organs Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Illegal trafficking in human organs continues to be widespread throughout the world. The kidney is the most sold organ. There are those who sell their organs to buy a house and provide a decen ...
• 24 November 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops' Message for the Jubilee: "A new season of hope" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A "Rainbow Church", which brings together different ethnicities and cultures in "a new Pentecost": is the image used by His Exc. Mgr. Charles Bo, SDB, Archbishop of Yangon, in describing the Burm ...