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7 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radical groups in the square, wave of arrests, minorities under attack
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A day of high tension in Pakistan because of protest marches and a strike called by Islamic radical groups of "Tahafuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat" ("Alliance to defend the name of the Prophet") to ask f ...
7 October 2011
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Courses on technology for children at risk
Sihanoukville (Agenzia Fides) - During the month of October, 20 young people at risk in the remote Cambodian province of Kep, Takeo and Kompot will start to attend training courses on Internet technologies and web design ...
6 October 2011
VATICAN - Pope's new appeal for the Horn of Africa: "I invite everyone to offer prayers and concrete support"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, October 5, held at St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI made a new appeal for the drammatic situation of the people in the Horn of Africa. ...
6 October 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Over one thousand faithful welcome three new priests in the diocese of Yan An
Yan An (Agenzia Fides) - There were over a thousand faithful of the diocese of Yan An, in the province of Shaa Xi, who attended the ordination of three new diocesan priests on October 3. The solemn ceremony was presided ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/CHILE - First meeting of national missionary of seminarians, in the light of Aparecida and the Continental Mission
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebrations for the missionary month of October, from 6 to 9 October, at the Major Seminary "Christ the King" of Rancagua, the first meeting of the National Missionary of Semina ...
6 October 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - Fears for the outbreak of a conflict of ample proportions in Sudan
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing alarm about the risk of a possible civil war in Sudan, after the announcement that the rebels active in Darfur, in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile region are about to conclu ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Different dialogues to build peace: conflict analysis and experiences of dialogue
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today and tomorrow, October 6 and 7, the Third National Meeting for Peace-building with the title "Different dialogues to build peace" will be held in Bogota, at the headquarters of the Episcopal ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/CANADA - "For a Better World": video clip of the PMS for the missionary month of October
Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the missionary month of October, which will culminate on World Mission Day, the Pontifical Mission Societies of the French-speaking Canada put a new video clip online which l ...
6 October 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 600 thousand displaced persons, victims of typhoons: humanitarian help is urgently needed
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "More than 600 thousand displaced people are struggling to survive, they are in the pouring rain, and they find shelter in churches, they hope to receive humanitarian help", says Fr. Socrates Mes ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian women do not report the violence between couples in order to protect their children
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 56% of the population over 18 years of age in four cities of Peru believe that women do not report incidents of violence to avoid retaliation against their children. A recent survey conducted in Li ...
6 October 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church encourages parents to get their children vaccinated
Tuxpan (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Third National Week of Health in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the Catholic Church invited all parents to get their children vaccinated against various diseases. In their ...
6 October 2011
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Refugees: Public opinion and political expediency have inacted the need for protection of asylum seekers in a negative way
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - "In its Preamble, the 1951 Refugee Convention sets as its purpose 'to assure refugees the widest possible exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms'. But today in many regions of the worl ...
6 October 2011
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - "Stop to crimes against humanity, access to humanitarian agencies": NGOs letter to Kim Jong-il
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Protesters and civil society activists took to the streets today in Seoul to ask North Korea to "stop the crimes against humanity and violations of human rights" and "to allow access to humanitari ...
5 October 2011
VATICAN - LXXIV volume of "Bibliographia Missionary" has been published for the year 2010
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Library of the Pontifical Urban University has published the LXXIV volume of " Bibliographia Missionaria" for the year 2010. This work is unique in its kind, it offers vast documentatio ...
5 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Stalemate in the economy, floods, Qadri’s case, blasphemy: government crisis, risks for Minorities increase
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The economy, the controversy concerning the lack of electricity to vast parts of the population, the slow progress in the management of flood emergency have had a decisive influence on the g ...
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