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• 29 January 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Prayer and medical assistance for pilgrims visiting the relic of St. Camillus Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the celebrations of the fourth centenary of the death of St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614), the ampule with the heart of the "Saint of the Sick" continues to go ar ...
• 29 January 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram declares ceasefire in Borno State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Boko Haram, or at least a part of this jihadist group that operates in northern Nigeria, has agreed to a ceasefire. According to the website of the newspaper "Nigerian Tribune", a group suspected ...
• 29 January 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Rape and murder of the 23 year-old Indian girl: the accused, who is a minor, soon free New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - One of the six accused in the rape and murder of the 23 year-old Indian girl, who a month ago shook the whole world, is a minor: it was established by the juvenile court in Delhi. This, accord ...
• 29 January 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: the States arming the regime and opposition take on the criminal responsibility of the Syrian tragedy Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the States "that make war in Syria by providing money, weapons and means both for the regime and for the opposition," with their "evil work of incitement" are responsible before t ...
• 28 January 2013
  AFRICA/NIGER - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Niamey Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on January 26, 2013, appointed Rev. Djalwana Laurent Lompo, Vicar General of the archdiocese as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Niamey (Niger). Rev. Dj ...
• 28 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - First Communion and charitable works for the Chinese New Year: the parish of Xian Wen lives the Year of Faith Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - An in-depth catechetical formation for Christian sacraments and charitable works, in view of the Chinese New Year, are some initiatives with which the parish of Xian Wen in Beijing is experienci ...
• 28 January 2013
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The national stock of essential goods destroyed in the fire of the central market in Bujumbura Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Traders have lost everything and the national stock of essential goods has been destroyed. Now skyrocketing prices will rise and people unfortunately pay the consequences," says to Fides Agen ...
• 28 January 2013
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Danger of cannibalism in the poorest provinces affected by drought and famine Pyongyang (Agenzia Fides) - It is estimated that a severe famine in the rural Korean provinces of North and South Hwanghae has caused the deaths of 10 000 people due to cannibalism and it is feared that such accidents ma ...
• 28 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "A priest has disappeared and no one knows anything": the Nuncio prays together with 35 thousand young Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, His Exc. Mgr. Christophe Pierre, has shown his share of suffering of the families of kidnap victims, and expressed particular concern over the disappearance of ...
• 28 January 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - March of solidarity for the hostages in Mesopotamia Hassake (Agenzia Fides) - A march of solidarity with the victims of kidnappings; a march to raise awareness towards the phenomenon of kidnapping; an "assembly of hope" that was attended by all members of society: Christi ...
• 28 January 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Approximately 3,000 cases of child abuse in 2012: murders, accidents, abuse Neiva (Agenzia Fides) - Every day 3 children die from violent causes in Colombia. Up till January 21 of this year 101 murders of children have been recorded, and in 2012 there were 2936 reported cases of child abuse. Acc ...
• 28 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - The population of the cities liberated are celebrating Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "In the region liberated by jihadist groups, the population is celebrating" says to Fides Agency don Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, where the French and Ma ...
• 28 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Synod for the election of the new Chaldean Patriarch has started Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today the Synod of the Patriarchal Church of Babylon of the Chaldeans has started in Rome, convened by Pope Benedict XVI for the election of the new Patriarch. The presidency of the Synod � ...
• 28 January 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - For the Bishops "the food crisis that affects thousands of Guatemalans is more serious than the financial crisis" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - In a message published on January 26, titled "Blessed are those who work for peace" (Mt 5:9), the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (CEG) gathers the conclusions of the Plenary Assembly h ...
• 26 January 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A video on the internet explains to children what it means to be a missionary Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "What a missionary gives" is the title of a cartoon animation that aims to explain to the children what it means to be missionaries. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Spain have prepared ...