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• 13 December 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The M23 agree to lay down their arms, and now Ugandan groups sow death in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The peace agreement between the government in Kinshasa and the M23, the main rebel group operating in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been signed. According to Ugand ...
• 13 December 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church to the President: Rethink reclamations Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A strong and heartfelt appeal from the whole Church in the Philippines was addressed to the country's president, Benigno Aquino: the Cardinal of Manila, Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Emeritus Gaud ...
• 13 December 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on December 13, 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), by His Exc. Mgr. Murphy Nicholas Xavier Paklam, i ...
• 13 December 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Between the dream of peace and the continuation of war": too much violence in Antioquia against those who defend human rights Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - A research carried out between 1 December 2012 and November 15, 2013, recently presented by human rights organizations in Colombia, summarizes attacks, threats and violence against human right ...
• 12 December 2013
  AMERICA – On the feast of our Lady of Guadalupe, CELAM renews its website Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, December 12, on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), has launched a totally new version of its website and information service "NOTICELAM". CE ...
• 12 December 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO -"Foreigners are not criminals": the appeal on behalf of the mothers of the Caravan Mexico City ( Agenzia Fides) – Friar Tomás González, director of the house of immigrants of Tenosique Tabasco, welcomed the Caravan of Central American mothers who arrived in the capital of Mexico (see Fides 06/12/20 ...
• 12 December 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Syrian refugees in the grip of cold weather and snow Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Storm Alexa makes the living conditions for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who fled the war zone unbearable. "In the boundless Zaatari refugee camp" refers to Fides Wael Suleiman, Direct ...
• 12 December 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Adopt a project": people can redeem thanks to education Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Adopt a project" is a simple and concrete way to help situations of extreme poverty. The project allows the survival and growth of non-profit centers, created by AVSI projects during many years o ...
• 12 December 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The military hospitals refuse to treat the militiamen El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - The military hospitals in El Obeid and Khartoum refused to treat the wounded militiamen during the recent fighting with rebel groups in South Kordofan. The inhabitants of El Obeid, the capital ...
• 12 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptians in Austria candidate Pope Tawadros for the Nobel Prize Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Austria launches the campaign to candidate Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II for the Nobel Prize for Peace. This was announced by the head of the Egyptian community in Austria Mufid Ekladios. ...
• 12 December 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas urges to "combat violence, not with words, but with actions" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - On his return to Bolivia from the Vatican, where he was received by Pope Francis, Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, held a press conference where he tal ...
• 11 December 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop of Seoul: A new year for the new evangelization Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The Word of God is a driving force of the new evangelization": this is why we must insist to highlight the importance of the Bible in every pastoral area: this is what the Archbishop of Seoul, Ms ...
• 11 December 2013
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - The Archbishop of Suva: "We do not want a Christian state but full respect of religious freedom" Suva ( Agenzia Fides) - "We do not want a theocracy, we never said we wanted a Christian state. However, we are concerned about whether a secularist state wants to reduce faith to a purely individualistic matter": is the ...
• 11 December 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "There is social fear, now we have to heal the wounds of the people": the Bishop of Concordia talks about the violence Concordia (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Luis Armando Collazuol, Bishop of Concordia (Argentina), participated in the negotiations between the governor Sergio Urribarri and representatives of the police, whose officer ...
• 11 December 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops call for social peace: problems have to be faced with dialogue Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Argentina is in desperate need to stop attitudes that jeopardize safety and social peace. This affects all of us". This is how the message of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina begins w ...