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• 3 February 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Everyone must commit themselves for peace and social justice Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (CEG) has urged the three branches of government, entrepreneurs, landowners, workers and the entire civil society in general to work for peace and so ...
• 3 February 2014
  AFRICA/RWANDA - An initiative to spread the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "In order to offer a suitable tool to spread the knowledge of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church in the Christian community in Rwanda, the Kwizera Association has promoted the pu ...
• 3 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Assiut, police operation against the abduction of Copts Assiut (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian security forces in the first days of February carried out a huge operation in the city of Assiut to dismantle an organized crime network that for months organized kidnappings, robber ...
• 3 February 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - UN Coordinator in Papua: "Additional reflection is needed with regards to death penalty" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "With regards to death penalty the government should take a bit of time for extra reflection. It is necessary to consider the next steps carefully and consider other options" says Roy Trive ...
• 3 February 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR -"Humanitarian catastrophe" in Katanga, says the UN Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of local notables is on a visit in northern Katanga (in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo) to soothe the minds of the local population alarmed by the actions of the Bak ...
• 3 February 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Violence and injustice in the testimonies of the Roman missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and injustice are evils still rooted in the hearts of men. The stories of three mission experiences lived by priests and lay people in Rome are the focus of the meeting to be held on Monda ...
• 3 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Jowai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 3, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Menamparampil, SDB, Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati as Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of ...
• 1 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishops: "Do not exclude the Church and civil society from peace talks" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Why has the Church been excluded from the peace talks in Addis Ababa? Ask the Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan in the Pastoral Exhortation published at the end of their Plenary Assembly held in Jub ...
• 1 February 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite priest Paul Karam new President of Caritas Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Catholic Patriarchates and Priests which convenes under Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai in Bkirki appointed Maronite priest Paul Karam as new president of Caritas Lebanon on January ...
• 1 February 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Let us not forget the suffering of the peoples of Sudan", says the Church Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "As we focus on South Sudan, we remain painfully aware of the suffering of the peoples of the Nuba Mountains, Darfur and Blue Nile, and the contested area of Abyei", write the Bishops of Sudan and ...
• 31 January 2014
  AFRICA/CHAD - Resignation of the Bishop of Doba and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 January 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Doba (Chad), by His Exc. Mgr. Michele Russo, M.C.C.J., in accordance with canon 4 ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "The world of children is not limited to technology, they relate with God" Toluca ( Agenzia Fides ) - "We are very happy, especially with regards to formation: our hopes are big, because I believe that a living Church is well aware of her being and of her work, and even more so when it comes to ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - According to the report of an NGO, more than 500 deaths in prisons in 2013 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) presented its annual report which states that the number of prisoners who died in prison in this country in 2013 was 506, "it is a high number" ...
• 31 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - New agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities, reached through the mediation of religious leaders Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the efforts of the Church Leaders Mediation Initiative CLMI in Jonglei State, an agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities between the Government of South Sudan and the Cobra Faction of S ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The commitment of the authorities to work together with the Church Toluca ( Agenzia Fides) – The XVI National Congress of Missionary Childhood (see Fides 30/01/2014) opened yesterday in Toluca, Mexico, in the presence of the Bishop of Toluca, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Javier Chavolla Ra ...