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• 7 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The publication of the results of presidential elections has been postponed, tension is high in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension in the city has not decreased, there is very little traffic, also because several activities have been closed and parents have preferred not to send their children to school," said ...
• 6 December 2011
  VATICAN - The Holy See is a member of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See has joined the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as a Member State. The Vatican's request was accepted by the States which are part of the international body, during the ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Have open horizons, as men of learning and of the Lord, following the example of St. Francis Xavier Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of St. Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions, the students of St. Francis Xavier Regional Seminary in Lahore organized on December 3 the celebration of the Holy Mass ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian arrested on false charges of blasphemy in Punjab, there is concern for his life Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Khurram Masih, a 25-year-old Christian worker resident in the town of Qazi, near Lahore (in Punjab), was arrested on false charges of blasphemy. As reported to Fides by the "Masihi Foundation", w ...
• 6 December 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The missionary spirit of John Paul II and Pauline Jaricot Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, on 3 and 4 December a missiological session and a prayer vigil of the members of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) was held at Jasna Góra. As Fides informs Don Tomasz At ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-No blasphemous content on the web "to ensure safety and harmony," says a Minister New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India has asked social network and website operators, like Facebook, Google, Skype and Yahoo, to remove material that is offensive to political leaders and religious groups. The Indian teleco ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The church in the parish of Nan Du Huo of Yi Ling dedicated to S. Francis Xavier Yi Du (Agenzia Fides) - According to reports by Faith of He Bei to Fides, the parish of Nan Huo Ling of Yi Du, province of Shan Dong, celebrated the solemn dedication of the church to S. Francis Xavier on the day of the ...
• 6 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -Calm returns in Cajamarca, the Church supports dialogue for a permanent solution Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Cajamarca is returning to its normal activities without any kind of public concern, said the Minister of the Interior, Oscar Valdes Dancuart yesterday, speaking to a national radio ...
• 6 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The tension is very high in Kinshasa while awaiting the announcement of the winner of the presidential elections Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension is high, even if one lives in an almost unreal silence, because the traffic is reduced and the vendors who are usually stationed in the city streets seem to have disappeared. Sever ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A simple plastic bottle brings free light into the homes of the poorest Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the Philippines about a third of the population lives below the poverty line. This is the second Asian country with the highest rates for electricity, after Japan. Thanks to the initiative "Is ...
• 6 December 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - New attack in Dadaab where almost 400,000 Somali refugees live Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A police officer was killed and three others were seriously injured in the explosion of a bomb in the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, bordering Somalia. The different camps in Dadaab are home ...
• 6 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A truce to violence, at least for the Christmas season Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Cuernavaca (Morelos) in Mexico, Archbishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras joined the request for a truce for Christmas proposed to the drug cartels by the poet and journalist Javier ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests and boycotts on behalf of Christians against "blasphemous shoes" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A footwear company on the market in Pakistan has spread models of shoes that bear on the back the design of the Cross: the phenomenon has generated strong protests and a boycott campaign of the C ...
• 5 December 2011
  VATICAN-Pope calls for solidarity towards those who must leave "often forcedly" their country Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for solidarity towards those who are forced to leave their country or are stateless, was launched by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Angelus yesterday, on Sunday, December ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand young people on the first Youth Day of the Diocese of Xia Men Xia Men (Agenzia Fides) - Sharing the experience of World Youth Day in Madrid was the high point of the first World Youth Day celebrated by the Diocese of Xia Men, Fu Jian province in mainland China, on November 20, the ...