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• 13 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Conclusion of the 10th "Caravan of hope": 9 missing migrants found Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The tenth caravan of a group of 40 Central American mothers ended on December 7th, who after 17 days of travel managed to find nine migrants. The note sent to Fides reports of cases like th ...
• 12 December 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - "I walk with you": the Catholic community prepares itself for Christmas Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, the Catholic communities in mainland China have launched numerous initiatives of charity and spirituality in this Advent season to help the faithful, especially the elderly ...
• 12 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Christian leaders ask Muslims "for a deliberate and concerted effort" to stop the violence of the Shabaab Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to see a deliberate and concerted effort by our Muslim brothers and sisters. They (Muslim leaders) must move merely beyond condemning the spate of attacks targeting non-Muslims to initi ...
• 12 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch proposes three days of fasting to ask refugees to return to their homes Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Fasting, prayer and penance in the three days before Christmas and the invitation to give up parties with music and dancing at Christmas and New Year: these are the acts of penance that Patriarc ...
• 12 December 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish historians working to refute reconstructions of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 Ankara (Fides) - The Center for Strategic Research of the New Turkey YTSAM (Yeni Turkiye Stratejik Arastırmalar Merkezi) has commissioned eight Turkish historians to provide materials and useful contributions to refute ...
• 12 December 2014
  AFRICA - The anti-terrorism laws cause concern for the respect of human rights and democracy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Acts of terrorism committed by organizations such as Boko Haram (in Nigeria and Cameroon) and Al Shabaab (in Somalia, Kenya and Uganda) are pushing some African states to adopt specific anti-terror ...
• 12 December 2014
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Napo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 December 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I., current Pro-Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbios as Apostolic Vicar of Napo (Ecuado ...
• 12 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Kurdistan: even Christian politicians criticize the composition of the electoral Commission Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Leaders and activists of local political parties inspired by Christians joined the protest march held on Thursday, December 11 on the streets of Erbil, to the seat of the Government of the autonom ...
• 11 December 2014
  EUROPE/POLAND - Mary, model of missionary commitment for all believers Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "Mary - Model of missionary zeal" was the theme of the meeting and prayer vigil promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union of Poland, which took place on 6 and 7 December at the National Sh ...
• 11 December 2014
  AMERICA - The new land of the "landless", a living and current history Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The experience of the movement of the "landless" of Brazil, who continue to struggle in search of their own fate, like that of other similar movements of the continent, is presented in the n. 27 ...
• 11 December 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Bishops and priests inspired by the Evangelii Gaudium in prayer and action Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" is a valuable document in Indonesia for meditation, prayer and for the pastoral service of Bishops and priests in Indonesia and continu ...
• 11 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: "The government must not encourage Hindu extremists" New Delh (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to look on Hindu extremist groups and to stop the incitement to violence among communities". This is what is said in a note from the "Catholic Sec ...
• 11 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Syro-Catholic Bishops: let us apply the principles of the "Declaration of al-Azhar" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the great powers and rulers of Iraq must "hasten the release of Mosul and Nineveh Plain" from the jihadists of the Islamic State, so that the refugees who fled from those lands can r ...
• 11 December 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Drug and human trafficking: "There are people who have money stained with blood in their pocket" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Drug and human trafficking are criminal activities carried out by organized criminal gangs, who earn territories with corruption in various structures of society and the State. Some people ...
• 11 December 2014
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA- "I saw the urgency of the first evangelization with my own eyes" says a Fidei Donum priest Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I saw the urgency of the first evangelization with my own eyes and it is so true what John Paul II said in Redemptoris Missio: after 2000 years of Christianity the evangelizing mission is just be ...