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• 13 January 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still controversy about the transoceanic canal: the Bishops call for clarity Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Improvised" and "without being verified technically": is how the president of the Academy of Sciences of Nicaragua, Manuel Ortega Hegg, defined the "change" in the route of the transoceanic can ...
• 13 January 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Copts kidnapped: jihadist websites spread photos Sirte (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, January 12 some jihadist websites published photos of 21 Coptic Egyptians abducted in recent weeks in Sirte in two group seizures, attributing the kidnappings to the Islamic State (IS ...
• 13 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – A mentally disabled man killed on charges of blasphemy Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – A 52-year-old Muslim man, Abid Mehmood, accused of blasphemy in 2011 and released from prison a few days ago because of physical and mental disabilities, was killed by masked men. His disab ...
• 13 January 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Dialogue to end the crisis: the exhortation of the Episcopal Conference Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - With the title "Ethical and spiritual renewal before the crisis", the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela has published a pastoral exhortation articulated in 24 points that invites Christians to r ...
• 13 January 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC - The situation is improving, the Bishops launch a campaign for social cohesion Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Central African Republic note with satisfaction that there is an improvement regarding the food situation and security in some cities of Central Africa. This emerged on Sunday, ...
• 13 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - "The presence of the Pope, a sign of peace and unity, a wake up call for the nation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope is for us a great sign of peace and unity. His presence represents a wake up call for the entire nation: it is an invitation to undertake the path of peace and reconciliation, dialogue ...
• 13 January 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Over 10,000 children at the yearly pilgrimage organized by Missionary Childhood Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 children and teens of the Archdiocese of Dakar (capital of Senegal) gathered at the Shrine of Notre Dame de la Délivrance de Popenguine, to experience the annual pilgrimage in th ...
• 13 January 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: no "approval" from the Patriarch to the emigration of Christians in Germany and Canada Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - With an official statement the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans denies the allegations circulated online that Patriarch Louis Raphael I granted his approval to the emigration of 13 thous ...
• 12 January 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Shops are empty: Cardinal Urosa calls on the government to act quickly and urges to remain calm Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Archbishop of Caracas, Jorge Urosa Savino, urged Venezuelans to remain calm before the critical situation they are experiencing regarding the lack of food, and urged the government to s ...
• 12 January 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A hall of Christian worship set on fire: faithful in terror Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Dismay and terror in the Christian community of Rawalpindi. The faithful are still in shock over the incident which occurred on the night of 29 December, when a hall of Protestant Christian w ...
• 12 January 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Recalling the earthquake in Haiti with the testimony of Zilda Arns Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - On January 10 about 30,000 Brazilians participated in a ceremony and a Mass in the stadium of the city of Curitiba, Paraná state (southern Brazil) to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the e ...
• 12 January 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Future hope for a major demonstration to take place just like the one in Paris to say no to Boko Haram" proposes Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The new strategy of Boko Haram terrorists to use innocent children as human bombs is abhorrent and unimaginable" says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the E ...
• 12 January 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - International Delegation of Bishops visit Gaza; for Archbishop Fontana "a devastated situation" Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – The group of 16 Bishops who make up the Holy Land Coordination (Hlc), a body that brings together Bishops and representatives of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe and North America (see Fides 0 ...
• 12 January 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance: "Stalemate, the peace process must be relaunched" says the Bishop of Ziguinchor Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The true peace that we await is an act of courage that commits both sides to lay down their arms to speak in truth and draw the outlines of a final and lasting peace, based on a written and signe ...
• 12 January 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "The Pope's visit will be an impetus to reconciliation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The presence of Pope Francis, from 13 to 15 January, among us is a gift and a blessing. The climate we live in today is very positive and the Pope's visit will be an impetus to national reconci ...