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• 3 November 2011
  VATICAN - Pope's Appeal: may the G-20 summit promote "a truly humane and complete development" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, November 2, the Holy Father Benedict XVI delivered this appeal on the eve of the G-20 summit: “The 3rd and 4th of November - tomorrow and ...
• 3 November 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - Hospitals on alert for the supply of drugs hampered by floods Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Hospitals in the capital of Thailand, Bangkok, are on alert for the supply of drugs that could be hampered by prolonged floods that are hitting the country. Local production and delivery of medi ...
• 3 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "I am puzzled on the military offensive of Kenya in Somalia", says Mgr. Bertin who has just visited the Somali refugees in Ethiopia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I am puzzled, remembering what happened in the recent past with other adventures like that," says to Fides Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, re ...
• 3 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-Christian slander campaign conducted by Hindu extremist leaders New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremist leaders have intensified a campaign of hatred and slander against Christians in India: this is the complaint Fides learns about on behalf of organizations like the "All India C ...
• 3 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - " We are deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in our two nations", say the Bishops of North and South Sudan that will remain united in the same Episcopal Conference Wau (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in our two nations. Civil war has broken out in the Nuba Mountains / South Kordofan State and in the Blue Nile State, alongside the ongoing war in Dar ...
• 3 November 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violence of the military on the population in Papua: the Christian community has also been hit Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian citizens of Indonesian Papua (also known as the province of "Irian Jaya") are victims of abuses and unjustified violence on behalf of the military, who accuse them of being "colla ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Fr. Fausto Tentorio, "an instrument of peace in Mindanao" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The investigation into the murder of Fr. Fausto Tentorio is underway and there is in Mindanao, a large island in the southern Philippines, a widespread desire for justice and peace: according t ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Bishop of Dinajpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Sebastian Tudu, of the clergy of Dinajpur, Vice Rector of the Holy Spirit Major Seminary in Dhaka and Diocesan Director of Pontifical Mission Soc ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Erection of the Diocese of Kabwe and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI erected the new Diocese of Kabwe, in Zambia, with territory taken from the diocese of Mpika and the Archdiocese of Lusaka, making it a suffragan of the metropol ...
• 31 October 2011
  "That the African continent may find strength in Christ to pursue justice and reconciliation as set fourth by the second Synod of African Bishops" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for November 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Africa is the continent called by the Pope to hope: "With Jesus Christ, who trod the African soil, Africa can become the continent of hope" (Benedict XVI, Homily in Yaoundé, on March 19, 2 ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations in various dioceses at the end of missionary month Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Several Catholic communities wanted to end the missionary month of October with priestly ordinations, which represent the Church's vitality and continuity of the mission. In fact "the conclusion ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Tuberculosis: 17 000 infected, the country is among the top 6 in the world for number of cases Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Health authorities in Pakistan are intensifying efforts to contain the spread of tuberculosis, which affects about 17 000 people in the country, placing it among the top 6 in the world with the h ...
• 31 October 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Climate change linked to economic interests, the Church’s concern San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, climate change is directly linked to economic interests, and this, in his opinion, makes it difficult to take conc ...
• 31 October 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Maryknoll Missionaries: 100 years at the service of the mission ad gentes New York City (Agenzia Fides) - The Maryknoll Missionaries (Society for Foreign Missions of the United States of America), one of the most important U.S. missionary institutions for the mission Ad Gentes, yesterday celeb ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The Kenyan offensive continues; civilian victims denounced caused by aircraft bombing Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The military operations of the Kenyan army in southern Somalia against the Shabab militia continues, even with the use of aircraft bombing as reported by Doctors Without Borders. According t ...