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30 May 2011
AMERICA/URUGUAY-The XXVI Meeting of the border Dioceses with regards to the plague of drugs
Rivera (Agenzia Fides) - From May 31 to June 2 the XXVI Meeting of the border Dioceses will be held in the Uruguayan town of Rivera, on the border with Brazil. The Diocese of Tacuarembó was asked to organize this year's ...
30 May 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN-New ransacking and arson in Abyei, thousands of refugees still without any assistance: The complaint on behalf of the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal
Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - The Northern Sudan troops have occupied Abyei since May 21 and have once again burned several houses of the inhabitants fled before the offensive military. The complaint comes from Mgr.Roko Taba ...
30 May 2011
AMERICA/CUBA-The Catholic Church is not a political party " but "is in the service of the people "
La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 33rd General Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops, which has just ended in Montevideo (Uruguay), two Cuban Bishops, Monsignor Emilio Aranguren, bishop of Ho ...
28 May 2011
VATICAN-The Pope at the General Assembly of Caritas: Caritas Internationalis is different from other social agencies because it is a body of the Church, which shares the mission of the Church "
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank God for the many graces poured out on the Church in the sixty years since the foundation of Caritas Internationalis," was the primary reason cited by the Holy Father Benedict XVI i ...
28 May 2011
ASIA/VIETNAM-The Catholics “ are called to contribute to justice and peace in the nation”
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnamese Catholics intend to commit themselves in building justice and peace in Vietnam, starting from their daily lives, so as to contribute to human and social development as well a ...
28 May 2011
AFRICA/ZAMBIA-After the attacks on behalf of the media to the Church, the Bishops appeal for calm and reconciliation against any form of provocation
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Zambia Episcopal Conference, His Exc Mgr. George Lungu, Bishop of Chipata, sent a letter to all Catholics in the nation, which will be read in all the parishes on Sunday, Ju ...
28 May 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN-The Eucharistic Congress in Taiwan in the Year of the Laity and in preparation for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress 2012
Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) – The spring Assembly of the Regional Episcopal Conference in Taiwan, held in recent days in the Diocese of Tai Nan, launched the Eucharistic Congress in Taiwan. According to reports from the ...
28 May 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO-The Congolese Bishops trained in the media culture
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - From June 15 to 20 the internal team of trainers of CREC (Centre de Recherche et d'Education en Communication) will be in Kinshasa for a training session on media culture for the Congolese Bish ...
28 May 2011
AMERICA/PARAGUAY-Alarm concerning the low number of vaccinations among the population
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - 50% of the Paraguayan population is at risk of influenza and pneumococcal disease even though the Ministry of Health has proposed to increase levels of immunization coverage for the weaker peop ...
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 ...
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