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• 21 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 30 years since its foundation, the commitment of "Silsilah" movement for dialogue reinforces Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - After thirty years of work in Christian-Muslim dialogue, the "Silsilah" movement, which was launched in the Philippines in 1984 thanks to the work of the PIME missionary Sebastiano D'Ambr ...
• 21 November 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Church on the measures for immigrants: "We have a long history of welcoming..." Washington (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, welcomed the news that the Obama ...
• 21 November 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "In 50 years, Zambia has made remarkable progress", says President of the Episcopal Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for the next presidential elections and 50 years of national independence were the subject of the interview His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Chama, Archbishop of Kasama and President of the Epis ...
• 21 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans at the forefront for "food security" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscans in India are engaged in the fight against hunger and contribute to food security of the population at a national level. The concept of "food security", elaborated at the UN, im ...
• 21 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The request to continue peace talks: "Do not destroy the hope of Colombians" Popayan (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, personally announced last night that protocols have been activated for the release of four soldiers and a civilian abducted by the FARC and that im ...
• 21 November 2014
  AFRICA/MALI – Ebola: annual pilgrimage postponed Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The annual pilgrimage organized by the Catholic Church that was to take place from November 20 to 23 in Kita, the oldest parish in Mali, has been postponed due to the spread of the Ebola virus. T ...
• 21 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Children without citizenship: the question of Palestinian children not registered reopens Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Many Palestinian children in East Jerusalem continue not to have an ID card or proof of permanent residency. Their condition was analyzed during a conference hosted on November 19 in Jerusalem ...
• 21 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGER - Malaria: preventive treatment to 735 000 children Bouza (Agenzia Fides) - Seasonal malaria chemoprevention treatment (SMC) has shown extremely promising results in reducing the burden of malaria in young children in the Sahel region of Africa. To reach as many children ...
• 20 November 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Support of the Church with regards to the formation of political consciousness for democratic reform Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On November 18 the Episcopal Council for the Pastoral Care (CONSEP), a body of the Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), discussed the issue of political reform in Brazil. According to the no ...
• 20 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against minorities: the governor of Punjab meets religious leaders Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After the tragedy in Kasur - where a Christian married couple was burned to death for alleged blasphemy - the governor of Punjab, Muhammad Sarwar, met with a delegation of Christian and Muslim re ...
• 20 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Thousands of children from Gaza are disabled because of wars Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The military conflict in the Gaza Strip has had serious consequences on the lives of Palestinian children and their families. There are about a thousand young children who are handicapped because o ...
• 20 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Monsalve Mejia: "The general kidnapped will soon be released" Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "General Rubén Darío Alzate could be released in the next 48 hours". This is what the Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesús Monsalve Mejia said in an interview with Colombian broadcas ...
• 20 November 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 2 and a half million children live in shelters, on the streets or in cars Washington (Agenzia Fides) - A report of the National Center for Homeless Families (NCFH) revealed that, in America, last year 2.5 million children were living in shelters, on the streets, in cars, or in fields unattende ...
• 20 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA – Award given to the leaders of the "platform of Religious for Peace", including the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an award given to people who in the midst of violence have managed to give another message, that of love, tolerance, social cohesion, of living together", said His Exc. Mgr. Dieudonné Nza ...
• 20 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch to Muslims: The barbarous acts committed in the name of Islam recalls Nazism. And your reactions are weak Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Unlike "Nazis and other deadly ideologies of the twentieth century", the jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) carry out their barbaric acts "in the name of Islam". This is ...