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22 September 2011
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-Religious leaders in the North to "maintain an open channel", but "religious freedom is denied"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The visit to North Korea of seven religious leaders of the "Korean Conference of Religions for Peace" representatives of Catholicism, Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism, shamanism and other loca ...
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22 September 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "We must hospitalize dozens of injured people in serious condition abroad": appeal on behalf of Mgr. Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to the many clashes in recent months, which continue in some parts of Libya, a humanitarian emergency has been created. In Misratha, the hospital no longer exists, the most urgent cases are ...
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22 September 2011
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of Rector of the Major Seminary "Saint Marc" in the Archdiocese of Bangui
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 15 August, 2011 Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the National Major Seminary "Saint Marc" in the Archdioce ...
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22 September 2011
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -LARE: 39 years for the promotion of radio communication
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American Association of Radio Education (LARE) today celebrates the 39th anniversary of its founding. It is a reality that promotes communication in different situations, local a ...
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22 September 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas, the only channel that gives humanitarian aid to religious minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The only channel to get humanitarian aid to displaced people belonging to religious minorities, Christians and Hindus, is Caritas, although government agencies and other Muslim NGOs deny it" ...
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22 September 2011
AFRICA/BURUNDI - A dozen people have been arrested in connection with the massacre of Gatumba
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Burundian authorities announced the arrest of a dozen people in connection with the September 18 massacre, which occurred in a bar in Gatumba (see Fides 21/09/2011), whose toll has risen t ...
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22 September 2011
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dengue continues to alarm the local health authorities
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Cases of dengue in El Salvador continue to increase and the local health authorities are alarmed. Every week there are at least 200 new people infected, and although fortunately the figur ...
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21 September 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - Abortion, euthanasia and in vitro fertilization: warning on behalf of the Mexican Bishops
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Mexico issued a statement stressing that society now should no longer marvel at the violence carried out when unborn children are being aborted. "The many expres ...
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21 September 2011
ASIA/INDIA - More than 55 anti-Christian attacks in 2011; for the Bishops a legislation to protect minorities is urgently needed"
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A church was attacked and damaged in Karnataka two days ago; a prayer meeting was interrupted and stopped by extremists in Madhya Pradesh; 7 Christians were arrested in Andhra Pradesh and a Pr ...
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21 September 2011
EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - A "missionary bridge of prayer" and a video clip for World Mission Day
Prague (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day 2011, the national leadership of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the Czech Republic, have launched the initiative to create a "missionary bridge of ...
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21 September 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL-The preparation for the First Missionary Congress of Mariana begins
Itabira (Agenzia Fides) - In the ecclesiastical province of Mariana (which includes, in addition to the archdiocese of Mariana, the dioceses of Caratinga Governador Valadares and Itabira-Coronel Fabriciano). On Septembe ...
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21 September 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Support for vocations is the mission of the parish of Bei Tang in the archdiocese of Xi An
Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - To support and accompany vocations, both materially and spiritually, especially the seminarians of the Minor Seminary: this is the imperative mission of the parish of Bei Tang, in the archdiocese ...
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21 September 2011
ASIA/INDIA - The Bishop of Vasai: "The Church responds to violence with forgiveness and doing good"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Towards the attacks by Hindu extremist groups, who "have their own agenda", the Christians respond by "doing good": more than 33% of social services in India, in the field of education and ...
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21 September 2011
AFRICA/MALAWI - The opposition decrees 3 days of protest; even the Church is in the system’s sights
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The opposition in Malawi has ordered as from this evening (September 21), three days of "dead city" across the Country, urging people to stay indoors and not to go to work. The initiative was t ...
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21 September 2011
AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops after the 18 September massacre: "May these moments of trial do not become an occasion of hatred that threatens to plunge Burundi in a spiral of revenge"
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Burundi expressed "dismay and sorrow" for the victims of the attack in a bar in Gatumba, in the municipality of Mutimbuzi in the province of Bujumbura, carried out by unknown as ...
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