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15 June 2010
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - “The new Congo will be founded on ethics and gospel values" Congo's Catholic Bishops say on 50th anniversary of the nation's independence
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Archbishop of Kisangani, Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa delivered the closing discourse at a National Symposium organised by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of D.R. Congo (CENCO), o ...
15 June 2010
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A mysterious trap for Ugandan troops deployed in Central Africa increases concern for the country's stability
Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- Ten members of the Ugandan army were killed at the end of May in the south east of the Central African Republic by Sudanese Janjaweed pro-government militia. The news was made public on 13 June by ...
15 June 2010
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Silence in families is a major cause of abuse on girls aged 10-13 years
Ziguinchor (Agenzia Fides) – According to a group of researchers in Casamance, a southern region of Senegal, the safety of children depends on whether the family has the courage to speak out about sexual abuse. A study ...
15 June 2010
ASIA/CHINA - New Bishops of Xiamen and Hohhot make pastoral visits to administer the Sacraments and encourage pastoral work
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – To give thanks to God, strengthen the faith of the flock entrusted to their care, promote evangelisation and pastoral activity, pray together for the Catholic Church in China and for the unive ...
15 June 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "No life can be taken for the sake of 'community justice' " warns the Bishop of Oruro
Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – “Events in Uncia are deplorable, such crimes must never be repeated, the lynching seen in various parts, mainly in rural areas and poor districts, must not be allowed to happen again”: these ...
15 June 2010
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Fighting poverty to eliminate child labour
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the recent annual recurrence of World Day Against Child Labour, Paraguay, like many other Latin American countries, tackled various issues connected with the elimination of ...
15 June 2010
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies El Salvador confirmed in office
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 20 May 2010, confirmed in office for another five year term (2009-2014) the National Director of Pont ...
14 June 2010
VATICAN - “Economy and finance cannot be an end to themselves, they are simply a means, a tool. Their only goal is the human person and the full realisation of the human person in dignity ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Today the world and Europe are experiencing a period of particularly serious economic and financial crisis. This period should not produce restrictions based solely on a strictly finan ...
14 June 2010
EUROPE/ITALY - Clerics Regular of the Mother of God meet for Chapter; in August the Order's first Nigerian priest
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – From 7 June to 4 July the town of Lariano (Rome) will host the 110th General Chapter of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God (OMD), founded in 1574 by Saint Giovanni Leonardi, who was also c ...
14 June 2010
AFRICA/KENYA -“Hopefully the attack was not fired by a desire to destabilise ”
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “It is still too soon for an appraisal of the attack, the police are still investigating and we are waiting for the first official findings ” Fides was told by a local Catholic Church source ...
14 June 2010
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The situation is tense, but we still hope for a positive solution to the crisis” says a local Church source
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “ The situation is tense but all parties are still determined to find a solution to the political crisis” a local Church source told Fides from the Burundian capital Bujumbura, where a seri ...
14 June 2010
AFRICA/CONGO - Inaugurated in Kinshasa a new Day Centre for street children
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A recently inaugurated Centre Sainte Famille - Point d’eau, in Kinshasa, run by Guanelliani religious will offer daytime assistance to street children. Congo's children live on the streets ...
14 June 2010
AFRICA/RWANDA - Water supplies for 69,300 people: health, hygiene, agricultural development, better livestock
Kibungo (Agenzia Fides) - Work on a Ndamira-Ngoma water pipeline in Kibungo has been completed. In just one year the Movement to Fight Hunger in the World together with the local community, built 6.6km long water pipelin ...
14 June 2010
ASIA/TURKEY - The blood of Bishop Padovese “will not be sterile”: the Catholic Church in Turkey “ finds new hope”
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – “We are filled with Christian hope that the blood of Mgr Padovese will not be sterile, instead it will bear fruit for a new flourishing of Turkey's Christian community”: said Dominican Fa ...
14 June 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - Pastoral Commission for Workers appeals for minimum wage to guarantee basic necessities of families
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Hong Kong diocesan Pastoral Commission for Workers has launched an appeal and a collection of signatures to obtain a minimum wage to meet the basic necessities of all families and ensure a d ...
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