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17 September 2007
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Bishops say every effort must be made to end human trafficking “ a horrific crime against the basic dignity and rights of the human person”
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Human trafficking is a horrific crime against the basic dignity and rights of the human person and all efforts must be expended to end it. In the end, we must work together---church, state, ...
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17 September 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - 16th National Youth Meeting: young communities, privileged places for learning to live as disciples and followers of Jesus Christ
Santiago del Cile (Agenzia Fides) - "Young communities, privileged places for living missionary discipleship" is the theme of the 16th National Youth Meeting which will bring together young leaders of youth groups from a ...
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17 September 2007
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Camillian Vice Province in Burkina Faso rejoices for religious profession of 14 young men
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 September in the solemn liturgical feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Camillian Vice Province in Burkina Faso lived a day of great joy and hope and confidence in the ...
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17 September 2007
ASIA/IRAQ - Six thousand cases of cholera in northern Iraq where people live without clean water or adequate drainage system
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A outbreak of cholera has infected at least 6,000 people in the northern provinces of Iraq, where 3 million people live without clean water or adequate drainage system. In recent months ten deaths ...
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17 September 2007
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Tacuarembo Hospital cares for 350,000 patients and is ready for a national health system
Tacuarembo (Agenzia Fides) - Access to technology, swift service, sound local systems, economic-financial decentralisation, are key elements for a National Health System. These elements exist at Tacuarembo Hospital.
Thi ...
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15 September 2007
VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI receives President of the Republic of Sudan in audience: Holy See Press Office Statement
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 14 September at the Palazzo Apostolico in Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI received in audience the President of the Republic of Sudan (see Fides 14/9/2007). ...
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15 September 2007
VATICAN - Made public today response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to certain questions raised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning artificial nutrition and hydration
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was a response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to certain questions raised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning artificial nu ...
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15 September 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Made public acts of Continental Meetings for Italian Fidei Donum missionaries; to re-launch in Italy this missionary experience an official Study on 50 years of Fidei Donum in Italy will be presented at 4th National Meeting for Directors of Diocesan Mission Centres
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “To the ends of the earth. From fecund memories to bold prospects ”: is the title of a Paper issued by the secretariat of the Italian Bishops Conference CEI on three Meetings held respectively ...
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15 September 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives Poor Clare Sisters: “The silent commitment of persons like you who strive to put into practice the Gospel ‘sine glossa’ with simplicity and joy, rarely causes a stir in public opinion, but - rest assured - the contribution you offer to the Church's apostolic and missionary activity in the world is truly exceptional ”
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “This, dear Sisters, is what the Pope expects of you: be burning torches of love, ‘joined hands' that keep watch in unceasing prayer, totally detached from the world, to sustain the ...
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15 September 2007
EUROPE/POLAND - National Meeting for diocesan directors of the PMS and mission delegates of various religious communities on the theme “Let us carry on the work of serving the Church ”, inspired by the Encyclical Fidei donum
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - From 16 to 18 September in Niepokalanów, Poland, some 120 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland, their collaborators and mission delegates of various religious communi ...
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15 September 2007
AFRICA/MALI - Attack on Mali army post re-ignites tension with Tuareg nomads
Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- There is growing concern in Mali and Niger as tension rises with the ethnic Berber Tuareg nomads in the Sahel area.
On September 14 a group of Tuareg rebels attacked a small army camp at Tinzaou ...
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15 September 2007
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Some of the many Congolese who fled to Uganda to escape violence in North Kivu have returned home; but there are still about 650,000 internally displaced persons in east Congo.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Some of the estimated 35,000 Congolese who fled to Uganda last week after a recrudescence of conflict and escalation of violence in the North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
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15 September 2007
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Italian Franciscan Friar restores a smile and dignity to street children, abandoned children and orphans in Talgar
Talgar (Agenzia Fides) - “With the help of Italian friends and volunteers at Talgar Catholic Mission building work on the House started in June is almost finished”, said Fr. Guido Trezzani, Franciscan Friar on miss ...
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15 September 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops deeply concerned as growing violence takes over the country “We must kill hatred before hatred poisons and kills the soul of Chile”:
Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement entitled “Educate to peace, a challenge for Chile” the Catholic Bishops of Chile express concern for “the violent episodes in Santiago during the night of 11 Sept ...
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15 September 2007
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - San Pedro Apostol Diocese in critical situation due to prolonged drought and burning of thousands of hectares of forests and pastures appeals for help
San Pedro Apostol (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement issued with the priests of his diocese Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, of the diocese of San Pedro in Paraguay, calls for help to face the "critical situation in the ...
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