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• 9 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-To teach the values in order to put an end to violence: the Church's commitment to public education Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The 92nd Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM) is being held in Cuautitlan Izcalli. There are a hundred Bishops and 3 Cardinals attending this meeting: Juan Sandova ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "Forty Catholic buildings have been attacked in two and a half months", reports the spokesman of the Archdiocese of Abidjan, while robberies continue Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "In two and a half months, about 40 churches and religious men and women’s houses all over Abidjan have been attacked by armed bandits with the aim to steal" the complaint to Fides is by Fr. ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Public schools teach intolerance towards religious minorities: a U.S. Report Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The textbooks used in public and private schools in Pakistan teach Pakistani children prejudice and intolerance towards non-Muslim religious minorities: this is what a study reveals, the first ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - With regard to Fr. Tentorio’s case, the Church has "patience and trust" Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - "Our basic attitude is patience. The Special Task Force appointed by the government to shed light on Fr Fausto Tentorio’s murder is doing its job, and we are waiting for the investigation re ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - " The education system is at the root of religious extremism", says a Dominican Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The teaching of religious intolerance in schools is at the root of the rise of violent religious extremism in Pakistan, the weak religious freedom and national instability" is what the Dominican ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Poor turnout for the ballot; the candidate of the opposition denounces an assassination attempt, the police denies Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Low turnout in the second round of the presidential elections in Liberia, where one of the two candidates, Winston Tubman, the rival of the outgoing President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has sent v ...
• 9 November 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Maryknoll Missionaries: A video tells the story of the missions in Latin America Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the Centenary of the foundation (see Fides 31/10/2011), the Maryknoll Missionaries (Society for Foreign Missions of the United States of America) have made a video that shows the e ...
• 8 November 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - On December 11, the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Kaohsiung and the 150 years of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Wan Chin come to an end Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - After a year of spiritual journey, punctuated by intense celebrations, the solemn closing of the celebrations for the 50 years since the founding of the Diocese of Kaohsiung and the centenary ...
• 8 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Four Hindus doctors in Sindh have been murdered: minorities without protection Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Four Hindus doctors have been murdered in the province of Sindh (southern Pakistan), in their clinic in Chak, a town near Shikarpur (in the North of Sindh). As reported to Fides by local source ...
• 8 November 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the death of the FARC leader, the Church reaffirms that the path to peace is dialogue and not violence Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (ECC), His Exc. Mgr. Juan Vicente Córdoba, Auxiliary of Bucaramanga, has expressed the hope that the death of the Revolutionary Armed Forces ...
• 8 November 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Help countries improve their school feeding programs Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) - In many countries, the most economically disadvantaged, if one wants to increase attendance and enrollment in schools it is essential to provide school meals. In addition, this type of initia ...
• 8 November 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the Claretian Martyrs of Barbastro have concluded Barbastro (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, November 6 the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the Claretian Martyrs of Barbastro (Spain) concluded. The Bishop of the diocese of Barbastro-Monzón, His Exc. Mgr. Alfonso ...
• 8 November 2011
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - "After this election there will be a fractured country": a missionary’s opinion Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "After this election there will be a fractured country, not united" says to Fides Fr. Mauro Armanino, of the Society of African Missions who lived in Liberia for several years (now works in Ni ...
• 8 November 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A testimony of the Church’s growth in the Country: 50 years of the diocese of Mzuzu Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Mzuzu in Malawi celebrated on November 5 its Golden Jubilee in the Cathedral dedicated to St. Peter. According to a note sent to Fides, the Eucharistic celebration was presided b ...
• 8 November 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - A retired general president of Guatemala Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The retired general Otto Perez Molina, who had promised an implacable struggle against the violence generated by drug trafficking, was declared winner of presidential elections on Novembe ...