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5 July 2012
AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: violence cannot be a means to achieve the development of peoples
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of painful episodes on Tuesday, July 3, the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) launched a new appeal to all protagonists of the conflict, so that they put aside the speeches that inci ...
5 July 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Conviviality and solidarity: Syria rejects war
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A large part of the Syrian society rejects the civil war that is devastating and paralyzing the country. Men and women of good will, of every ethnicity and religion, reject sectarianism, and th ...
5 July 2012
AMERICA/BRAZI - "Even today, the Amazon is considered as a colony": the voice of the Bishops against a model that does not consider the native population
Santarem (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the problems currently faced by the peoples of the Amazon is that of the major projects which, besides having a huge impact on the environment, generate profits for some and cause numer ...
5 July 2012
AFRICA/GABON - "Drugs and prostitution in Catholic schools": The Bishops denounce and take action
Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Gabon has denounced some serious practices found in the Catholic schools of the capital, Libreville. During a press conference that was held on July 2, presided b ...
4 July 2012
VATICAN - Note of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Apostolic Administration of Harbin (Mainland China)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic administration of Harbin (Heilongjiang Province) is preparing for the ordination of Rev. Joseph Yue Fusheng. In regard to this, please note the following.
1) An episcopal o ...
4 July 2012
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Erection of the Diocese of Batticaloa and appointment of the first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 3, 2012 erected the new Diocese of Batticaloa, in Sri Lanka, with territory taken from the Diocese of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, making it a suffragan of t ...
4 July 2012
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - No to the closure of "bi-national markets," a source of livelihood for thousands of families
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic has expressed a negative opinion on the closure of "bi-national markets" that are held every week at different points along the border with Haiti, ...
4 July 2012
VATICAN - Men and women religious, be "witnesses and role models to re-build a new society": the exhortation of Cardinal Filoni
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Continuing his pastoral visit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (see Fides 30/06/2012), Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, met yester ...
4 July 2012
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Independence of Burundi is a treasure to be made fruitful: the message of the Bishops for 50 years of independence
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "National independence is a gift of God and it is up to us to bear fruit." This is the meaning of the message of the Bishops of Burundi read in all churches on Sunday 1 July, for the 50th anni ...
4 July 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - "We try to increase collaboration with Muslims," said the coadjutor Bishop of Garissa after the attacks on churches
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm. Both Christians and Muslims have condemned the attacks. They all say that there is no religious war but that the attacks on two churches are probably a reaction to the pr ...
4 July 2012
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Young Catholics take the gospel door to door, especially to the most disadvantaged areas
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In order to evangelize and to serve the most vulnerable communities in Ecuador, "Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja " (UTPL) and the Youth Idente, which includes Catholic university students f ...
4 July 2012
EUROPE/ITALY - The new Superior General of the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) was elected
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 17th General Chapter of the Society of Divine Word (SVD), taking place in Nemi (Rome), yesterday elected Fr. Heinz Kulüke as new Superior General of the SVD. Since 2005 he was Superior of the ...
4 July 2012
AMERICA/PERU - "Stop the violence and encourage dialogue": Mgr. Bambaren’s appeal after 3 deaths yesterday in Celendin
Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - The former President of the Episcopal Conference of Peru and Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Bambaren, has denounced the violence that erupted in the province of Celendín in t ...
3 July 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Democracy, the privileged path to achieve peace, justice and development": the Bishops on the elections
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) congratulated the Mexican people for their actions during the elections last Sunday, July 1st, and asks the new government of Enrique Peña Nieto to sa ...
3 July 2012
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Multiculturalism and challenges for the Mission", in view of the Year of Faith
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On days 7, 8 and 9 July, the Centre of Missiology for the Southern Cone, "John Paul II" of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will hold a refresher course on "Multiculturalism, seculari ...
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