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• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Hai Men opens the Year of Faith administering 445 Confirmations Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful were 445 adults from the Diocese of Hai Men, in Jiang Su province, in mainland China, who received the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation, on October 14, at t ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - "Year of Faith" amid the persecutions of Christians forced to become "animists" Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Some loatian civilian officials of the province of Savannakhet threaten to destroy the homes of Christians in the village of Seekaew if they refuse to perform animist religious rituals. Acco ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hope and dignified life for 600 children and adults with disabilities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The list of children and adults physically and mentally disabled in the Philippines is heavy. There are 600 young children and adults affected by different disabilities assisted at the center El ...
• 22 October 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - One hundred thousand young people at the pilgrimage of Santa Teresa de Los Andes: "You must be proud of being Christians," exhorts the Archbishop of Santiago Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than 100,000 people, mostly young people took part on Saturday, October 20 at pilgrimage to the Shrine of Santa Teresa de Los Andes, covering some 27 km from the town of Chacabuco to the " ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: questions, fears and prayers of the Christians of Syria after the massacre of Bab Touma Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The mass murderer attack carried out on Sunday, October 21 in the area of Bab Touma, on the eve of a peace mission that will bring Cardinals and delegated Bishops of the Synod of Bishops in Syr ...
• 22 October 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Allegations to Portugal for the assault against the barracks, so "the isolation of the Country accentuates" Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is currently calm, the security forces, however, have strengthened border controls and along the roads, and searched a number of houses in search of those responsible for the attac ...
• 22 October 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church asks for peace and dialogue, after the death of a child in the fighting for ZLC land Panama (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest information Fides Agency received, the government of Panama has considered the opportunity to start a dialogue on the sale of land in the ZLC area after the riots on Frida ...
• 20 October 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai condemns the massacre in Beirut: "a criminal attack against peace and the joyful effects of the Pope's visit" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Bechara Boutros Rai "strongly condemns the horrific explosion which took place yesterday in Beirut", which killed general Wissam el-Hassan, head of the int ...
• 19 October 2012
  VATICAN - Missionary world at the opening of the Council: even in 1962 Mission Day was on October 21 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In October 1962, when the Second Vatican Council opened, World Mission Day was celebrated on Sunday, October 21, the same date as this year 2012, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "To evangelize all peoples so that they become disciples": the National Director of the PMS in Taiwan for World Mission Day Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "To evangelize all peoples so that they become disciples" is the title of Fr. Felice Chech’s letter, MI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Taiwan, addressed to all ...
• 19 October 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "There is no mission without missionaries": 14,000 Spanish missionaries in the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Day is celebrated on Sunday, October 21 also in the whole of Spain, known under the name of "Domund." The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain, Fr. A ...
• 19 October 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "It is time to make a quantum leap to promote, support and assist the laity," said Mgr. Aguiar Retes Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Aguiar Retes, speaking with journalists during a break of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization which he is at ...
• 19 October 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 30 armed groups in the east of the Country: "the weakness of the State favours their proliferation" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There are more than 30 armed groups operating in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in North Kivu. This is what is stated in a report by the UN Mission fo ...
• 19 October 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Alarm concerning the vulnerability of girls, adolescents and young women Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The most vulnerable part of the population in Guatemala is made up of young women who are victims of different kinds of violence. This is what the director of the Office for the Protectio ...
• 19 October 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission: To restore hope to the people of the Philippines devastated by the Typhoon Ondoy Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In all the parishes and dioceses of Australia, World Mission Day, October 21 will lead to a particular commitment for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the country (Catholic Mission Australia). ...