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28 May 2011
ASIA/INDIA-Communion, ecumenism, dialogue: the ways of the new major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar
Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - With the election of Mar George Alencherry as new major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church in India an era of greater communion between the Catholic communities in India, a large ecumenical coo ...
28 May 2011
ASIA/TAJIKISTAN-Street children and adolescents are victims of Islamic extremists
Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - A growing number of orphans and Tajik street children are victims of Islamic extremist groups, who recruit them to grow according to radical ideologies and make them small, modern terrorists. T ...
27 May 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG -The three "miracles" of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and of their Founder
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, thanked the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) for the great contribution to the religious and missionary growth through ...
27 May 2011
EUROPE/SCOTLAND-Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 6, 2011 appointed the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Scotland for the yea ...
27 May 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christian girls have been kidnapped and converted to Islam in Punjab
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The violence on Christian girls in central Punjab has caused two other victims: as reported by the Masihi Foundation to Fides- which deals with the protection of Christians in Pakistan - two ...
27 May 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN-"The situation of displaced persons from Abyei is always more dramatic, " said the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal
Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian situation of over 40,000 people who have fled from Abyei is even more dramatic, " says Mgr.Roko Taban Mousa to Fides, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in southern Sudan, and Ab ...
27 May 2011
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-The visit of Cardinal Tauran: "an impulse to continue on the path of dialogue"
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The visit of Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran in Korea is "an impulse to the Korean Church to continue the path of dialogue": states His Exc.Mgr. Peter Kang, Bishop of Cheju and President of the Episcop ...
27 May 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA-Appeal from the President of the Episcopal Conference to the Head of State asking him to nominate Ministers who are worthy of the task
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Goodluck Jonathan is the President of all Nigerians, not just a part of them, and has to avoid appointing Ministers who are not worthy of the task. This is the request expressed by His Exc. Mgr. F ...
27 May 2011
AMERICA/JAMAICA-"Peace in the community, peace with the earth, peace among peoples, bearing in mind the ethical and theological aspect": the ecumenical meeting for peace has concluded
Kingston (Agenzia Fides) - The work of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (see Fides 14/5/2011, 24/5/2011) has concluded with the strong commitment by all parties to continue the path taken and to bring into ...
27 May 2011
ASIA/INDIA-Law on violence against minorities is under review of the civil society; in Parliament in July
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The human rights organizations, religious communities, Christian and Muslim associations, NGOs in the Indian civil society have one week (until June 4) to read, consider and propose amendments ...
27 May 2011
ASIA/INDIA-Summer session of Parliament: on the agenda food security, corruption and inter-community violence
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It will be a challenging summer for the Indian Parliament and especially for the government coalition in power in India, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), formed by the Congress Party, ...
27 May 2011
ASIA/SRI LANKA-Appointment of the Bishop of Galle
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 27, 2011 appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Galle (Sri Lanka) Rev.do Raymond Wickramasinghe, Professor of Moral Theology at the National Seminary of Our ...
26 May 2011
EUROPE/POLAND-“Do not be afraid to become saints": Childhood Congress in Czestochowa
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congress of Missionary Childhood of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa will be dedicated to the Blessed John Paul II to be held on June 14 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Myszków ...
26 May 2011
ASIA/CHINA- the restoration of the church of the diocese of Mei Zhou dedicated to Mary Help of Christians has been completed
Mei Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - On the day of the liturgical feast of Mary Help of Christians, on May 24, more than 700 faithful attended the grand opening, after the restoration of the church of the diocese of Mei Zhou, in t ...
26 May 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-Concern in the Archdiocese of Tijuana for the disappearance of a priest
Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Tijuana has expressed its concern about the disappearance of the diocesan priest Salvador Ruiz Enciso. In the statement, a copy was also sent to Fides, which is signed by the ...
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