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28 September 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - The fourth Camillian priest and 17 Divine Word missionaries have been ordained in Flores
Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 25, at the Theological Seminary of the Divine Word in Maumere, on the island of Flores, the Bishop Emeritus Mgr.Anton Pain Ratu, DWS, ordained the fourth Camillian priest ...
28 September 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The parish of St. Vincent de Paul would like to thank Our Lady for her protection and the Lazarist missionaries who brought the Gospel
Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "Give thanks to Our Lady who protected and ensured us the success of the mission, tribute to the Lazarist missionaries who brought us the Gospel, invoking the Lord for a better future of the Ch ...
28 September 2011
AMERICA - The new President of LAMEC in Rome to meet the Pope and the Vatican dicasteries
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From October 6 to 12 the members of the Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (LAMEC) led by their president, His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), wi ...
28 September 2011
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Building Justice, reconciliation and peace in Uruguay
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides ) - The Second National Assembly of the Prison Pastoral Care was held in Montevideo, which was attended by more than 30 pastoral operators from Rivera, Melo, Mercedes, Montevideo, Salto, Maldona ...
28 September 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "I would not have any problems to vote for a Muslim if I considered him appropriate for the office" says the Bishop of Luxor
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The elections for the People's Assembly (Lower Chamber) of Egypt will be held on Nov. 28. This was announced by the Supreme Council of the armed forces, that has governed the country since the fal ...
28 September 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil society and Christians mobilize to "save the Irrawaddy"; the Bishops wrote to the government
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Environmentalists, singers, poets, journalists, fishermen, Christians, activists, monks, Bishops: all united to "Save the Irrawaddy", the great river that crosses from north to south Myanmar, and ...
28 September 2011
ASIA - Asian Bishops: "Religious fundamentalism is the greatest danger in the continent"
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of secularization and the growth of religious fundamentalism are "the two greatest challenges of evangelization in Asia", says His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Menamparampil to Fides, Archbis ...
28 September 2011
VATICAN - Program of the Pope's trip to Benin for the promulgation of the post-synodal Exhortation
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican Press Office today published the program of the apostolic visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Benin on the occasion of the signing and publication of the Apostolic Exhortation of the ...
28 September 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - Students engaged in social responsibility
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement between the Director of Caritas Rome, Msgr. Enrico Feroci, and the Rector of the European University of Rome, Father Paolo Scarafoni LC, has just been signed, which will allow students ...
28 September 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "Hundreds of Eritreans detained in police stations", reports don Mussie Zerai
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of refugees and Eritrean refugees in Egypt is even more dramatic: we have been denouncing the kidnapping of people, human beings for one year, which is ongoing in Sinai at the refuge ...
28 September 2011
AFRICA/TANZANIA - National Commitment to curb violence against children
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Authorities in Tanzania have recently launched a five-year National Program for Prevention and Response to Violence against Children, which aims to eliminate all forms of violence against ...
27 September 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - The Permanent Episcopal Council of CEI recalls Mgr. Mazzolari "among the greatest missionaries of all times", the story of Africa and persecuted Christians
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, as everyone knows, the fiftieth nation was born, South Sudan, to which we express our affection and our friendship. Main protagonist of this independence was one of our missionary broth ...
27 September 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The participants dispersed by the police in the march for ITNPIS; for the Bishops “violence denies the dignity of persons”
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Church is deeply saddened because of the violence exercised by the police against the participants in the march in defense of the indigenous territory National Park Isiboro Secure, I ...
27 September 2011
ASIA/MACAO - Caritas and government give life to the Food Bank in Macao, for families affected by the economic crisis
Macao (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, September 26, the Food Bank was born in Macao, run by Caritas in collaboration with the Social Welfare Bureau of MSAR (Macao Special Administrative Region) Government, to meet the most ...
27 September 2011
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Archbishop Kim after the trip to the North: "A trip centered on religious themes, a hope for peace"
Kwanju (Agenzia Fides) - The journey of seven religious leaders in North Korea leaves a door open to hope that religion may again flourish beyond the "Bamboo Curtain": this is the wish expressed at the end of the journey ...
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