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20 June 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO-The Congolese government launches a plan for street children
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched a project for street children. The program was presented by Ferdinand Kambere Kalumbi, Minister of Social Affairs, Humanitari ...
20 June 2011
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND-The "Garden City" continues to shake: it increases misery, thousands of cases of post-traumatic stress
Christchurch (Fides Service) - "Small and large earthquakes, aftershocks as they are called, continue to hit Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. After the last devastating earthquake record ...
20 June 2011
AMERICA/PERU '- Epidemics, premature deaths from high levels of contamination, environmental damage: the Seminar on natural resources and the Mission of the Church has concluded
Chaclacayo (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the International Seminar held in Chaclacayo, Lima (Peru), from June 14 to 16, convened by the Department of Justice and Solidarity of the Latin American Episcopal Council (LAME ...
18 June 2011
VATICAN - The Pope recalled "the unique contribution of all Religious, men and women, active and contemplative, to the mission of the Church, and their role as protagonists of evangelization"
Vatican City (Fides Service) - "Because of the unique contribution made by all Religious, men and women, contemplative and active, to the mission of the Church, and because of their role as protagonists of evangelization ...
18 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN-After the violence in Punjab, Christians live a " Prayer Day for Pakistan"
Islamabad (Fides Service) - Praying for peace, building a harmonious society, stressing that Christians are in effect "Pakistani citizens": with these objectives, the " Prayer Day for Pakistan" will be celebrated tomorro ...
18 June 2011
ASIA/IRAQ-The German bishops: to help the Christians of Iraq "priority to work"
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the difficult situation of Christians living in Iraq, while "the exodus of the faithful continues", "priorities are peace and work": is what His Excellency Archbishop Ludwig Schick, Archbishop ...
18 June 2011
AFRICA-"Christians should commit themselves to combatting xenophobia," write the Bishops of Southern Africa for Refugee Day
Rome (Fides Service) - "On the eve of this important day for our brothers and sisters who have been forcibly displaced, the Catholic community celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, a good place to reflect on ...
18 June 2011
AFRICA/MOROCCO-The King presents the new Constitution and promises to guarantee "freedom of religious worship"
Rabat (Fides Service) - The King of Morocco, King Mohammed VI, presented yesterday, June 17, the text of the new Constitution which will be submitted to popular approval with a referendum, to be held on July 1. The new ...
18 June 2011
AFRICA-Africa celebrated the African Child Day
Rome (Fides Service) - Every year on June 16, African Child Day is celebrated, an occasion for reflection on the conditions of the more vulnerable children and adolescents in Africa (see Fides 15/6/2011). Among the initi ...
18 June 2011
AMERICA/VENEZUELA-"Cause for shame and mourning" the situation in prisons after the recent armed clashes that resulted in deaths and injuries
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The horrific acts of violence which took place in the last few days in Venezuela's prisons – particularly in the Internado Judicial Capital El Rodeo I in Guatire, in the state of Miranda - of ...
18 June 2011
AMERICA/ECUADOR-Anniversary of OCLACC: communication for a more united world
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The anniversary of the Catholic Latin American Organization and Caribbean Communication, CLAOCC was celebrated yesterday, June 17. In fact, June 17, 1987, within the respective continental Assembl ...
18 June 2011
ASIA/TAJIKISTAN-Unregistered mosques, madrasas and churches are forbidden to children and adolescents
Dushanbe (Fides Service) - Stop the radical Islamic indoctrination on children and adolescents: this is the objective of the measure approved by the lower chamber of the Tajik Parliament. Called "law on parental respons ...
18 June 2011
ASIA/CHINA-Success for the first Sacred Art Exhibition of the parish of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing, more than 8 000 visitors
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - More than 80 works of art including paintings, sculptures, paper work, panels with written biblical themes, made by 15 priests, religious, seminarians and laity of the Diocese of Beijing, were e ...
17 June 2011
ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "turns over a new leaf": new hope for the future of the nation
ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "change skin": new hope for the future of the nation
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia), the main Islamic party in Malaysia, has opened a new era of reform, aba ...
17 June 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The Muslim community isolates the extremists" asks the Archbishop of Abuja, where an attack struck the national headquarters of the police
Abuja (Fides Service) - "It is a very worrying development, because it is the first time in the history of Nigeria where a suicide bombing is carried out followed almost immediately by the claiming of responsibility on b ...
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