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22 January 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Towards a divided Somalia?
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- While the crisis in central southern Somalia becomes ever more acute, Somaliland (northern region self-proclaimed independent in 1991) receives signals of possible international acknowledgement ...
22 January 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Clashes in Kenya continue, situation of displaced persons ever more serious, expectation for mediator Kofi Annan
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - While Kenya awaits the arrival of former UN secretary general Kenya Kofi Annan, charged by the African Union to head a delegation to mediate the political crisis, clashes continue between the p ...
22 January 2008
ASIA/CHINA - International channel of national TV shows 15 minutes of life in a Catholic community
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 January the international channel of national TV in China showed a 15 minute programme on life in Catholic communities in China, including part of a Mass. According to Faith bulletin publi ...
22 January 2008
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem: calls for an end to humanitarian crisis in Gaza and assistance for Palestinian children
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Jerusalem has called for the block of persons and goods which is causing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to be lifted. It joined major international humanitarian organisations in warni ...
22 January 2008
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslims join Christians mourning missionary shot dead in Tawi-Tawi
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Muslims joined Christians on the island of Tawi-Tawi, to commemorate Fr. Jesus Reynaldo Roda, a member of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate shot dead by armed robbers on 15 January (see ...
22 January 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - OCSHA meeting for priests comes to an end: 103 Spanish missionary priests serving in 20 different countries of Latin America
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Last week some 103 Spanish priests working as missionaries in 20 different countries in Latin America gathered at the Casa San Juan María Vianney de Havana, for Meeting of OCSHA (Hispanic-Americ ...
22 January 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Beatification of Mother Candelaria de San José “opportunity to strengthen the faith and defend it from deviations ”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Venezuela has announced the first beatification of a daughter of that local Church, Mother Candelaria di San José, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Vene ...
22 January 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Hope for dialogue between government and prefectures; Bishops say every effort must be made to reach positive results
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - “Dialogue for consensus” is the title of a statement issued by the standing council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bolivia, at the end of a meeting this week in Santa Cruz, in whi ...
22 January 2008
EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - World Health Organisation estimates 1,000-3,000 cases of plague every year: a growing threat although still undervalued
Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) - Plague is re-emerging in the world and according to a team of British researchers this growing threat is still undervalued. The warning was given in a report published by a group of scholars a ...
22 January 2008
AFRICA - ‘Whitecoats' emergency in some African countries: doctors and nurses emigrate to work in rich countries
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to a report by the Centre for Global Development in Washington, some African countries have more of their doctors and nurses abroad than at home.
For example Mozambique has 75% of its d ...
22 January 2008
ASIA/MYANMAR - Despite information campaign first human case of avaian flu registered in Myanmar
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - An outbreak of avian flu among birds in the east Burmese state of Shan, on the border with Thailand, registered the first human case, a seven year old girl infected by poultry in her village.
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21 January 2008
VATICAN - The Pope's Angelus: “The Church's evangelising mission is part of her ecumenical path”; “I am bound to the university world by love for the quest for truth, for discussion, frank dialogue, respectful of reciprocal positions. All this is also part of the Church's mission ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 20 January the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his midday Angelus reflection to the issue of ecumenism, this being the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and to his pl ...
21 January 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI visits Capranica College: “Without friendship with Jesus it is impossible for a Christian, and even more so for a priest, to bring to completion the mission entrusted by the Lord ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Under various circumstances I have reminded seminarians and priests of the urgency of nurturing a profound interior life, personal and continual contact with Christ in prayer and contemp ...
21 January 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - Fr Adolfo Nicolás elected Prepositor General of the Society of Jesus
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 19 January the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus elected Fr Adolfo Nicolás, S.J., Prepositor General. He is the 29the successor of St Ignatius of Loyola. Born on 29 Aor ...
21 January 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses Latin Bishops in Arab regions: “By privileging dialogue among all parties, violence may cease, real and lasting peace be restored and relations of solidarity and collaboration established”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I wish first of all to reaffirm the importance I attribute to the witness offered by your local Churches” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his address to Bishops of the Latin Rite ...
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