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• 12 November 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 7000 inhabitants in South Darfur do not have drinking water and basic services Adila (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7,000 residents in Mazroub, north of Adila, South Darfur, are short of basic services. According to information from local Radio Dabanga there is no doctor in the entire area. Patients o ...
• 12 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Evangelization in a context of violence" at the center of the reflection of the Bishops’ Assembly Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are doing our work of evangelization in a more violent context compared to other States and Monsignor Miguel (Mgr. Miguel Patiño Velazquez, Bishop of Apatzingán) is perhaps in the most ...
• 12 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mortar shells on the center of Damascus: children, civilians and churches affected Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Mortar shells damaged the Primary Christian School St. John Damascene yesterday in the district of Al-Qassaa in Damascus, killing 5 children and wounding 27 others. Another rocket hit a school ...
• 12 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: novena of national prayer for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful Filipinos will carry out, in all the churches of the nation, a special novena of prayer for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan (locally called "Yolanda"), to ask God for protection and su ...
• 12 November 2013
  AFRICA - Typhoon in the Philippines: solidarity in Africa springs into action Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The tragedy that struck the Philippines, devastated by typhoon Haiyan, has aroused emotion in Africa, particularly in Libya where there is a strong community of Filipino immigrants. As reported in ...
• 11 November 2013
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Nekemte and Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 10 November 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate in Nekemte, Ethiopia, by His Exc. Mgr. Theodorus van Ruijven, C.M., in accor ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Catholic Bishops: foreign representatives favor the flight of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Among the factors which encourage the exodus of Christians from Iraq there is also the practice adopted by many foreign embassies and consulates that facilitate the granting of visas for asylum ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From Korea solidarity and aid to the victims of Typhoon Haiyen Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity and aid to the Philippine people affected in recent days by the typhoon Haiyen (locally known as "Yolanda") come from different Asian countries. In particular, as reported to Fides, His ...
• 11 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Three commitments on behalf of the authorities for migrants, after the intervention of Mgr. Vera López Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of the state of Coahuila, Rubén Moreira, has publicly asked to assist and support the demands of the Bishop of Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Raúl Vera López, ...
• 11 November 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' message at the end of the Year of Faith: "Faith is a treasure to live as children of God" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, 10 November, the Bishops of Bolivia, gathered for their Annual 96th Ordinary Meeting, concelebrated Mass in the Cathedral of Cochabamba to mark the end of the Year of Faith. The ...
• 11 November 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Calm returns in Bouar, Caritas in aid of the displaced Bangui ( Agenzia Fides) - Calm has returned in Bouar, the city in the northwest of the Central African Republic, at the center of clashes between former Seleka rebels (who formally took power at the end of March) and som ...
• 11 November 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Agreement for the repatriation of one million Somali refugees Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Kenya and Somalia signed yesterday, Sunday 10 November, an agreement for the return within three years of one million Somali refugees who have found asylum in Kenya. The agreement was signed fo ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Contrasts between the jihadist factions. Father Karam: it is now a war "all against all" Beirut ( Agenzia Fides) - The leader of al-Qaeda Ayman Zawahiri with an official pronouncement has delegitimized the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist organization that last year had assumed a heg ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/YEMEN - No marriages to minors: the Ministry intervenes for the Protection of Human Rights Taiz (Agenzia Fides) - After the most recent reported cases of early marriages, reported by the YemenPost, the Ministry for the Protection of Human Rights in Yemen has issued a warning to local authorities to prevent the ...
• 11 November 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - "First mothers and children": to double in five years the number of assisted births Milan (Agenzia Fides) - "First mothers and children" is the watchword of an intervention carried out by the NGO Doctors with Africa Cuamm for the health and lives of mothers and children that involves four hospitals, 22 ...