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• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - The first national office in Tunis for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The first national office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa (Hcdh) will open in Tunis: The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 July, by the Tunisian Foreign ...
• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR Congo - Hundreds of victims infected with cholera and measles, alarm for new cases of polio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lost their lives due to a serious outbreak of measles and cholera, as well as thousands of people who have been infected. Since Septe ...
• 15 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Last farewell to Fr. Franscesco Wei, 95 years old, more than 20 spent in prison Chang Sha (Agenzia Fides) - At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, July 14, the Church of Chang Sha, the capital of the Hu Nan province, was packed with people who wanted to give a final farewell to the 95-year old Franciscan ...
• 15 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- "Center for Studies and integral human development" becomes a reality: the inauguration on July 19 Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - After ten months of uninterrupted work, on Tuesday, July 19 at 11:30am the first phase of the "Centre for Studies and integral human development (CSIHD) - New Arequipa" will begin, an initiat ...
• 15 July 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH-Serious sanitary problems in the remote Chittagong Hill Tracts Bandarban (Agenzia Fides) - The remote area of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in Bangladesh, registers the poorer levels of health care. The rate of infant and maternal mortality is among the worst ever achieved by the na ...
• 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 ...