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12 August 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas provides its network to pay Catholic school teachers’ salaries
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the Congolese State have reached an agreement to facilitate the payment of Catholic school teachers’ salaries in the vast territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
12 August 2011
AFRICA/SOMALIA - New interventions on behalf of the international community regarding the somali drama
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Guinean general Sékouba Konate, High Representative of the African Union at the African Force in standby, went to Somalia to inspect the troops of the African Union Mission in Somalia.
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11 August 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - On the occasion of the national independence Cardinal Terrazas invites everyone to live forgiveness
Santa Cruz (Fides Service) - Bolivia celebrated 186 years of national independence and on this occasion, Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz, celebrated the Te Deum. The Cardinal invited the community to l ...
11 August 2011
AMERICA/CHILE - "The country cannot go on like this": Bishops' appeal for dialogue between students and authorities
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The country cannot go forward under the pressure of demonstrations or police repression, and neither under threat or provocation. In this decisive hour, dialogue is the key to objectively eval ...
11 August 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - South Kordofan: the new "hot spot" of the region
Khartoum (Fides Service) - South Kordofan, in the north region of Sudan on the border with South Sudan (has recently become independent ) seems to have become the new "hot spot" that threatens the stability of the regi ...
10 August 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - A seminar on human trafficking has just concluded : deep concern in view of the Olympics and World Cup
Teresina (Agenzia Fides) - The formation Seminar for instructors and trainers in the fight against human trafficking organized by the inter-congregational network "A cry for life" has just concluded.
The seminar was he ...
10 August 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious leaders are committed to fostering an electoral period in peace and harmony
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The echoes that come from within the Country, the various messages that come from the secretariats of the political parties and the turbulent events in recent days have raised fears of a dist ...
10 August 2011
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Golden Jubilee for the Jeunesse étudiante catholique du Burkina Faso (JECBF)
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - "You are the Apostles of Christ with the particular mission to transmit in schools and among students the Gospel values which our society so desperately needs", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Yem ...
9 August 2011
AMERICA/PERU '- 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru
Pariacoto (Agenzia Fides) - Today, August 9, 2011, marks the 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru. On August 9, 1991, Fr. Michal Tomaszek and Fr. Zbigniew Strzalkowski, Franciscan friars were killed by "Sendero Lumi ...
9 August 2011
EUROPE/GERMANY-Missionary Childhood supports 2,785 projects for children around the world
Aachen (Fides Service) - German Missionary Childhood (Die Sternsinger) reported a 9.9% increase in donations in 2010 for a total of 73 million of which almost 41 million euros have been collected by the initiative of th ...
9 August 2011
AFRICA/KENYA - A missionary project to tackle drought in northern Kenya helps to save local farmers
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)-A Catholic mission in the most arid area of Kenya, drought-stricken, continues to provide meat to various religious centers in Nairobi and in the central area of the country.
This is the Catholic ...
8 August 2011
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo celebrated its 500th anniversary
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) -With a solemn Eucharistic celebration, presided by the papal legate, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo yesterday concluded the ...
8 August 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Congolese Bishop denounces the attacks on behalf of monkeys: "Protect humans not only nature"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mokobé, Bishop of Basankusu, the capital of Equateur province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, protested against the insecurity caused by the Bono ...
8 August 2011
AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The situation is tragic but the media pressure recalls the one that preceded " Restore Hope", said Mgr. Bertin
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I wonder if that of the Shabab is a strategic retreat to bring together humanitarian aid to Mogadishu and then suddenly come back and take a part, or their management has felt the strong inte ...
8 August 2011
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI launches a new appeal for peace and reconciliation in Syria and Libya
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am following with great concern the dramatic and growing violence in Syria, which have caused numerous deaths and severe suffering" - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI, yesterday, Aug ...
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