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26 January 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - Migrants, instruments in God's plan to spread the Gospel
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “We must not see migrants exclusively as receivers of evangelization, but as agents of it as well. Our Founder himself, from the beginning, saw migration of Catholics as a providential instrume ...
26 January 2011
AFRICA/CAPO VERDE - Appointment of Bishop of Mindelo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 25 January 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Mindelo (Capo Verde), Father Ildo Augusto Dos Santos Lopes Fortes, “Fidei donum” priest, c ...
26 January 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi in isolation cell
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Asia Bibi, the Christian woman condemned to death accused of blasphemy and imprisoned in Sheikhpura jail for over a year and a half has been moved into an isolation cell. This was reported to F ...
26 January 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani civil society thanks Italy for support in the anti-blasphemy campaign
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The civil society of Pakistan “thanks and gives much importance” to the initiative by parliamentarians and Italian civil society for Asia Bibi and for the repeal of the blasphemy law. “We ...
26 January 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - “The journey towards democracy requires time. Cultural preparation is also needed,” Father Scattolin tells Fides
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The crisis involving all Arab Countries has various motives, among which economics weighs heavily, considering even just the unemployment which above all affects youth,” Fides was told by Fat ...
25 January 2011
VATICAN - Holy Father's Message for World Mission Day 2011
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (Jn 20:21) is the theme for the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message on the occasion of World Mission Day 2011, which will be celebrated on 23 ...
25 January 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - 30 January: call by Episcopal conference for great prayer for peace in the Country
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the polarisation afflicting society, in view of the divisions that often result in violence, in view of the use of religion as an instrument by extremist Islamic movements, the Catho ...
25 January 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Congregation of St Teresa of the Infant Jesus celebrates its 80 year anniversary with a religious sister's perpetual profession
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – At the start of the new year the mainland Chinese Catholic community continues to reap vocational fruits, with priestly ordinations and religious sisters' solemn vows, encouraging youth ...
25 January 2011
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “They want to silence the Church,” denounces the Archbishop of Caracas during the celebration for Christian unity
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, denounced that in the East, Christians are persecuted by “continuing secularism, more aggressive and intolerable every day”, which means ...
25 January 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Bishops condemn violence and call all to observe pacts
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We condemn the violent deaths carried out in the name of the dignity of the human person dear to God. It is also in the name of respect for human life that we oppose the use of force, violenc ...
25 January 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Presence of the Shabab in the east of DRC? A missionary calls for caution
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The presence of an Islamic group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is plausible, but up until now we haven't heard any reports of their activities,” Fides was told by F ...
25 January 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Journalist and human rights activist killed: bewilderment in the Country
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Gerry Ortega, journalist and human rights activist was killed by gunfire Monday, 24 January, in the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island in the centre of the Philippines archipelago. This is ...
25 January 2011
AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Community of Villaregia celebrates 30 years in the service of mission in the Missionary Centre under construction
Arecibo (Agenzia Fides) – Father Luigi Prandin and Maria Luigia Corona, founders of the Missionary Community of Villaregia (MCV), were the main testimonies in the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Missionary Communi ...
24 January 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - Intense journey of prayer for Christian unity, in harmony with the universal Church
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – In keeping with the instruction of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan, the Catholic faithful are participating intensely in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity together with other ...
24 January 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Bishops: yes to life imprisonment, no to capital punishment for the murder of a missionary
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Indian Bishops accept and respectfully welcome the decision of the Supreme Court to reduce the sentence of the death penalty to life imprisonment for Dara Singh, the man responsible burn ...
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