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23 April 2012
AFRICA/MALAWI - "The political turning point has taken place, now we are waiting for economic reforms," said Fr. Gamba
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - " A moment that was very negative at a political and economical level comes to an end" says to Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary who has been working in Malawi for 30 years, c ...
23 April 2012
ASIA/INDONESIA - Agreement between the Community of St.Egidio and the Islamic organization Muhammadiyah
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An important bilateral agreement will be officially signed tomorrow in Jakarta between the Community of St.Egidio and the "Muhammadiyah", an imposing Islamic organization in Indonesia which has ...
20 April 2012
ASIA/CHINA - At Easter more than 22 000 baptisms were administered in the continental Catholic community
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics that the Study Center of Faith in He Bei managed to collect up to 19 April, which was sent to Fides, during Easter 2012, a total of 22,104 baptisms were administer ...
20 April 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Still serious humanitarian problems in the "forgotten areas" of the country: report of the ICRC
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia presented in Bogotá and in nine other Colombian cities where it works, its annual report containing serious reports on the growing ...
20 April 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Christians handing out pamphlets: two believers arrested in Kashmir
Jammu (Agenzia Fides) - Police in the Indian state of "Jammu and Kashmir" have arrested a Christian couple in the town of Bandipora on charges of "promoting hatred", while they were just handing out pamphlets about the C ...
20 April 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Grief and joy in Quetta: a Christian killed, a new priest ordained, the first in Baluchistan
Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Feelings of grief, fear and consternation, mingle with the joy and hope in the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta, a Christian outpost in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. The two episodes that g ...
20 April 2012
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Agreement on the transition between the coup leaders and parties; international condemnation and the population’s adversity
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Since Tuesday, April 17 the Catholic radio station in Guinea Bissau, Radio Sol Mansi, was allowed to resume broadcasting. "The military junta authorized private radio stations, including ours, ...
20 April 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Saltillo: "Mexico is currently experiencing the worst historical humanitarian crisis with regards to migration, there is no political will to solve the problem"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is currently experiencing the worst historical humanitarian crisis with regards to migration": With these words His Exc. Raúl Vera, Bishop of Saltillo, in the Forum entitled "B ...
20 April 2012
EUROPE/SPAIN-Every year fewer children die, about 4 thousand, than in 1990, but much still remains to be done
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the alarming figures that one hears every day on the precarious living conditions of many children around the world, it seems that the last 20 years have been crucial to their improvement ...
20 April 2012
ASIA/INDIA-The religious pioneers of the mission
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The orders and religious congregations in India are called to turn their attention to service and commitment towards mission: was the conclusion of the Missionary Congress held recently in Ban ...
20 April 2012
AFRICA/MALI-The humanitarian situation in northern Mali gets serious, the Bishops express appreciation for the transition
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian situation in northern Mali is worsening day by day. Food and medicine are increasingly rare, because grocery stores, hospitals and health centers were ransacked by the rebels" s ...
20 April 2012
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Innovative solution for the reconstruction of the Anglican church in Christchurch, still no decision for the Catholic Cathedral
Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - In contrast to the Anglican church in Christchurch, destroyed by the severe earthquake on February 21, 2011 in the country (see Fides 02/23/2011), "the Catholic Cathedral was not totally demo ...
18 April 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - Renewal of leadership and preparation for the Year of Faith: the main themes of the Spring Assembly of the Regional Episcopal Conference
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. John Hung Shan Chuan, SVD, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, was re-elected President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan during the Ordinary Spring Assembly o ...
18 April 2012
ASIA/SYRIA-The Orthodox Church: Easter was not celebrated in Homs, stop to violence
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Easter in Homs, which fell on April 15, was not celebrated: as reported to Fides by representatives of the Orthodox Church in Homs that officially stated that there were not any Easter ...
18 April 2012
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN -Apprehension for disabled children of the Pro Children Association of Kabul
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - It seems that the 'Spring Offensive', triggered by the Taliban in the country on April 15, extended to three eastern provinces (Nangarhar, Logar and Paktia), resulted in a toll of 51 victims and 7 ...
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