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30 August 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We must shun tribalism to establish a united nation in order to live in peace", says the Archbishop of Juba
Juba (Agenzia Fides ) – We must shun tribalism if we want to build a united nation. This is the meaning of the appeal launched on Sunday, August 28 by His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lokudu Loro, Archbishop of Juba, capital of ...
30 August 2011
ASIA/NEPAL - The new Premier "guarantees a secular state and rights for Christians"
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "The main challenge for the new Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is to unite and pacify the country. We have good hopes for the plight of religious minorities (and Christians), and regarding r ...
29 August 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-One hundred thousand meals a day for the most needy: the Food Bank of the Archdiocese of Bogota celebrates 10 years of service
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the 10 years since the founding of the "Banco de Alimentos" of the Archdiocese of Bogota, more than 400 nonprofit organizations that assist the most vulnerable and are on the books of ...
29 August 2011
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Emergency Campaign to immunize 10 thousand children against measles which is spreading in the archipelago of Zanzibar
Stone Town (Agenzia Fides) – After five years, a new measles epidemic is spreading in the archipelago of Zanzibar. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, health workers are ready for a ...
29 August 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Preaching and formation of local vocations: the Dominicans in Hong Kong celebrate 150 years of mission
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The preaching and training of local vocations continue to be the Dominicans’ priority, and celebrate 150 years of mission in Hong Kong. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese ...
29 August 2011
AFRICA/KENYA - New hospital structure to give assistance to women in the Diocese of Isiolo
Isiolo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Diocese of Isiolo in Eastern Province of Kenya, is building a new hospital structure to reduce the incidence of maternal deaths in the district. It will be the second mission hospita ...
29 August 2011
ASIA/VIETNAM - The government will release 10 thousand prisoners. A Bishop: "One thinks of those who struggle for freedom, Justice, Democracy"
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang, has ordered the release of 10,000 prisoners on the basis of an amnesty, granted annually on the occasion of National Independence Day, which is celebrat ...
29 August 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "The feeling is that there is some effort on behalf of the rebels for pacification", says Mgr. Martinelli
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The feeling is that there is some effort on behalf of the rebels for pacification", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to Fides, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, who is in Italy for medic ...
29 August 2011
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - After Father Pupiro’s assassination: "We will continue to denounce injustice, corruption and violence, although we put our lives at risk", says Mgr. Baez
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary Bishop of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, said that the Catholic Church will not remain silent before the abuses and illegality that occur in Nicaragua, although priests put th ...
29 August 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Catholic University of Southern Sudan: an important reality for the newborn state
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic University of Southern Sudan attracts an increasing number of students due to the quality of its teaching. This is what Richard Mirigga, academic Institute administrator told Radio Bak ...
29 August 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christian Martyrs Day celebrated with prayer meeting and blood donation
Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - At least 60 of the "Indian martyrs" in the last century can be commemorated and their faith can be remembered. But there are many others, if you scroll through the history of Christianity in Indi ...
27 August 2011
AMERICA/PUERTO RICO- The Bishop of Arecibo appeals for the victims of Hurricane Irene
Guaynabo (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Daniel Fernández Torres, Bishop of Arecibo in Puerto Rico, has launched an appeal for solidarity to the victims of Hurricane Irene, which has hit so far Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, ...
27 August 2011
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Year of the memory of the Comboni missionary presence will conclude with the 20th anniversary of Fr. Alfredo Fiorini’s assassination
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - The 20th anniversary of Brother Alfred Fiorini’s assassination, a Comboni missionary doctor, which will be celebrated on August 24, 2012, has provided the inspiration for the Comboni missiona ...
27 August 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops request that the discussion on the decriminalization of abortion does not divide society and for it to be free from violence and aggression
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina has confirmed its position with a document in favor of the right to life, rejecting bills that promote the legalization of abortion, and also requested that the disc ...
27 August 2011
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somali people continue to flee towards Yemen
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The number of Somalis fleeing from drought and food insecurity is increasing, taking refuge in Yemen and face the voyage on overcrowded boats and in terrible conditions, often failing even t ...
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