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• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 70 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition and 13 million work Anantapur (Agenzia Fides) - In India about 72 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition: in addition to the risk of death, malnutrition causes delays in physical and mental growth. There are also 13 million young ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa: "One is trying to destabilize the north of Kenya" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The people targeted by the Shabaab are skilled workers (doctors, nurses, teachers, policemen, military, civil servants etc ...) from other parts of Kenya. Forcing them to flee means destabilizi ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Cremisan case: Palestinian mayors and Catholic organizations reject the alternatives proposed by the Israeli government Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of St. Yves - Catholic organization active in the field of human rights and sponsored by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem - released a statement on Monday 1 December on the resu ...
• 1 December 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - A Commission to save the country from the crisis Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haitian President Michel Martelly has announced the formation of a Commission composed of "credible and honest people" to study the solutions to end the crisis. The announcement was given ...
• 1 December 2014
  ASIA - The decisive contribution of the Jesuits in education in South Asia Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "Education is the main tool for the integral development of the human family. It allows the individual growth of each person and helps to build the nation. Education is the answer to many socio ...
• 1 December 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Civil war is causing the loss of a generation of children Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - There are 5 million children who are in urgent need of aid and humanitarian assistance in Syria, out of a total of over 12 million people in the same condition. Because of civil war, the countr ...
• 1 December 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Compassion but also "no" to corruption: the Church celebrates the Year of the poor Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine Church invites "to celebrate 2015 as the Year of the poor". Christ, with his suffering "becomes oppressed, despised, helpless, miserable", note the Bishops in a message released on ...
• 1 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Justice and Peace Commission: The state of insecurity is to be declared "national disaster" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Declaring the state of insecurity in which different areas of Kenya live as a "national disaster" and regulate the sale of ammunition to ordinary citizens: are some of the demands made by the "J ...
• 1 December 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Novena to Our Lady of Caacupé, opportunity to reflect on the rights of the defenseless and the responsibilities of politicians Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Lucio Alfert, O.M.I., Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo (Paraguay), celebrated yesterday, November 30, Mass in the Basilica of Caacupé, for the third day of novena i ...
• 1 December 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram: assault on the capital of Yobe, new victims over the weekend Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, in northern Nigeria, was assaulted in the early morning hours today, December 1, by a commando of Boko Haram. According to the testimony of some of the inhabitants ...
• 1 December 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Children are half of the victims of landmines and prohibited explosive devices Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the NGO "Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines" (CCCM) prepare a report regarding the victims of this scourge. In 2013, the Latin American Country was the second in the world with the la ...
• 29 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Christians in Italy: motion for religious freedom Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To propose a motion on religious freedom in Pakistan to Italian politicians, to be approved in Parliament; to invite the international community and the Italian government - especially during the ...
• 29 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah movement: Advent of solidarity and friendship with Muslims Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus, the Emmanuel (God with us). Muslims and Christians in the 'Silsilah' movement for dialogue always highlights at the beginning of Adven ...
• 29 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Students missing: "The authorities must clarify the situation", said the Bishop of Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) - In a video sent to Fides (and also published on the website of the Diocese of Tlaxcala), Mgr. Francisco Moreno Barrón, Bishop of Tlaxcala states that the authorities should clarify the story o ...
• 29 November 2014
  AFRICA - Flexibility in health systems and community approach that adapts to the daily realities of HIV-positive people Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - 71% of the 35 million people living with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. The call by (UNAIDS) to close the gap around access to HIV services will not be met unless the delivery of anti ...