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28 June 2011
ASIA/CHINA-The solemnity of Corpus Christi an opportunity for evangelization
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides, the majority of the Chinese Catholic community celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi on June 26th with the celebration of the Eucharist and th ...
28 June 2011
EUROPE-Fifteen million poor people in Europe at risk of hunger
Rome (Fides Service) - The Regulation 562/2011 adopted by the European Commission on June 10, cuts 80% of food aid for the poor provided by EPFA (European Program of Food Aid). This means that about 15 million Europeans ...
28 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Abolishing the Federal Ministry for minorities means "killing Bhatti for the second time"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government is ready to abolish the Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities, fragmenting it into "divisions" that will be distributed in the Pakistani provinces. The responsibi ...
28 June 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Training, Domund and Bishops’ Letter: Assembly of diocesan Directors of the PMS
Trinidad (Fides Service) - The National Assembly of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Bolivia, in Trinidad, a town 600 kilometers from La Paz is on, during which several issues will be discu ...
28 June 2011
AMERICA-Even in America the Day of charity of the Pope, "a sign of communion with the Pope and the response to the needs of the poorest brothers and sisters"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of charity of the Pope is celebrated around the world, even though with different dates but still close to the solemnity of the Saints Peter and Paul. As far as the American contine ...
28 June 2011
ASIA/INDIA-Justice, equality and rights for Dalits: fasting for crowds of Christians
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a fast that falls in a rare moment of political importance for religious minorities and for the whole Indian society: as reported to Fides by local sources, the Christians of India ...
28 June 2011
AFRICA/UGANDA - The refugees learn how to make hand-crafted products with the help of JRS
Kampala (Fides Service) - As part of an initiative to help the urban refugees to achieve greater self-sufficiency, JRS (Jesuit Refugee Service) has launched in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, a new training course for re ...
27 June 2011
EUROPE/ITALY-Blessed Clemente Vismara: "enthusiastic missionary, resourceful and holy"
Milan (Fides Service) - About 8,000 faithful crowded Duomo Square in Milan yesterday, June 26, to attend the Mass of beatification of Fr Serafino Morazzone, Father Clemente Vismara, PIME missionary, and Sister Enrichetta ...
27 June 2011
ASIA/INDIA-An Archbishop will work with Gandhi’s granddaughter for peace and reconciliation
Guwahati (Fides Service) - An Archbishop will work for peace and reconciliation beside Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter and Vice President of the "Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti", an organiza ...
27 June 2011
AFRICA-Projects and centers for boys and girls in difficulty
Rome (Fides Service) – For decades in many African countries, village communities have provided aid and protection to children, especially in rural areas, where children, in the absence of parents, were entrusted to el ...
27 June 2011
ASIA/CHINA- Missionary mandate to 305 lay of the parish of Fu Shun, a sign of the Diocese’s vitality in Liao Ning
Fu Shun (Fides Service) - 305 lay missionaries, divided into 11 groups, of the parish of Fu Shun of the Diocese in Liao Ning, received the missionary mandate by the parish priest on the solemnity of the Pentecost, thus c ...
27 June 2011
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU-Pastoral workers from Bissau at a conference: verification and programming of the pastoral year
Bissau (Fides Service) - The pastoral year in the diocese of Bissau officially closed yesterday, Sunday, June 26 and the diocesan pastoral workers are now called to verify what has been done over the past year and plan ...
27 June 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-A group of Central American immigrants kidnapped by gunmen in Veracruz
Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The House of Migrants ("Hermanos en el Camino"), directed by father Alejandro Solalinde, reported that last Friday, June 24, a train which left from Ixtepec, Oaxaca, heading towards Veracruz, ...
27 June 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop to the Kachin people, in the middle of the conflict: "Have faith in God, little flock"
Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The war gives no respite in the state of Kachin, in northern Myanmar. While violence continues, putting a strain on the civilian population, through Caritas Myanmar (Karuna) solidarity towards ...
27 June 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA-"Choose life instead of drugs": the Church invites young people to reflect
Lujan (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina has denounced that "the plague of drug use is expanding", and has asked the authorities to implement policies aimed at helping those suffering from addiction. Even eight mo ...
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