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• 26 November 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "May this continent allow faith to grow in other continents", said Cardinal Filoni, Special Envoy of the Pope at CAM 4 Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides ) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Special Envoy of the Holy Father, arrived in Maracaibo (Venezuela), at the IV American Missionary Cong ...
• 26 November 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - " Despite the uncertainty of today I am confident that peace can explode" said Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Popular pressure for social pacification is certainly a good thing, and I believe that in any moment peace can explode in Libya" says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli ...
• 26 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Menamparampil: " Persecuted? Beware of false martyrdom and proselytism" Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - "If we are persecuted because of our carelessness , institutional arrogance, lack of cultural integration, we should not consider ourselves martyrs ": is what is stated in a note sent to Fides ...
• 26 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Concrete proposals to preserve the demographic balance in the Christian -majority areas Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The first conference sponsored by the "Friends of Bartala" organization to denounce the tampering of the demographic balance in areas where historically indigenous Christian communities in Iraq we ...
• 26 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Precarious situation in Central Africa; Paris announces the sending of other 800 soldiers Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, due to the spreading of rumors on the infiltration in the city of "anti Balaka", self-defense groups created to defend themselves agai ...
• 26 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poor wait outside hospitals because they cannot pay their visits and treatments and very often die Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the earthquake and Hayan typhoon that hit the Philippine population continues to get worse also because of the poor condition of the various hospitals, including the Hospital of ...
• 26 November 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - FARC "authorize" the opening of churches in the south of the country, but only on Sundays Mocoa (Agenzia Fides) - In the Colombian department of Putumayo in the south of the country, FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) allow churches to open only on Saturdays and Sundays and priests therefore can ce ...
• 25 November 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Sisters of the Diocese of Su Zhou end the Year of Faith with a pilgrimage Su Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – A three-day pilgrimage to the Cathedral and the Shrine of Our Lady, in the Archdiocese of Ji Nan: this is how the Diocesan Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Virgin of the ...
• 25 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The village of Deir Atieh invaded by Islamists: Christians identified and detained Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Militants of Islamist factions have invaded the town of Deir Atieh, north of Damascus, spreading terror, death and destruction. As Fides sources in the Greek Orthodox Church report, the attack ...
• 25 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Violence against women is a social challenge", says Bishop Sanchez Durango (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Durango, His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Sánchez Martínez, invited the communit ...
• 25 November 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Protestant Christian Pastor arrested on false charges of human trafficking Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Protestant Christian Pastor Orhan Picaklar, 42, of the "Agape Church" was arrested by the police in the town of Samsun, on the Black Sea, on charges of organizing human trafficking ...
• 25 November 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Religious leaders’ appeal to stop violence against children and adolescents Colon (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Panama, His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, launched an appeal to the entire population, without distinction of creed, in order to stop violence, ill-treatment and abuse on childr ...
• 25 November 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Violence and Conflicts: Women suffer the most Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia, about 70 % of women suffer all kinds of violence due to ongoing armed conflict, homicides, sexual abuse, torture and rape. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimina ...
• 25 November 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - On the eve of the opening of CAM 4, the last phase of the continental missionary journey Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - There are only a few hours at the opening of the Fourth American Missionary Congress (CAM 4) and IX Latin American Missionary Congress (COMLA 9), which will be held in Maracaibo (Venezuela), f ...
• 25 November 2013
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - "The family is threatened by many forces" denounced the Africa Family Life Federation Port Louis (Agenzia Fides ) - "The family is now threatened by many forces and is under crisis. In the last two decades, there has been an acceleration of powerful financial support and external pressures on Africa to ne ...