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16 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Christians beaten and a pastor’s finger was cut off in an attack by Hindu extremists
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty Christians were attacked and beaten, the Protestant Pastor Srirangam Shanthakumar of the "Agape Church", was wounded and his finger was cut off. This is the toll of the final attack car ...
16 January 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Meeting between Sudan and South Sudan to resolve the issues of oil and citizenship
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The governments of Sudan and Southern Sudan will meet tomorrow, January 17, in Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, for a new round of negotiations to resolve the issues left pending after the independence of ...
14 January 2012
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of the Archbishop of Beira and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 14, 2012 the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Beira (Mozambique) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Jaime Pedro Gonça ...
14 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Dharmapuri and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 13, 2012, the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Dharmapuri (India) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Anthony Iruday ...
14 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Bombay
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 14, 2012, the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the office of His Exc. Mgr. Bosco Penha, Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Bombay (India) in accordance with ca ...
14 January 2012
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the Diocese of Ifakara and appointment of the first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 14, 2012, the Holy Father Benedict XVI erected the new Diocese of Ifakara in Tanzania with territory taken from the Diocese of Mahenge, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese o ...
13 January 2012
VATICAN-The Holy Father’s intentions for prayer, entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for the year 2013
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides)-The Holy Father’s intentions for prayer, entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for the year 2013
January
General:That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the ...
13 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - The Islamic court in Kashmir incriminates a Catholic missionary and a Protestant Pastor: alarm for Christians
Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic Supreme in Kashmir Court has incriminated the Catholic missionary Father Jim Borst and the Protestant Pastor Chander Mani Khanna for their involvement in fraudulent activities of pr ...
13 January 2012
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The most urgent needs and expectations for 2012, first among all national reconciliation
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The 97th Assembly of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, CEV (see Fides 10/01/2012) has just ended with the publication of a Message to the people of God, entitled "2012: Year of national reco ...
13 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA-New Report on persecution against Christians: more than 2,000 cases in 2011
Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - 2,141 Christians suffered aggressions, attacks and persecutions in 2011, not counting their families, relatives and friends, indirect victims. It is expected that the persecution by Hindu extremi ...
13 January 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - The Church's commitment to the poor and to uphold the fundamental values in society
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has the duty to give full attention to the poor through the parish, formation and social services, taking its social responsibility: this is how His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of ...
13 January 2012
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Floods block the repatriation of Angolans
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Several thousand Angolans repatriated from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded due to floods in northeast Angola. These are the first victims of what promises to be a very ...
13 January 2012
AMERICA/PERU - "We must begin to appreciate life more": an appeal to stop violence in the area of Cajamarca
Jaén (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 7 three armed men entered the police station in the district of Santa Rosa, province of Jaen, and killed three policemen cold-bloodedly, the pregnant wife of one of them and ...
13 January 2012
ASIA/BANGLADESH-National campaign of vaccination against polio for 22 million children
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Mobile health teams, in Bangladesh, are doing a research "child-child" aimed at achieving the remaining half a million children who have not been vaccinated during the national campaign against po ...
13 January 2012
ASIA/MYANMAR - Amnesty for 650 political prisoners; the Bishops: "a sign of hope and peace for the future"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The president of Burma Thein Sein has today issued a measure of amnesty, ordering the release of 650 political prisoners. Among those released are important prisoners such as former Prime Ministe ...
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