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• 29 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - After improvised lessons in the street, minors are forced to bring chairs in a house used as a school every day Cuernavaca (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 90 school children between 5 and 10 years of age enrolled in a school with no name of recent construction located in Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas of the city of Cuernavaca, came toget ...
• 29 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Observatory for Reconciliation and Peace is created Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To support peace negotiations with the FARC and to work for national reconciliation. This is the purpose of the Observatory for reconciliation and peace, recognized by the National Conciliation C ...
• 29 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mgr. Kaigama: "Boko Haram attacks Muslims who do not think like them" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The terrible attack against Muslims in prayer shows that Boko Haram has expanded its objectives", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Confer ...
• 28 November 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Debate on the mining law, the Bishops ask respect for the environment Comodoro Rivadavia (Agenzia Fides) - Respect for the environment, as it is part of creation, was confirmed by the Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, His Exc. Mgr. Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz, along with his Auxiliary Bishop, His Ex ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - "Magic shows" to finance the schooling of children Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - To finance the schooling of children in Benin, a group of "wizards" have set up a series of shows for young children who go to the kindergarten run by the NGO Spanish Mensajeros de la Paz, in Co ...
• 28 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - From the first Sunday of Advent: Twelve Days of Prayer for Peace Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico invite to pray and work for peace in the country. The statement of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, also sent to Agenzia Fides, entitled "Let us pray and work for peac ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops reaffirm that the ordination of women to the priesthood is not recognised in the Catholic Church Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - With a Pastoral Statement signed by His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town and Chairman of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, the South African Bishops reaff ...
• 28 November 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Semarang: "Serve the common good, beyond religious belief" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Who holds political and institutional office is called to serve the people and to promote the common good, beyond his personal religious beliefs or ethnicity. And citizens have to choose leader ...
• 28 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The head of the group that had seized the Polish priest has been released Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to be free, it is something extraordinary. I was held for six weeks. I was treated well and respected", said, Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest abducted in Central A ...
• 28 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalit: discrimination for 165 million Indians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Discrimination related to caste, child labor, early marriage of girls and chronic malnutrition are some of the most serious problems affecting the Indian population. Castes and subcastes are m ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - A group of doctors provide free health service in the diocese of Hai Men Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) – To give witness to the Gospel through the works of charity: is the reason that led to the formation of the "Group of Divine Providence" that offers free health service to Catholics and non-Cat ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Justice for the massacre in Maguindanao: the relatives of the victims write to the Pope Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Relatives of the victims killed in the "Massacre in Maguindanao" - the kidnapping and barbaric execution of 46 people in Maguindanao province took place on November 23, 2009 - have appealed to Po ...
• 27 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Vicar General of Bouar: "Fr. Mateusz is fine and was released without the use of force" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest is fine. He was kidnapped in mid-October in the Central African Republic (see Fides 15/10/2014) and was released yesterday, November 26. This w ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Church ready to intervene to ensure the country's political future Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The spokesman of the "Episcopal Commission for Mediation" (CEM), Mgr. Patrick Aris said that the Catholic Church is waiting for the synthesis of the various proposals on political consult ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk: unrealistic and wrong to dream of an autonomous enclave for Christians in the Nineveh Plain Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The project still cherished by acronyms and political leaders who want to create an autonomous enclave in the future reserved for Christians in the Nineveh Plain, currently in the hands of the ji ...