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• 26 January 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The journey towards democracy requires time. Cultural preparation is also needed,” Father Scattolin tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The crisis involving all Arab Countries has various motives, among which economics weighs heavily, considering even just the unemployment which above all affects youth,” Fides was told by Fat ...
• 25 January 2011
  VATICAN - Holy Father's Message for World Mission Day 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (Jn 20:21) is the theme for the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message on the occasion of World Mission Day 2011, which will be celebrated on 23 ...
• 25 January 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 30 January: call by Episcopal conference for great prayer for peace in the Country Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the polarisation afflicting society, in view of the divisions that often result in violence, in view of the use of religion as an instrument by extremist Islamic movements, the Catho ...
• 25 January 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The Congregation of St Teresa of the Infant Jesus celebrates its 80 year anniversary with a religious sister's perpetual profession Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – At the start of the new year the mainland Chinese Catholic community continues to reap vocational fruits, with priestly ordinations and religious sisters' solemn vows, encouraging youth ...
• 25 January 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “They want to silence the Church,” denounces the Archbishop of Caracas during the celebration for Christian unity Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, denounced that in the East, Christians are persecuted by “continuing secularism, more aggressive and intolerable every day”, which means ...
• 25 January 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Bishops condemn violence and call all to observe pacts Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We condemn the violent deaths carried out in the name of the dignity of the human person dear to God. It is also in the name of respect for human life that we oppose the use of force, violenc ...
• 25 January 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Presence of the Shabab in the east of DRC? A missionary calls for caution Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The presence of an Islamic group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is plausible, but up until now we haven't heard any reports of their activities,” Fides was told by F ...
• 25 January 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Journalist and human rights activist killed: bewilderment in the Country Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Gerry Ortega, journalist and human rights activist was killed by gunfire Monday, 24 January, in the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island in the centre of the Philippines archipelago. This is ...
• 25 January 2011
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Community of Villaregia celebrates 30 years in the service of mission in the Missionary Centre under construction Arecibo (Agenzia Fides) – Father Luigi Prandin and Maria Luigia Corona, founders of the Missionary Community of Villaregia (MCV), were the main testimonies in the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Missionary Communi ...
• 24 January 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Intense journey of prayer for Christian unity, in harmony with the universal Church Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – In keeping with the instruction of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan, the Catholic faithful are participating intensely in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity together with other ...
• 24 January 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops: yes to life imprisonment, no to capital punishment for the murder of a missionary New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Indian Bishops accept and respectfully welcome the decision of the Supreme Court to reduce the sentence of the death penalty to life imprisonment for Dara Singh, the man responsible burn ...
• 24 January 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Presidential elections only one round: the concerns of the Church Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The power in Kinshasa want to avoid the syndrome of the desired but unattained victory of Laurent Gbagbo, in the first round of presidential elections in Côte d'Ivoire,” says a note sent ...
• 24 January 2011
  AFRICA/CHAD - A new project to guarantee potable water and limit the outbreak of cholera Bongor (Agenzia Fides) – In mid-December in Chad 6,369 cases of cholera and 180 deaths were recorded: these statistics were released by the United Nations for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The African Count ...
• 24 January 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Defending Asia Bibi to build a civilisation for coexisting Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “We welcome with satisfaction and hope Italy's commitment to saving Asia Bibi and to the abolition of the blasphemy law,” Fides was told by Peter Jacob, Executive Secretary of the Justice and ...
• 24 January 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New hope for the Church in Vietnam in 2011 Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – A new year brings new hope to the Church in Vietnam: testifying to this are the appointment of non-resident pontifical representative to Vietnam, Bishop Leopoldo Girelli, (who will also be the A ...