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• 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 ...
• 25 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cardinal Onaiyekan’s prudence on the news of Christian women abducted by Boko Haram and forcibly converted to Islam Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - I have heard of these cases, but it is difficult to evaluate them because there are so many "rumours" ", says to Fides Agency Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Archbishop of Abuja, with regards ...
• 25 November 2013
  VATICAN - The Year of Faith ends in the sign of the mission Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father closed on Sunday, November 24 , Solemnity of Christ the King, the Year of Faith, which was inaugurated by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 October 2012 on the fiftieth anniversary o ...
• 25 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Updates on the interventions to the people affected by the typhoon Bohol (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest updates which Fides received by the coordinator of the CTF, Fr. Aris Miranda, MI, aid and food were distributed in several villages of Bohol affected by the typhoon and mar ...
• 23 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Birth of the Islamic Front. Patriarch Gregorios III: they certainly do not fight for democracy Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Seven inspired Islamist anti-regime formations announced, in a statement made public on Friday, November 22, their fusion and the creation of an Islamic Front aimed at building an 'Islamic Stat ...
• 23 November 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - A community divided in two in order to protect the environment threatened by the Pascua Lama project Copiapo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Copiapó, Mgr. Gaspar Francisco Quintana Jorquera, C.M.F., attended the meeting of the Commission appointed to investigate the Pascua Lama project and highlighted th ...
• 23 November 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Nicaragua does not need any Constitution reform", the Bishops say Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Nicaragua does not need any Constitution reform... They are not necessary reforms", say the Bishops of Nicaragua in a statement sent to Fides news agency. The statement published yesterday Nov ...
• 23 November 2013
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Family in southern Africa threatened by poverty but also by new media Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - Even in Africa, mass media and social networks are likely to fragment family life in many small separated and non communicating enclaves. This is what the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops in S ...
• 23 November 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Corruption Scandal: "Speedy prosecutions to regain the trust of donors" asks the Church Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Do everything possible to clean up politics and administration in order to regain the confidence of international donors whose aid is needed to alleviate the suffering of the population. This ...
• 22 November 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian courses for «crypto-Armenians» Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The city of the southern province of Dyiarbakir in south-east Turkey, has decided to continue programming Armenian courses aimed in particular at the so-called «crypto-Armenians» to enable ...