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• 8 November 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE – Mgr. Ezzati re-elected President of the CECh; waiting for the final message of the Assembly Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The 106th Plenary Assembly of the Chilean Episcopal Conference (CECh) has re-elected the Archbishop of Santiago, His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Ezzati Andrello as President for a further period of three ...
• 7 November 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Archbishop of Managua’s appeal to prevent dengue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "It is really sad to read news that a person, especially a young person, a child dies due to dengue hemorrhagic fever", said the Archbishop of Managua, Msgr. Leopoldo Brenes, in a statement sent ...
• 7 November 2013
  ASIA - The nations of Central Asia: repatriate compatriots who fight in Syria Almaty ( Agenzia Fides) - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, three of the major nations of Central Asia, are studying ways and solutions to repatriate compatriots fighting in Syria and to block the flow of Islamist a ...
• 7 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A Bishop reiterates the "right to catechism" for children Cuddapah ( Agenzia Fides) - Among the many rights to be granted to children, there is also the "right to catechism", that is to say the right to Christian education in order to grow in faith: this is emphasized by His Ex ...
• 7 November 2013
  AMERICA - The Meeting of Guadalupe closes the Year of Faith in the continent Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of "Our Lady of Guadalupe, Star of the New Evangelization in the Americas will open on November 16 at the premises of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, with a ...
• 7 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: the jihadi militias also massacre the other rebels Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - In the Syrian city of Hassaké and Qamishli there was no massacre of Christians and the government army "gives the impression of being able to defeat the rebels when it wants and as it wants". ...
• 7 November 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Abortion is a threat to the very existence of the nation", the Bishops said Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Abortion not only goes against the law of God, but also against the Angolan cultural identity and is therefore a threat to the very existence of the nation. This is what the Angolan Bishops said ...
• 7 November 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Church in defense of creation and against the destruction of natural heritage La Vega (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of La Vega, His Exc. Mgr. Antonio Camilo Gonzalez, has launched an appeal to priests, deacons, and representatives of various sectors of pastoral care in defense and the preservation ...
• 7 November 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Hard Times": Pope Tawadros renounces to celebrate the anniversary of his inauguration Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Tawadros II canceled the celebrations planned to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration as the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The anniversary falls on November 18. The renun ...
• 7 November 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Exclusion and discrimination, but also struggle and resistance for indigenous women around the world Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty, ignorance, indifference, are words often associated to indigenous groups around the world, the most affected by discrimination for opportunities, income and access to basic services. The p ...
• 7 November 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A stampede left at least 28 people dead during a prayer vigil Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A stampede that left at least 28 people dead was caused by a false alarm raised by someone not yet identified (and another 200 were hospitalized) in the Holy Ghost Adoration Center in Uke, in the ...
• 6 November 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Air raid on a school in the area of the Nuba Mountains: people killed and wounded El Abassiya (Agenzia Fides) - Five people were killed and 20 wounded during an air raid on a school in the town of El Abassiya on the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan in Sudan. According to information released by Rad ...
• 6 November 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Jesuits: online courses for refugees Amman (Agenzia Fides) – Currently there are more than 500 thousand Syrian refugees in Jordan. The jesuits have set up online higher education courses which have already been tested in other contexts marked by wars and ...
• 6 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Historic event: a Bishop at the Congress of Coahuila opens a dialogue for the rights of migrants Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - "Abroad we have become a country that stands out because here we kill migrants" denounced the Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Raúl Vera López, O.P., ...
• 6 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Kerala to the government: give a home to the homeless Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - To give a home to the homeless in Kerala was the appeal launched to the state government of Kerala by Philipose Mar Crisostomo, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara independent Church "M ...