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22 July 2013
ASIA/INDIA - A 3-year-old girl raped and murdered: the Archbishop of Calcutta calls for mobilization
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A three year old girl was raped and murdered in the area of Hastings, in Calcutta. As learned by Fides, the body of the child, belonging to one of the many "homeless" families who live on the s ...
22 July 2013
AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian emergency in Kalma refugee camp in South Darfur
Nyala (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains continue to inflict serious damage in the southern part of Darfur. A hundred homes in the Kalma refugee camp, near the city of Nyala, have been completely destroyed. As reported b ...
22 July 2013
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Centre of Excellence for the recovery of street children
Makati City (Agenzia Fides) - A program of assistance, protection and training with regards to the fundamental values of life in favor of street children continues to increase. We are talking about Tuloy Foundation prese ...
22 July 2013
AFRICA - Mineral Resources and the Common Good: a blog on the subject
Lubumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - There are many African countries ranked among the world's poorest. Still, they are Countries rich in natural resources. The Seminar held by JascNet (the Network of African Jesuit Social Centr ...
22 July 2013
AMERICA/BRAZIL - WYD: Success of Missionary Week and in particular the meetings on peace
Petropolis (Agenzia Fides) - There were about 1,800 young people from El Salvador, Guatemala, the Philippines, Venezuela and Colombia who reached the parish of Guapimirim in the Diocese of Petrópolis, in the state of Ri ...
22 July 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO – Stop with extortion and threats to priests and parishes: complaint of the Bishop of Cuernavaca
Morelos (Agenzia Fides) - A priest was the victim of extortion, death threats and the subject of an attempted murder: an incident that has caused deep concern for His Exc. Mgr. Ramon Castro Castro, Bishop of Cuernavaca, ...
22 July 2013
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The industrial area of Kaeseong, bordering the North re-opens: Mass of the Archbishop of Seoul
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To pray for reconciliation and to start up economic cooperation again between North and South Korea: with this spirit His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom Soo-jung celebrated yesterday, 21 July, a Mass wit ...
19 July 2013
ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand faithful of the Diocese of Tai Yuan live the Year of Faith studying the documents of the Council on the Church and Ecumenism
Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – To embody the spirit of the Second Vatican Council in one’s life and transform oneself in the face of Christ to witness faith: this is the meaning of the exhortation that His Exc. Mgr. Paul ...
19 July 2013
AMERICA/CANADA TORONTO -Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 20 December 2012 appointed Fr. Alex Osei, of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (CSSp) as Nation ...
19 July 2013
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Major Seminary "Holy Apostles Peter and Paul" in Ibadan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 20 December 2012 appointed rev. Francis O. Adesina, of the clergy of the Diocese of Osogbo as Rec ...
19 July 2013
ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: Christians can contribute to justice in Orissa
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians, although a small minority, are called, by virtue of their faith, to be the leaven of justice and peace in Orissa. Driven by their faith, hope and charity they are responsible fo ...
19 July 2013
AFRICA/EGYPT - A commission to review the provisional Constitution. The Churches are also involved
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the coming hours" refers to Fides Agency Botros Fahim Awad Hanna, Coptic Catholic Bishop of Minya, "President Adly Mansur should sign the decree establishing a commission of fifty members appo ...
19 July 2013
AMERICA/BRAZIL - WYD: thousands of young people discover the spirit and missionary commitment
Itaiupu (Agenzia Fides) - Accompanying young people participating in the World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro to "get to know and fall in love with the missionary spirit": is the goal of the Pontifical Mission Societies in ...
19 July 2013
AFRICA/CHAD - Emergency refugees, mostly children orphaned or separated from their parents
N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Chadians, most of them children, are returning to their Country of origin in order to escape the insecurity and instability of the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), Darf ...
19 July 2013
ASIA/IRAN - Eight Christians sentenced for "actions against the national security"
Shiraz (Agenzia Fides) - Eight evangelical Christians in Shiraz were sentenced to jail after being found guilty of "action against the national security" and "propaganda against the order of the system". The news was giv ...
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