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17 July 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “La valigia con lo spago”: “my ideas on immigration have changed since I began giving spiritual counseling in detention centers. We try to defend ourselves from people who are simply desperately in need...”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The testimony of a religious sister, Sr. Kathleen Erickson, RSM (Sisters of Mercy, USA), who carries out a pastoral activity with immigrants, breaks the veil that has been placed on the reality o ...
17 July 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Catholic Church's activity in Egypt
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On July 9, in the Coptic Catholic Church of Saint Teresa, in the district of Sharabia-Cairo, the Catholic Women's Committee sponsored an educational course on the A-N1H1 flu, given by medical sp ...
17 July 2009
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - “Set aside tribalism and chose a future leader for the nation using objective criteria, at the light of the Gospel,” Bishops say in looking ahead to November elections
Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - “Be vigilant, to stay awake and to protect our democracy that was hard-earned and hard-won through the sacrifices of many lives.” This is the appeal from the Bishops of Namibia, made to Cat ...
17 July 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of De Aar resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on July 17, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of De Aar (South Africa) presented by Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S ...
17 July 2009
VATICAN - Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the FAO, Monsignor Volante: “the programs for fighting hunger are fundamental in improving the conditions of the poor”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “We are supporting those who work on a daily basis to meet the basic food needs of all people. Here at the FAO, there is a lack of personnel. The staff number has been lowering for years now. How ...
17 July 2009
VATICAN - Vatican Museums open in the evening for the first time, July 24
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time, the Vatican Museums will be open to the public in the evening hours, on Friday, July 24. On that day the Museum will remain open from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., with the last ...
17 July 2009
VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - 'priestly holiness'
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - All over the world thanks to impulse given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI with the indiction of a Year of the Priesthood, diocesan and ecclesial realities are launching initiatives to redi ...
16 July 2009
AFRICA/SENEGAL - Malaria can be reduced among children, giving them Vitamin A supplements
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The distribution of Vitamin A supplements in areas malaria-prone areas could help reduce the cases among children by one-third. This is what a report from the “Malaria Journal” entitled “M ...
16 July 2009
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dengue epidemic affects 15,000, claiming the lives of 168 in only 6 months
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Health authorities in Sri Lanka are struggling to stop the spread of one of the worst dengue epidemics that they have suffered until now. According to the Minister of Health, since January 200 ...
16 July 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - In 2008, Caritas Spain's requests for emergency aid doubled in comparison with 2007
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas declared that it has received nearly 600,000 petitions for emergency aid in 2008, double the number in 2007. In several regions particularly affected by growing unemployment, such as in ...
16 July 2009
AFRICA/CONGO - Incumbent President Denis Sassou Nguesso reelected to lead Congo; controversy over low voting rate
Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) – As expected, incumbent President Denis Sassou Nguesso won the presidential elections that were held in the Republic of Congo on July 12 (see Fides 10/7/2009).
According to the results pub ...
16 July 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - A Catholic South African, killed for his opposition to witchcraft, could become the country's first saint
Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) – He gave his life to bear witness to the truth, working against the false beliefs, and this is why his cause for beatification is now underway. His name is Servant of God Benedict Daswa, whos ...
16 July 2009
ASIA/CHINA - More intense spiritual life, continual formation, and priestly ordinations mark the beginning of the Year for Priests in the “Pauline Spirit”
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – According to reports sent to Agenzia Fides, various Catholic communities on mainland China are celebrating the beginning of the Year for Priests, in communion with the Holy Father and the Univ ...
16 July 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Mass Media and Mission”: forum of the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Mass Media and Mission: The image of the Catholic Church in the eyes of the media” was the theme of a recent forum promoted in Seoul by the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications, pres ...
16 July 2009
ASIA/NEPAL - “We will not leave Nepal because of the threats we receive. The mission continues,” Pro-Vicar Apostolic tells Fides
Katmandu (Agenzia Fides) - “We are concerned and fear more attacks like that of Assumption Cathedral (see Fides 25/5/2009). But, as Christians, we will not let ourselves be intimidated and we will not leave the country ...
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