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28 May 2012
AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of Bishop of Nkongsamba
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 26, 2012, appointed Rev. Dieudonné Espoir Atangana of the clergy of Obala as Bishop of the Diocese of Nkongsamba Cameroon, he was the former rector of t ...
28 May 2012
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Erection of the Diocese of Bafang and appointment of the first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 26, 2012 established the new Diocese of Bafang in Cameroon (from the Diocese of Nkongsamba), making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Douala, and appo ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/CHINA-Many believers received Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion at Pentecost
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The continental Catholic community celebrated the feast of Pentecost with the administration of the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion to many of the faithful, and ...
28 May 2012
AMERICA/CHILE-The Church must be present in working panel discussions with indigenous communities
Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, His Exc. Mgr. Manuel Camilo Vial, underlined that the Church must participate in working panel discussions with indigenous communities, announced by President ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN-Christian family murdered in Punjab
Okara (Agenzia Fides) – An entire Christian family was brutally killed in Punjab. Four people were slaughtered in the Christian colony of Muhala Ahmad, in the city of Okara, in the south of Lahore, capital of Punjab. T ...
28 May 2012
VATICAN - Pope at Pentecost: "Jesus sends his Spirit to the Church so that every Christian can become his effective witness in the world"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus, risen and ascended into heaven, sends his Spirit to the Church, so that all Christians can participate in his divine life and become his effective witness in the world. The Holy Spi ...
28 May 2012
AFRICA/MALI - Authority and population are contrary to an Islamic State in the north; all faiths pray for peace
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Both the political authorities and the people have reaffirmed that Mali is one and indivisible. The same original inhabitants of the north that are located in Bamako, are contrary to the secessi ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Prayer and Fasting in the hell of battle: the experience of a Catholic priest
Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of massacres, rape, shootings, kidnappings, vendettas, a small flame of faith and love is kindled in the city of Qusayr (near Homs), one of the places where the war rages more violen ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/VIETNAM - Jesuit vocations flourish
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnam is fertile ground for the Society of Jesus: as Fides learns from the Jesuits in Vietnam, in recent years the vocations of the congregation founded by St. Ignatius have multiplie ...
28 May 2012
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Instability in the east, even Ituri in ferment: Gold and oil are at stake
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - After North Kivu, another area in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ituri district, is likely to burst out again. According to the press in fact 4 Congolese armed groups in the reg ...
28 May 2012
AMERICA/PANAMA - A survey shows that the Church is the institution which is most trusted by Panamanian
Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is the institution that enjoys credibility among Panamanians, while the opposite is the National Assembly of Deputies, according to results of a survey published by the firm U ...
26 May 2012
ASIA/SINGAPORE-Pentecost: a "Spring of the Spirit" for the new evangelization
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The theme for the celebration of the day of Pentecost will be the new "Spring of the Spirit", which takes place tomorrow, May 27, at the Church of Christ King in Singapore. The island's Cathol ...
26 May 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Firing on Christians: Three injured in Karachi, threats to a Christian MP from Sindh
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of extremists raided the Christian neighborhood of Essa Nagri, in Karachi, firing wildly and injuring three Christians: Aftab Bhatti Khairat Masih, 40 years old, the 22-year-old Khurram ...
26 May 2012
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mother's Day against Domestic Violence
Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - Mother's Day, which the population of the Dominican Republic celebrates on the last Sunday in May is an opportunity to relieve the longstanding problem of domestic violence: S ...
26 May 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Emmaus community" in Mindanao: women consecrated to the service of dialogue with Muslims
Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims in Mindanao, the largest island in the southern Philippines, call them "maidens of Providence", "poor sisters", "flames of dialogue": they are the women of the "Emm ...
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