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• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - To remember the meaning of Epiphany "to bring the message of Jesus to all those around us" Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) – To remember the meaning of Jesus' birth and the adoration of the Magi because "they will help us to bring the message of Jesus to those around us": this was the priests' exhortation addresse ...
• 7 January 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - The local Catholic community’s appeal, "Stop to violence in our Araucanía!" Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "We see with sorrow the suffering of so many families, so we insist: stop to violence in our Araucanía! As mentioned before, violence begets violence. Justice, dialogue and peace must reign! As ...
• 7 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cold and rain proliferate infections and cause the death of children in Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Agenzia Fides) - In the remote Emiliano Zapata community, in the municipality of Yajalón, in Chiapas, Mexico, five children under one have died due to acute respiratory infections, and 41 others have ...
• 7 January 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - National Migration Week: to raise awareness on the 11 million undocumented persons Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the United States (USCCB) today begins National Migration Week with a campaign that calls for comprehensive immigration reform in order to be able to legal ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: the idea to divide Egypt to create a "Coptic State " is irrational Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Coptic diaspora who launched the idea to divide Egypt to create a Coptic State are "irrational". This is what Pope Tawadros II in person said, for two months at the helm of the ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Pending the start of negotiations with the rebels, South Africa sends troops to Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa has sent about 200 soldiers to support the security of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, under threat from Seleka rebels. Despite the peace talks that open on Janu ...
• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Catechism of the Catholic Church in cambodian: A Gift for the Year of Faith Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catechism of the Catholic Church has been translated into Cambodian and "will be a valuable tool for all communities and associations of the faithful to deepen the contents of the 'Creed' ...
• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Bishops: A New Year for the New Evangelization Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - 2013 will be a year dedicated to the New Evangelization, in which the faithful will dedicate themselves "with new ardor, new methods and new expressions": This is what the Korean Bishops say in va ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan in Addis Ababa Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have reached an agreement to demarcate the boundaries between the two Countries and create a series of administrative, legislative bodies and police in t ...
• 7 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Childhood penalized, 200,000 children at risk for malnutrition Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Every day around the world 19 000 children die, and one third of these deaths are related to malnutrition. There are countries where the hunger problem is particularly severe. Among them, the young ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - To share and improve the resources of evangelization: the birth of the Catholic Laity Alliance Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Laity Alliance (http://clacla.org/), is an online platform created by the joint work of dozens of lay Catholic communities in Hong Kong and Catholic communities of the Chinese diaspo ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christmas Party for 1000 underprivileged children who are at risk Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand children among the most deprived and at risk in Bangalore and suburbs celebrated Christmas in Chamarajpet, Bangalore based NGO Oniyavara Seva Coota (BOSCO). The appointmen ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Thousands of Syrian refugee children forced to live in temporary camps in the cold Dalhamieh (Agenzia Fides) - In Dalhamieh, a small village in the Bekaa Valley, about 30 kilometers east of Beirut, the Syrian refugees are scattered in an informal camp where the tents are increasing day by day. Until a ...
• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The campaign to regain the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra restarts Antalya (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish archaeologist Nevzat Çelik, responsible for the excavations at the archaeological site of Mira-Andraike, re-launched during the Christmas holidays the request to return the relics o ...
• 4 January 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - A million internally displaced persons: a problem that needs to be addressed urgently according to Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The internally displaced people are the main victims of the conflict and are still the biggest problem in the Country," says the latest report of Caritas Somalia sent to Fides Agency. Despit ...