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• 5 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Intense gunfire in Bangui, civilians flee Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Intense gunfire in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, on the eve of the vote of the UN Security Council for a resolution that authorizes the intervention of the French and African t ...
• 5 December 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: national sovereignty is under attack Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Some Countries behave towards Lebanon "as if it were a sovereign State", and claim to pursue a "right to protection". In this way, "in fact, Lebanon becomes a hostage of the confrontation regard ...
• 5 December 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Violence and looting in Cordoba: for the Church these are criminal acts, not due to poverty Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the wave of violence that has ravaged the province, the new auxiliary Bishop of Cordoba, His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Javier Torres (appointed on November 16) has defined the violent acts ...
• 5 December 2013
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Australian Bishops are committed to spreading the Evangelii gaudium (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" is a document to be recommended to all the faithful: "We will do everything possible to ensure that its teaching is widely spread": this is what the Austral ...
• 5 December 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A new Catholic radio station Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Harare, His Exc. Mgr. Robert Christopher Ndlovu, has announced the birth of a Catholic community radio station that will start as soon as it obtains the license from the governm ...
• 5 December 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Voting is "a moral obligation": the Archbishop of Caracas invites to participate in the municipal elections Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Voting is an important moral obligation. It strengthens democracy and ensures the welfare of Venezuelans in each of the municipalities. We are all called to participate actively in a decisive a ...
• 5 December 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Conflicting statements on the issue of the Sisters of Maalula Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The story of the nuns of Santa Tecla taken from the convent after the occupation of the city of Maalula by anti-Assad militias remains unclear. According to sources in Damascus confirmed to a ...
• 4 December 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Intellectual and political campaign against the exodus of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) –Non-stop interventions on behalf of intellectuals, journalists and Iraqi politicians mostly of Muslim faith have been launched on the www.ankawa.com website as a contribution to counteract the ...
• 4 December 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Solidarity with Muslims: Advent message on behalf of the movement "Silsilah" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - Among the many disasters and conflicts in the Philippines and around the world, adding divisions and prejudices, and have re-opened old wounds, the movement for dialogue "Silsilah", active for ...
• 4 December 2013
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Guadeloupe: "the time has come for this local Church to reawaken the enthusiasm for evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The time has come for this local Church to reawaken the enthusiasm for evangelization. Deepen the faith of those who are already baptized and share it with those who have drifted away from ...
• 4 December 2013
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Do not lose hope in spite of social unrest", write the Bishops Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "Can we speak of hope while the socio-political situation seems somewhat disturbing?" ask the Bishops of Togo in a pastoral letter published for Advent, focusing on Christian hope. In the documen ...
• 4 December 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Faithful mobilization after the murder of a Christian child New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Bring to justice the killers of Anugrag Gemethi, a 7-year-old Christian boy, also called Anmol, tortured and killed in a village in Rajasthan (northwestern India): this is what a mobilization ...
• 4 December 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A hundred years of the ecclesiastical Province: a feast with our eyes on the country’s situation Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Catholics from all over the country gathered on the morning of December 2, at the Cathedral of Managua, to celebrate the centenary of the Ecclesiastical Province of Managua. The Spe ...
• 4 December 2013
  AFRICA/CHAD - Consecration of the cathedral of Mongo N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christians of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo, 500 km from N'Djamena, capital of Chad, experienced a particular ecclesial event: the consecration of the Cathedral of St. Ignatius", write ...
• 4 December 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Oberá calls for a referendum on the construction of two hydroelectric dams Misiones (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Oberá sent an official petition to the local government and the House of Representatives of the Province of Misiones, demanding a referendum on two hydroelectric projects that c ...