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16 December 2009
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Millions of new “environmental refugees” from climate changes: concern from the Church in the Pacific
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Over 200 million people will become refugees or internally displaced persons due to climate change by 2050 in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: this is the prediction made in Copenhagen by intern ...
16 December 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - The challenge of climate changes: a letter from the Archdiocese of Acapulco highlights the need for everyone to assume their own responsibilities and make concrete decisions
Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Acapulco has published a letter on the occasion of the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change. "We know that Catholic organizations such as Caritas Internationalis and the Int ...
15 December 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Matthew Luo Duxi of Leshan dies at age 91, after a great contribution to religious life, reconstruction of churches, and priestly formation
Leshan (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Mattew Luo Duxi of the Diocese of Kiating (Leshan) Sichuan (mainland China) died on December 4th at the age of 91, as a result of a heart attack and respiratory failure.
The Prelate was ...
15 December 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another priest murdered in Brazil: Fr. Alvino Broering
Itajai (Agenzia Fides) - Brazilian priest Father Alvino Broering, 46, was stabbed at dawn on December 14th in the southern state of Santa Catarina (Brazil) by a man who then stole his car, according to information from t ...
15 December 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Two Consolata Missionaries from Colombia die in a car accident, after years of missionary work in the Brazilian Amazon
Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) – Two religious from the institution of the Consolata Missionaries, both natives of Colombia, Sister Ana Elind Gonzalez Lara, 44, and Sister Amelia Gil Diaz, 66, died the morning of December 1 ...
15 December 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Formation of laity in parishes, in response to Year for Priestly Vocations
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The formation of the laity in parishes, to respond to the Year of Priestly Vocations" has been proposed by Msgr. Dominic Chang, Vicar of the Diocese of Hong Kong, to parishes. According to re ...
15 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Further attacks on Monastery in Bukavu, where a sister was killed on December 7; today, Peace March and Masses in parishes
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, is once more suffering violence. According to a statement received by Fides, on the night of Sunday, Dec ...
15 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Mr. President...guarantee security for the Church and inhabitants of Bukavu,” clergy and religious from the Archdiocese of Bukavu tell President Kabila
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to you to ask you to ensure our safety and that of the people we minister to" is how the priests and religious men and women of the Archdiocese of Bukavu have addressed the President o ...
15 December 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary for South Africa resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 15, 2009, accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Pretoria (South Africa) and Military Ordinary for South Africa, ...
15 December 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Kimberley resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 15, 2009, accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Kimberley (South Africa), presented by Bishop Erwin Hecht, OMI, in ...
15 December 2009
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Bougainville resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on December 15, 2009, accepted the resignation of the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), presented by Bishop Henk Kronenber ...
15 December 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “I shall seek your face, Lord”: first part of Compendium for lay missionary formation published
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretariat for Pastoral Ministry of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has issued the first publication of the Compendium for ongoing formation of the laity. “I shall seek your face, Lord - ...
15 December 2009
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas brings hope back to Gaza
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the Gaza Strip, a territory marked by poverty, marginalization, and neglect, Caritas Jerusalem is offering assistance, a source of new hope for the people.
In January 2009, when the Israe ...
15 December 2009
ASIA/MYANMAR - Evangelizing the mountain peoples: a new challenge for the Bishop of Hpa-An
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The biggest challenge for the people of God in the new Diocese of Hpa-An, created in January 2009 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Yangon, is to "bring closeness, pastoral care, and spe ...
15 December 2009
EUROPE/DENMARK - “Vulnerable communities across the world need a fair, ambitious and binding climate agreement”: Catholic development agencies warn of developed nations' attempts to sidestep Kyoto Protocol
Copenhagen (Agenzia Fides) - The UN climate talks were recently brought to a halt as a result of a standoff between African nations and rich countries, who are trying to wriggle out of their responsibilities. CIDSE and C ...
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