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23 April 2010
ASIA/THAILAND - The Church remains outside politics and prays for peace
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Society is divided and the level of conflict is unfortunately very high. Even the Catholic community reflects these divisions. However, the Church remains out of the political struggle and pray ...
23 April 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops launch new website to promote vocations
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations is initiating a new website on April 25. According to a recent press release on the website sent to Fides by Father ...
23 April 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religious leaders join government in rejecting hypothesis of Human Rights Charter
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Religious leaders from the Catholic Church together with Anglicans, Muslims, Hindus and those from the Jewish faith have welcomed the Federal Government's decision to reject a proposal for a na ...
23 April 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - After 4 years, the Diocese of Chia Yi is preparing for an ordination to the priesthood on the World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) – After four years, the Diocese of Chia Yi, on the island of Taiwan, is finally preparing to welcome a new priest. The diocese has enthusiastically announced the event to all, calling for everyo ...
23 April 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Message to the People of God from Bishops of Bolivia
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The reading of the Message to the People of God ended the LXXXIX Assembly of Bishops in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. The biblical quotation from John 6:20, "It is I, fear not," is the t ...
23 April 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - June 13 declared “World Cup Sunday” by South African Bishops
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of South Africa have declared Sunday, June 13, “World Cup Sunday.”
This date has been chosen, as it coincides with the beginning of the World Cup and the conclusion of th ...
23 April 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Crises in 3 areas of Congo linked by common thread of control for nation's resources
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Democratic Republic of Congo, which in June will celebrate 50 years of independence, is increasingly the focus of strategic moves of major world powers and neighboring countries intereste ...
23 April 2010
ASIA/HOLY LAND - World Week for Peace in the Holy Land
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Pray for a just peace, working to provide education and awareness in the territory; call political leaders on to a real commitment to peace in the Middle East...These are the objectives of t ...
22 April 2010
ASIA/SRI LANKA - "The Church is working with the population to build a better country," Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, new President of the Bishops' Conference, tells Fides
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, is now the new President of the Sri Lankan Bishops' Conference. He was elected yesterday by the Assembly of Bishops on the island. After his ...
22 April 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - Meeting for Asian Youth Ministry Leaders highlights need to consolidate youth ministry on the continent
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – In the present social context, dominated by globalization, young people are facing the challenge of a market which, taken to extremes, leads to a spiritual and moral lack, emotional discomfo ...
22 April 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Document from 99th Bishops' Assembly: “Building a Table for Everyone in Chile”
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the close of their 99th Assembly, held between April 12 and 16 in Punta de Tralca, the Bishops thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his demonstrations of affection and closeness to the Church a ...
22 April 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground, Jesuit Superior General tells Mexico
Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) – Violence and anti-democracy are gaining ground worldwide, warned Jesuit Superior General, the Spaniard Father Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, in visiting Mexico.
"What is growing today is popul ...
22 April 2010
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Church in Zambia organizes Missionary Congress in October
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – October 13 to 16, the Church in Zambia will host a Missionary Congress. As Fr. Bernard Makadani Zulu, National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Zambia, tells Fides, the Missionary Co ...
22 April 2010
AFRICA/SUDAN - Delay in publishing election results, amidst increasing fraud allegations
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The results of the presidential, parliamentary, and local elections in Sudan are being published gradually. Incumbent President Omar El Beshir is ahead and is confident his re-election (as pl ...
22 April 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A mission of peace and harmony for the Diocese of Faisalabad
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - “A seed which was sowed in Faisalabad fifty years ago, has well grown up now, and may this plant beget much fruit in the future, and may God dwell his peace, love, grace and all his blessin ...
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