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• 15 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA- Negotiating table on mediation for peace in Papua will soon take place: ok from the political leaders and indigenous religious Jayapura (Fides Service) – Between the Indonesian government and representatives of Papua an official table of negotiations will soon start, to deal with delicate political, economic and social aspects of the region, a ...
• 15 July 2011
  VATICAN - Meeting of the Populorum Progressio Foundation in Brazil: 216 projects in favor of indigenous communities, mestizos and Afro-American are to be examined Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From July 19 to 22, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Populorum Progressio, entrusted since its foundation in 1992 to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, will tak ...
• 14 July 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN-In Madrid, may the missionary vocation find a generous response from the young people of WYD Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Madrid has 1,278 missionaries scattered across all continents, in 94 countries, belonging to 164 different religious and secular institutes. Madrid has to be, on the occasion of World Youth Day ...
• 14 July 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND-Buddhists massacred by Islamic rebels in the South: the first challenge for new government Bangkok (Fides Service) - While the country is looking for a "common ground" on which to rebuild the fabric of a split society, and seeks paths for "national reconciliation" after the general elections won by the young l ...
• 14 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, after the attacks: "violence will not triumph, we work for peace" Bombay (Fides Service) - Prayer, solidarity and commitment to help victims: these are the first responses of the Church of Bombay to the three simultaneous bombings that devastated the city yesterday, causing at least 20 ...
• 14 July 2011
  VATICAN-Archbishop Schleck has died, President of the PMS from 1995 to 2001 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Charles A. Schleck, C.S.C, died shortly before dawn on July 12 at Holy Cross House on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. He had turned 86 years old just da ...
• 14 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-First meeting of the Jesuit brothers: vocation and formation in relation to the mission in Latin America St. Paul (Agenzia Fides) - From July 16 to 29, the first seminar for the Coadjutor Brothers of Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the National Commission of Jesuit Brothers in Brazil, with the support of the B ...
• 14 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-Appreciation on behalf of the Mayor of Hsin Chu for a 99-year old missionary Hsin Chu (Fides Service) - Sister Ellerik Rozalia, FMM, a 99-year old Polish-born Australian missionary, has dedicated her life to the mission in China, first in mainland and in Macao, and then, for almost half a century ...
• 14 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Bishops: may the country find unity against terrorism New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe it is a time when the whole nation needs to be united to deal with terrorism in the strongest terms. United in the spirit of brotherhood, we will be able to overcome the powers tha ...
• 14 July 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-World Population Day: 7 billion people around the world within October New York City (Fides Service) - World Population Day will be celebrated next week. According to the United Nations Organization (UNO), in October, the number of inhabitants of the planet will reach 7 billion. The statist ...
• 13 July 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN-Education and professional training: the Jesuits' commitment to give a future to the country Herat (Agenzia Fides) - In a country torn by war and terrorism, the young Afghans, who are 68% of the population, "want peace and security and dream about education", like all the other young in the world. "The Church m ...
• 13 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Year of the Laity: the faithful are aware of their missionary responsibility Ba Meng (Fides Service) - "Here I am Lord, send me!": these are the words pronounced by 24 lay missionaries of the diocese of Ba Meng, in Inner Mongolia in mainland China during the rite of the missionary mandate preside ...
• 13 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-More than 4000 operators engaged in pastoral work in prisons, an increasingly difficult mission Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (EMC) prisons has announced that the work of the representatives of the Catholic Church in prisons is increasingly difficult for the situatio ...
• 13 July 2011
  AFRICA DR CONGO- Child soldiers situation is improving, but the situation remains critical Goma (Agenzia Fides) - In the last ten years around 36 000 child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been freed, but according to UNICEF, at least 6 000 are still enrolled in irregular militias. The Work "D ...
• 13 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-The Church of Santiago celebrates 450 years in the service of the community Santiago, Chile (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ ayer, hoy y siempre" is the motto with which the Church of Santiago, created as a diocese in 1561 by Pope Pius IV, celebrated her 450 years of life. The Archbishop of Santiago, H ...