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• 9 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Abolition of the subsidy on petrol, "a decision that affects the poor", say the Bishops, denouncing the "insensitive timing" in the face of attacks Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan (southern Nigeria) say they "saddened" for the "unpopular decision" to abolish subsidies on petrol, which has experienced a dramatic and sudden ...
• 9 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 9 million young people in the street for the "Nazarene", between devotion and terrorist threats Manila (Agenzia Fides) - More than nine million faithful Catholics, regardless of the "attack alert" released by the government, took to the streets today, January 9, in Manila, for the solemn procession of the Nazarene, ...
• 9 January 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Birth and development of the African Church, which celebrates 50 years: the diocese of Makeni Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - On July 8, 1950 a group of four Xaverian missionary pioneers landed in the port of Freetown, at the headquarters of the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone. A few days later, the new ...
• 9 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The current situation in Nigeria is more dangerous than during the civil war, because it involves the religious dimension", said Bishop Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Biafra war had ethnic and political roots, the Boko Haram attacks imply ethnic, social, political, religious and even criminal dimensions. For this reason, the current situation is more dang ...
• 9 January 2012
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Pauline Jaricot was "like David facing Goliath": the Secretary of the Missionary Congregation at the conference in Lyon Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - "Re-reading the life of Pauline Jaricot, I think of David, the little shepherd, who faces Goliath. Yes, Pauline is David, and I would say that the religious and cultural climate following the stron ...
• 9 January 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Two pastors protested released after one year in prison, other Christians leaders arrested Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The civilian authorities in the province of Khammouan have released two Protestant pastors Wanna and Yohan, after a year in jail, but they continue to arrest other Christians and consider Ch ...
• 9 January 2012
  AFRICA/HAITI - A sad anniversary for Haiti Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7,000 people have died of cholera in Haiti and about 520,000 have been infected by the disease: this is what was reported by the Associate Director of the Pan-American Health Or ...
• 7 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-More than a thousand children killed by their families because of poverty Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - According to local humanitarian sources, because of poverty, over a thousand children were killed by their families in Pakistan in 2011, of whom 90% were girls. The charitable organization Edhi F ...
• 7 January 2012
  EUROPE/FRANCE-"Pauline Jaricot, a woman always present": international meeting for the Jubilee Year Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Pauline Marie Jaricot (1799-1862), declared "venerable" by Pope John XXIII on February 25, 1963, devoted her life to the mission, prayer and service to the poor: she founded the Society for the Pro ...
• 7 January 2012
  VATICAN-The Pope to the Missionary Childhood: "May your heart be open to the world, as the heart of Jesus" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, during the Angelus on January 6, recalled the Day of Missionary Childhood: "I highlight that the Epiphany is also the Children's Missionary Day, organized by t ...
• 7 January 2012
  VATICAN-Archbishop Fernando Filoni among the Cardinals named by the Pope, together with two Asian Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Angelus on the solemnity of the Epiphany, January 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced for February 18 a Consistory in which he will proceed to the appointment of 22 ...
• 7 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christians fleeing the violence of the "Boko Haram" sect, which has "changed strategy" Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Christians of indigenous tribes in the state of Yobe are terrified and are preparing to abandon their ancestral territories, due to the threats and violence of the Islamic militia gro ...
• 7 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu and Muslim radicals infiltrated into Churches: Christian Ong’s alarm Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Islamic Fundamentalists and Hindu radicals are infiltrating into the Christian community and Christian NGOs in India: their goal is to obtain material that can be used against Christians, espe ...
• 7 January 2012
  VATICAN - More than 300 dioceses in the world celebrate Pauline Jaricot, pioneer of the mission ad gentes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 dioceses in the world, in five continents, will celebrate on 9 January, the 150th anniversary of Pauline Jaricot’s death: this is what Father Timothy Lehane Barrett, Secreta ...
• 5 January 2012
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Caritas Korea: "The political tension must not stop humanitarian aid in the North for millions of hungry people" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hope is that the political tensions does not stop humanitarian aid in the North for millions of hungry people ", says to Fides Fr. Gerard Hammond, Maryknoll Missionary and Director of Program ...