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• 19 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA – Joint tests of Church and State on the tetanus vaccine considered a means of birth control Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the Ministry of Health will conduct joint tests to ascertain whether the controversial tetanus vaccine contains hCG beta unit. According to information sent to Agenzia Fi ...
• 19 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 100,000 Catholics scattered because of Boko Haram, "but we remain to bear witness with our presence", said a priest of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 100,000 Catholics forced to flee from areas controlled by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. This was reported to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Gideon Obasogie, Head of Social Communicatio ...
• 19 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Every hour two children are victims of sexual abuse Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report published in Bogota on the occasion of World Day for the prevention of child abuse, every hour two are sexually abused. The study, which collects data from the Nation ...
• 19 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - File: the damage inflicted by Boko Haram to the diocese of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to a note sent to Agenzia Fides by Fr. Gideon Obasogie, Head of Social Communications of the Diocese of Maiduguri, with the fall of Mubi the estimated figure of destruction caused by Bok ...
• 19 November 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - National Missionary Conference: to rekindle the fire of the mission ad gentes Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The work of the fourth National Missionary Congress, to be held in Sacrofano (Rome) until November 23 on the theme "Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city - where the Gospel becomes encounter" will o ...
• 19 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Representatives of all religions visit the synagogue attacked. Patriarch Twal: No more violence in places of worship Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders and representatives of the religious communities in the Holy Land went to visit the synagogue in Jerusalem, which yesterday was the scene of a bloody terrorist attack, to express s ...
• 18 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church condemns the abduction of the General and urges to continue peace talks Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, Archbishop of Tunja, has condemned the kidnapping of General Rubén Darío Alzate Mora carried ou ...
• 18 November 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Towards CAM 5: Bolivia presents a preliminary work plan La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of those responsible for the Missions of Bolivia is in Honduras to attend a meeting on the conclusions of the fourth American Missionary Congress (CAM 4-COMLA 9) that took place last ...
• 18 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Muslim leaders: it is urgent to amend the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to correct and improve the blasphemy law, to prevent the abuse and exploitation: is what leaders and Muslim scholars, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs state, who met recently in Lahore. ...
• 18 November 2014
  AFRICA/CHAD - A child dies every 20 seconds from preventable and treatable causes N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Every year 1.555.200 boys and girls under 5 years of age die due to the consumption of contaminated water and the resulting diseases, such as diarrhea, malaria or respiratory infections. A you ...
• 18 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Latin Patriarch Twal after the attack against the synagogue in Jerusalem: stop the endless spiral of revenge Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "I extend my condolences to the relatives of the victims of the assault against the Synagogue of Jerusalem and all the violence that bloody the Holy Land. In our churches, convents and monaste ...
• 18 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President of the Episcopal Conference warns: "The 2015 elections will create a political situation that will be explosive" Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "There are already signals and indications that the impending 2015 elections will create a political situation that will be explosive" warned His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos a ...
• 18 November 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA – Appeal to the Federal Court on January 21 regarding the use of the word "Allah" (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Court of Malaysia has set the first hearing of the appeal (the third instance) for January 21, 2015, presented by the Catholic Church regarding the prohibition of the use of the word "Allah" ...
• 18 November 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Letter of the Bishops of Texas and Ciudad Juarez: "We invite the Pope to come and visit the border area" El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Mark Joseph Seitz, announced during a press conference last night, that together with the Bishops of the Diocese of Ciudad Juáre ...
• 17 November 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Bishop of Loikaw Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 November 2014 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Tjephe, current Auxiliary Bishop of Loikaw and Apostolic Administrator sede vacant et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same ...