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29 March 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Schools closed in several coastal areas due to severe cholera epidemic
Msambweni (Agenzia Fides) – About 11,000 students from different schools in the districts of Kwale and Msambweni, in the coastal area of Kenya, were forced to leave school before the Easter holidays following a severe ...
29 March 2010
AFRICA/UGANDA - Northeastern region suffering famine: nearly 1 million people at risk
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to a note from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) sent to Fides, there are about 900 thousand people in the region of Karamoja, northeastern Uganda, who are facing a ...
29 March 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Meningitis kills 10% of people infected 48 hours after first signs of symptoms
Kano (Agenzia Fides) – According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), as of March 24, 156 people have died of meningitis (of 1500 infected) in Nigeria. A third of the deaths were recorded in the northeas ...
27 March 2010
ASIA/CHINA - “Acts of charity should not be reserved for Lent alone”: solidarity commitment of Parish of Qing Shan, in Mongolia
Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) – Practice charity, carry out the commandments of the Lord, and live in mutual solidarity: these are the recommendations of the priests of the parish of Qing Shan in the Diocese of Bao Tou, in M ...
27 March 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Christian Churches increase pressure to abolish new Constitutional clause setting the beginning of life at birth
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church strongly feels the fight against abortion is the fight for the family,” said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, in an ecumenical encounter that took place on Mar ...
27 March 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Joseph Pontifical Seminary in Verapoly appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 26, 2009, appointed as Rector of the Pontifical Seminary of Saint Joseph in the Archdiocese of V ...
27 March 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Grand-Bassam resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 27, 2010, accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Grand-Bassam (Ivory Coast) presented by Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley ...
27 March 2010
AFRICA/TANZANIA - “Mkombozi Bank,” first Catholic commercial bank in the country, founded with local funds
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - “The church believes that if it has to serve the people well, these kind of projects are inevitable,” said Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, in the opening ceremony ...
27 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - 47% of churches damaged in earthquake, one million faithful without a place of worship; report on Church structures one month after the earthquake
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – 47% percent of Chile's Catholic churches were damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27: this is affirmed in a Report on the damage to religious buildings published by the ...
27 March 2010
ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnamese technicians and experts help people of Chad to improve food safety
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Thanks to an agreement recently signed by the South-South Cooperation, a group of Vietnamese experts will help Chad to implement a series of activities aimed at improving food security in the Af ...
27 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazil, country with greatest social injustice in Latin America
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – According to a study published by UN-Habitat, the UN agency for human settlements, Brazil is the country with the greatest inequality levels in Latin America: while 10 percent of the richest ...
27 March 2010
AFRICA/CONGO - Laboratory in Cité Guanella, along with the primary school, will be important reference point for many local villages
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Work has begun on the construction of an analysis laboratory at the “Cité Guanella” of Plateaux de Batek. The Guanellian agricultural community, which is about 120 km from Kinshasa welco ...
26 March 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Church launches website for World Cup: utmost attention to prostitution of minors
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "The goal of this site is not only to provide information to fans, but especially not to miss the opportunity to speak of the Church in South Africa and the extraordinary work she does here ...
26 March 2010
VATICAN - Conclusions from the Meeting of the Commission on the Catholic Church in China
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released a statement saying that March 22 to 24, for the third time, the Commission that Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study the issues of greates ...
26 March 2010
VATICAN - Pope's Message for the 84th World Mission Sunday: the missionary mandate received by all the baptized and the entire Church, “cannot be fulfilled in a credible manner without a profound personal, communal, and pastoral conversion”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is only from this encounter with the Love of God that transforms our existence, that we can live in communion with Him and among ourselves and offer our brethren a credible testimony, ...
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