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• 10 August 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A seminar on human trafficking has just concluded : deep concern in view of the Olympics and World Cup Teresina (Agenzia Fides) - The formation Seminar for instructors and trainers in the fight against human trafficking organized by the inter-congregational network "A cry for life" has just concluded. The seminar was he ...
• 10 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Religious leaders are committed to fostering an electoral period in peace and harmony Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The echoes that come from within the Country, the various messages that come from the secretariats of the political parties and the turbulent events in recent days have raised fears of a dist ...
• 10 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Golden Jubilee for the Jeunesse étudiante catholique du Burkina Faso (JECBF) Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - "You are the Apostles of Christ with the particular mission to transmit in schools and among students the Gospel values which our society so desperately needs", said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Yem ...
• 9 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru Pariacoto (Agenzia Fides) - Today, August 9, 2011, marks the 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru. On August 9, 1991, Fr. Michal Tomaszek and Fr. Zbigniew Strzalkowski, Franciscan friars were killed by "Sendero Lumi ...
• 9 August 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY-Missionary Childhood supports 2,785 projects for children around the world Aachen (Fides Service) - German Missionary Childhood (Die Sternsinger) reported a 9.9% increase in donations in 2010 for a total of 73 million of which almost 41 million euros have been collected by the initiative of th ...
• 9 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A missionary project to tackle drought in northern Kenya helps to save local farmers Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)-A Catholic mission in the most arid area of Kenya, drought-stricken, continues to provide meat to various religious centers in Nairobi and in the central area of the country. This is the Catholic ...
• 8 August 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo celebrated its 500th anniversary Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) -With a solemn Eucharistic celebration, presided by the papal legate, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo yesterday concluded the ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Congolese Bishop denounces the attacks on behalf of monkeys: "Protect humans not only nature" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mokobé, Bishop of Basankusu, the capital of Equateur province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, protested against the insecurity caused by the Bono ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The situation is tragic but the media pressure recalls the one that preceded " Restore Hope", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I wonder if that of the Shabab is a strategic retreat to bring together humanitarian aid to Mogadishu and then suddenly come back and take a part, or their management has felt the strong inte ...
• 8 August 2011
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI launches a new appeal for peace and reconciliation in Syria and Libya Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am following with great concern the dramatic and growing violence in Syria, which have caused numerous deaths and severe suffering" - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI, yesterday, Aug ...
• 6 August 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The diaconate of communications as an instrument of evangelization and missionary action of the Church Warsaw (Fides Service) - "The mass media as an instrument of evangelization and the diaconate of social communications" was the theme of the meeting that was held on August 3 at the House of Light-Life Movement of the A ...
• 6 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church against death penalty: it does not solve the problem of violence in the country. Panama City (Fides Service) - Congressman Marcos Gonzalez, of the Democratic Change (DC) party, has introduced a bill to introduce death penalty in Panama, in cases of murder and femicide, crime against the collective ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Twenty people were killed in an attack by Ethiopian bandits in the area of Lake Turkana, severely drought-stricken Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On August 5, at least 20 people were killed by a group of Ethiopians who attacked the area of Todonyang, in the Turkana County , in northern Kenya, on the border with Ethiopia. This is what Hi ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Missionary experience for a group of young Portuguese for the whole month of August Bissau (Fides Service) - A group of young Portuguese havearrived in Guinea-Bissau to carry out a missionary experience at the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Hospital. According to a statement sent to ...
• 5 August 2011
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - 4.5 million sick people will benefit from the aid sent by the organization Missio Austria to fight leprosy Vienna (Fides Service) - For over 25 years the organization for the fight against leprosy (Aussätzigen-Hilfswerk) of the national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria (Missio Austria) is organizing a ...