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30 March 2012
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Drought continues to affect thousands of people in Somaliland
Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers in the Republic of Somaliland have appealed with a request for food aid and clean water for thousands of families who, because of drought, have lost their livelihoods. Families l ...
30 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Christians being targeted by armed Islamist gangs
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Armed Islamist gangs, that pollute the Syrian Liberation Army, have targeted some believers in the ongoing conflict in Syria: is what several sources say to Fides in the Christian community in ...
29 March 2012
VATICAN-The Pope in Cuba: " It is greatly to be hoped that the moment will soon arrive when, here too, the Church can bring to the fields of knowledge the benefits of the mission that the Lord entrusted to her"
La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church lives to make others sharers in the one thing she possesses, which is none other than Christ, our hope of glory. To carry out this duty, she must count on basic religious freedom, ...
29 March 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - The diocesan Eucharistic Congress of Kao Hsiung to awaken the love for the Eucharist
Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharistic Congress of the Diocese of Kao Hsiung will be held on April 21 on the theme "Mystery of Faith", in view of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (Ireland from ...
29 March 2012
AMERICA/CHILE-The Bishops: "A human society without violence"
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santiago and President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Mgr. Ricardo Ezzati, issued a statement, dated March 28, entitled "For a more human coexistence and without violen ...
29 March 2012
ASIA/INDONESIA - Childhood tabagism: in Indonesia children start smoking even before the age of 4
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 10 years ago, the WHO (World Health Organization) estimated that, every day, between 80 and 100 000 children smoked their first cigarette. The figure has not been updated but the s ...
29 March 2012
AMERICA/URUGUAY-After euthanasia carried out in hospitals, the Church stresses the duty to always defend life.
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The population of Uruguay is still dismayed by the terrible situation that came into the open a few days ago when it was learned that a group of nurses in more than one hospital, carried out ...
29 March 2012
ASIA/INDIA- A message of hope and resurrection among the detainees in Orissa
Phulbani (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing a message of hope and resurrection to the inmates of Orissa, also and especially to those who are unjustly in prison: is what a Christian community did in Kandhamal, district of the st ...
29 March 2012
AFRICA/SUDAN - "I hope dialogue between north and south Sudan continues", said the Nuncio in Khartoum
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope political dialogue between the two parties continues, based on good faith and on the agreement in Addis Ababa, which provided for an end of hostilities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Leo ...
29 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The fears of the minorities in Syria: the Armenians and plans for a "new exodus"
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer and expectation, fears and hopes: with this attitude, the small Armenian community in Syria, almost entirely Christian, live the present historical phase, marked by violence, conflict, asp ...
29 March 2012
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The support of the Australian Catholic to 195 dioceses in 38 nations through Catholic Mission
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Autralian Pontifical Mission Society (Catholic Mission) have just released the 2011 Annual Report which shows that, during the year, supporters in Australia helped more than 370 thousand chil ...
29 March 2012
ASIA/MYANMAR - The young and the Word of God: the future of the mission in Myanmar
Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Word of God "gift that gives courage and hope for the lives of young people; as a "point of reference for an authentically Christian life"; as a "valuable tool" in the hands of young people w ...
29 March 2012
AFRICA/EGYPT - Which Constitution for Egypt?
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - It will be the President of the Egyptian parliament, Saad el Katatni, to preside the Constituent Assembly. The appointment of Katatni, who is an important member of the Party for "Freedom and Just ...
28 March 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Pope’s Holy Thursday Mass collection to refugees: from Cor Unum to Caritas Syria
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Giving the donations collected during the evening Mass on Holy Thursday, which will be celebrated by the Pope in St. John’s basilica in favor of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees "is ...
28 March 2012
ASIA/CHINA - On the Feast of the Annunciation a new church was consecrated and the first stone was blessed
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord a new church was consecrated, dedicated to the Annunciation, which is situated in the diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou), in He Bei provin ...
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