Theocratic News

◆ Italy reports that no Witnesses lost their lives in the recent earthquake that hit the southern part of that country, although over 8,000 publishers lived in the affected area. Brothers provided relief for all who suffered losses. In one town many lost their homes, but all were attending the Kingdom Hall at the time and were safe since it was not damaged.

◆ El Salvador reported an 18-percent increase in November with a new peak of 8,034 publishers in spite of difficulties in the country. Publishers averaged 12.9 hours and one study each during the month.

◆ New peaks of publishers were reported for November by many branches including Alaska, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Martinique, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.