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3 December 2012
VATICAN - Fides Agency: 85 years of service to the missionary world
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To get the people of God to know the missions through the press, with the aim to elicit missionary cooperation through vocations, spiritual communion and materials: This is the purpose that ...
3 December 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Elections in Madhya Pradesh: yes to the commitment of Christians in politics
Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Christians are called to commit themselves to contribute to building a truly democratic nation that respects dignity and human rights, based on the values of fraternity, equality, common good: is ...
3 December 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Vote on the "Reproductive Health Bill ": Church opposes with prayer and fasting
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The political struggle in the Philippines for the Reproductive Health Bill" gets to the heart of the matter, the document which is intended to introduce measures in the country such as abortion, ...
3 December 2012
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: the houses of the Israeli government in the Occupied Territories is a challenge and a retaliation after the UN vote
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The decision to build 3 thousand housing units in East Jerusalem is a retaliation after the recognition of Palestine as a non-member State of the UN. It expresses a clear rejection and a chal ...
3 December 2012
VATICAN - Day of the Disabled: "The world of rights cannot be the privilege for the few, the strong and successful"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are over one thousand million people with disabilities around the world, 15% of the entire population in the world. Of these, nearly 200 million suffer from very severe disabilities a ...
3 December 2012
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - An investigation into alleged violence of the soldiers in the south has been announced
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Madagascar has announced the opening of an investigation to see if the soldiers involved in the "Tandroka" operation committed violence against civilians. "Authorities den ...
1 December 2012
ASIA/INDIA - In Goa Masses also in Spanish for St. Francis Xavier
Goa (Agenzia Fides) - To meet the needs of foreign pilgrims, Catholic religious authorities of Goa, in western India, have planned the celebration of Mass in Spanish, on the occasion of the feast of St. Francis Xavier, P ...
1 December 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Delhi and Appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Delhi (India) by His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Michael Concessao, in ac ...
1 December 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Khunti
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Binay Kandulna, Titular Bishop of Auzegera and Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, currently Apostolic Administrator of Khu ...
30 November 2012
EUROPE/POLAND - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world": pilgrimage and missiological session in Jasna Gora
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world" is the theme of the missiological session and of the pilgrimage promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) in Poland to be held on 1 an ...
30 November 2012
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Holy Name of Mary" in Honiara
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 13 January 2011 appointed Fr. Augustinus Marsup, of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) as Rector of the inter-diocesa ...
30 November 2012
AMERICA/PANAMA - The 500th anniversary of the first diocese: Cardinal Ouellet meets with the President of Panama; Santa Maria La Antigua’s story on the web
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, received yesterday, 29 November, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for La ...
30 November 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Helping the sick and fighting AIDS is a lifelong commitment for Jinde Charities
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting AIDS, help the sick and those who have AIDS: is a permanent commitment for Jinde Charities, the charitable Chinese Catholic of He Bei. According to what was reported to Fides Age ...
30 November 2012
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Child labor and gender discrimination for Afro-Uruguayan children
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - According to data from the National Statistics Institute of Uruguay, 10.6% of the Uruguayan population is of African descent, about 13.4% in the age group ranging from 5 to 17. The majority a ...
30 November 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "More than persecution against Christians one should speak about the weakening of the rule of law," said the Bishop of Sokoto
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of a political will to end to impunity and enthrone the rule of law, a corrupt judiciary system and balkanization by Europe and the United States have been identified as some of the cause ...
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