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• 15 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Swiss hostages are free, "high hopes" for the Italian and German aid workers in the hands of the Taliban Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 29, two Swiss citizens kidnapped in Baluchistan in July 2011 by Taliban groups, have been released, and are now safe in Peshawar. This was reported by ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Nobody has the right to transform churches into political trenches": the Archdiocese of Havana on occupation of the church of Our Lady of Charity Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Havana issued a statement regarding the 13 people who have occupied the church of "Our Lady of Charity", in the center of the capital, where they spent the entire night. "Nobod ...
• 15 March 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The diocese of Chia Yi begins the journey for the Year of Faith with the Eucharistic Adoration Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Chia Yi began the journey for the Year of the Faith proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, with prolonged Eucharistic adoration. As reported by the Catholic Weekly of the Archdiocese of ...
• 15 March 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-Hospitality, education and the living of children and young Ivorians to rebuild the country Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) –A year after the last armed conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, which caused more than 3 000 deaths and thousands of displaced, 40% of Ivorians, over 8 million people, live below the poverty line. Inse ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE-The solidarity of the religious population of Aysen, while dialogue starts again Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Confederation of thr Religious in Chile has expressed that "the movement of Aysen belongs to all of Chile, and especially to the honest and peaceful people, who are now tired of being victi ...
• 15 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian activist: "Too many errors in the case of the Italian marines: now only the legal way remains" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The case of the two Italian marines detained in prison in Kerala and the killing of the two Indian fishermen in the accident with the Italian oil tanker "Enrica Lexie", "has been contaminated ...
• 15 March 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - Gunfight at the Dadaab camps where 500,000 Somalis live; "situation at breaking point" says Caritas Somalia Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A gunman this morning killed two civilians and seriously wounded a third person in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, where more than 500,000 Somali refugees live. The security alarm had ...
• 15 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop: "Christians powerless, while the conflict is headed into the unknown" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The suffering which we live is great. We are assisting the tragedy helplessly. Fortunately, the Holy Father Benedict XVI fills the void demanding peace, justice, dialogue and reconciliation" M ...
• 15 March 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Mgr. Misago has died, Bishop of Gikongoro, accused and acquitted for the genocide in 1994 Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of His exc. Mgr. Augustin Misago, Bishop of Gikongoro in the south-west of Rwanda, who died suddenly on March 12 was held today March 15. Mgr. Misago was arrested in April 1999 follo ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Warning of the overflowing of the rivers in the north and south of the country: thousands of people harmed Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand people have been affected by heavy rains that are breaking down in the northern part of the country. In the southern region of Magallanes y Antártica a violent storm, cons ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA-Appointment of the Rector of the national major Seminary "St. John Vianney "in Pretoria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on November 18, 2011 appointed rev. Simon Molewe Machingoane, of the diocesan clergy of Witbank (South Africa) as Rector o ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE-Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary, "Sts John Fisher and Thomas More" in Harare Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 6, 2011 appointed rev. James Ndhlalambi, of the archdiocesan clergy of Harare as Rector of the inter-diocesan ...
• 14 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The preparations for the "Congress on the ministry of the laity" next October Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the objective of the sanctification of oneself indicated by the Year of the Laity; promoting the threefold ministry (prophetic, priestly and regal) of the laity; encouraging the ...
• 14 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Girl converted to Christianity thrown out of her house and beaten by Hindu extremists Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Rekha is a girl who a few months ago discovered the message of Jesus Christ and embraced him in her life. Her conversion, however, was not accepted by her parents, of Hindu faith, and other mem ...
• 14 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - The government of Cuba opens a website for the papal visit Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "This are brave people!" Said Esteban Lazo Hernandez, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba, with respect to "a sincere welcome, joyful and well-organized, with full guarantee of safety, ...