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• 12 May 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-Celebrations have started for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Taichung: "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done" Taichung (Agenzia Fides) - "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done" is the theme that guides the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Taichung, on the island of Taiwan. According to information gathered b ...
• 12 May 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Peace in Mindanao is possible thanks to the missionary martyrs Jolo (Agenzia Fides) –Peace in Mindanao is possible if all people of good will undertake, with courage and love, "to live and promote a culture of dialogue, the path to peace." If today we have moved forward for reco ...
• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA-The national prayer Crusade of the Rosary for peace in Nicaragua has began Rivas (Agenzia Fides) - With great enthusiasm and devotion, the faithful Catholics of Rivas have welcomed the 11 Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua who have arrived in this town which lies about 113 km sout ...
• 12 May 2011
  AFRICA/NIGER-New project for the construction of a social-medical center Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The health situation in the region of Dosso, south-west of Niger, is anything but easy: to the very high poverty rate (86% of the population is considered "poor", and between 51% "extremely poor" ...
• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-After the attacks against the Cathedral of Mexico City and other places of worship, a law on religious freedom is urgent Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Desde la Fe, a weekly Catholic magazine widespread in Mexico, has called for a law that protects the religious freedom of Mexicans. In recent months the country has been the scene of numerou ...
• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Mexican Episcopate website off-line for cyber attack Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Paola Rios, head of the digital Communication and Press Office of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), reported that the site of this organism is off-line due to a massive cyber attack su ...
• 12 May 2011
  VATICAN-Visit to Japan of the President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum two months after the earthquake Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Two months after the terrible earthquake that struck the Japanese people, Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, from May 13 to 16 will go on behalf of the Pop ...
• 12 May 2011
  VATICAN-Assembly PMS : convert the decrease of economic resources in a training process, says the General Secretary of PMPF Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Last year, the fund available decreased, and this trend is expected to continue, despite the commitment and creative work of the national Directors to guarantee the same contribution and f ...
• 12 May 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Kwangju Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 12, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Kwangju (Korea), the Rev. do Simon Ok Hyun-jin, of the clergy of Kwangju, Professor at the Cat ...
• 11 May 2011
  VATICAN-" Mission is not our project, we should feel servants of God's mission, not protagonists": said Archbishop Vacchelli at the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Mission is not our project, we should feel servants of God's mission, not protagonists. To the whole Church and to us in particular we are asked to choose and live the main priorities of ...
• 11 May 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-Fighting against corruption for authentic progress Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa, a developing continent, is in difficulty because of the many social, economic and political problems caused by its very often corrupt leaders. " In a note from the Executive Director a ...
• 11 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The Catholic communities celebrate the Marian month preparing for May 24, World Day of Prayer for the Church in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to information provided by Faith (the most popular Catholic website in Chinese language) to Fides, the Chinese Catholic communities of the continent are celebrating the Marian month wa ...
• 11 May 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-"Christian`s responsibility in social commitment": The social Week in Gualeguaychú Gualeguaychú (Agenzia Fides) - Friday, May 13, at the hall Juan Pablo II (Leguizamon 269, Concepción del Uruguay, 40 km. from Gualeguaychú), the First Social Week of the Diocese of Gualeguaychú will open, with the sl ...
• 11 May 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Scalabrini missionaries and evangelization in Asia and Australia Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Guided by the theme "Called to be a missionary community, the Scalabrini missionaries working in Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam, gathered in Sydney from May 2 to ...
• 11 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Bishops' Message to the People of God: " Risen Christ, our great hope" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The 91st Assembly of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, (BEC) (see Fides 05/05/2011, 10/05/2011) ended with the reading of a message to the people of God announced by His Exc . Archbishop Os ...