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• 13 October 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionaries from 11 countries are studying the Brazilian reality in which they will work Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the Mission Cultural Center of Brazil twenty missionaries from abroad are participating in the 106th edition of the course promoted by CENFI (Center for Intercultural Formation) as an intro ...
• 13 October 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The worst forms of child labor continue to occur Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - In Guinea Bissau and Mauritania, despite the law does not allow it, there are still the worst forms of child exploitation. In Mauritania, the law prohibits work for children under the age of 14, ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Human Rights, part of the Church’s mission, "contribution to the common good" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The protection of dignity and fundamental human rights is an integral part of the Church’s mission as they "allow you to seek true justice and true peace": says the Indian Church, presenting ...
• 12 October 2011
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Commemoration Day for Pauline Jaricot, foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith: 9 January in Lyon Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - January 9, 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth to heaven of the Venerable Pauline Marie Jaricot (1799-1862), foundress of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. For this occasion o ...
• 12 October 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - 5 years of service to the communication of the Cuban Catholic communities Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, His Exc. Mgr. Claudio Maria Celli, sent a letter to His Exc. Mgr. Wilfredo Pino, Bishop of Guantánamo and the President of the ...
• 12 October 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - The catholicity of the Church: Gift and Mission Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - The Centre for Spirituality of the Scalabrini Missionaries in Stuttgart, in collaboration with the Scalabrini Secular Missionaries, proposed the theme for the annual Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits ...
• 12 October 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope will celebrate the bicentenary of the independence of Latin American Countries at St. Peter's Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Commission for Latin America announced that "the Holy See wishes to join in the celebrations of the bicentenary of Latin American countries with an important initiative. Pope ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The role of Catholic intellectuals in the life of the Church Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "The role of Catholic intellectuals in the life of the Church" was the theme of the 9th Meeting of Catholic Intellectuals in the province of Zhe Jiang held from October 7 to 9 in the diocese of ...
• 12 October 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Despite the crisis, there is great generosity and sensitivity towards the Church's missionary activity", says the National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Secretariat of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith works all year round on the organization of World Mission Day, and during the National Assembly of Diocesan Directors, wh ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Land grabbing", an instrument of oppression against religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is another subtle instrument of oppression against religious minorities in Pakistan: "land grabbing". It is based on rent, purchase or expropriation of large plots of land, and in Pakistan ...
• 12 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The Bishop of Djibouti" satisfied with the response of the Catholic world to the tragedy in the Horn of Africa" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very pleased with the response of the Catholic world to the Holy Father’s appeal for Somalia and other countries in the Horn of Africa", says in an interview with Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giorgi ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Governor Taseer’s murderer’s death sentence has been suspended, the path towards "Islamic forgiveness" is open Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Court of Appeal in Islamabad declared the admissibility of the appeal prepared by Mumtaz Qadri’s lawyers, the self-confessed murderer of the Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, who had defen ...
• 12 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - The Liberians voted en masse, the Bishops hope ethnic divisions can be overcome Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral process to elect the new President of Liberia and the renewal of the House of Representatives and the Senate were carried out peacefully (see Fides 11/10/2011). Voters flocked to ...
• 12 October 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Food prospects have improved in the Karamoja region although the rate of malnutrition is still very high Moroto (Agenzia Fides) - The region of Karamoja, northeast Uganda, is often associated with chronic food shortages, malnutrition and poverty. However, according to humanitarian agencies, it is unlikely that in the coming ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amnesty for 6 000 prisoners, among them "prisoners of conscience" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Myanmar, Thein Sein, has granted amnesty to about 6,300 detainees, and some of them are political prisoners or of conscience: this is what Fides learned from sources in Myanmar. ...