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23 December 2011
VATICAN - The crisis of the Church in Europe, the Pope indicates Africa, where despite the problems, "the joy of being Christian is always experienced"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As this year draws to a close, Europe is undergoing economic and financial crisis which is ultimately based on the ethical crisis looming over the Old Continent ... The essence of the cris ...
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23 December 2011
AMERICA - 5 centuries ago friar Antonio Montesino's sermon in defense of the rights of Indians
Urubamba (Agenzia Fides) - 500 years have passed since the Advent of 1511, when the Spanish Dominican missionary friar Antonio Montesino, gave his historic speech in defense of the rights of the Indians, on the island Es ...
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23 December 2011
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The heavy rains put 38 000 people at risk, there are fears regarding the flooding of dams
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 38 thousand people of the north of Sri Lanka have been evacuated because of heavy rains and floods that these days have been hitting on the island. More than 10 thousand families have ...
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23 December 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "I will spend Christmas with the boys and girls in the neighborhood of garbage collectors", says Fr Verdoscia
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am in the store, with my staff, to choose the clothes to be distributed to children on Christmas Day" says to Fides Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who has been working for years in ...
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23 December 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Deaths continue to increase and the risk of epidemics amplifies
Mindanao (Agenzia Fides) - The survivors of the devastating floods caused by the tropical storm Washi face growing threat of the spread of diseases such as typhoid and cholera. The hygienic conditions of the evacuation c ...
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23 December 2011
AMERICA/CHILE - New Catholic radio station in Chile, the only one in the region of Arica and Parinacota
Arica (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio Mount Caramel" is the new and only Catholic radio station in Arica and Parinacota, to 93.1 FM, which aims to reach everyone, believers and non-believers, with a rich program where to find d ...
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23 December 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - High tension in Kinshasa, the police have banned Tshisekedi’s oath
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – High tension in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, where police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators gathered in front of Etienne Tshisekedi’s house and ...
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22 December 2011
ASIA/CAMBODIA-The 12 pieces of "good news" from the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics grow in faith, committed to formation, as in charity: this is what His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, MEP, apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh says in a pastoral letter released in vi ...
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22 December 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Victims of the "blasphemy law": mutual support and appeal for the abolition
Faisalabd (Agenzia Fides) - Individuals and families affected by false accusations of blasphemy in Faisalabad met to share experiences, exchange support, encouragement and hope, to ask the government to review the unjust ...
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22 December 2011
VATICAN - The Pope at the general audience: "Let us ensure that, also in our modern societies, this exchange of good wishes does not lose itsprofound religioussignificance, and the feast does not become overshadowed by external factors"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The greeting on everyone’s lips during this period is 'Merry Christmas! Happy Christmas Holidays!'. Let us ensure that, also in our modern societies, this exchange of good wishes does no ...
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22 December 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "For Christmas we ask for the gift of reconciliation," said Mgr. Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Tomorrow I will visit Misratha to meet the local community of Filipino Catholics" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, in Libya, who testifies ...
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22 December 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Threats of violence against Christians in Orissa: the Bishop informs the authorities, supervised celebrations at Christmas
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas will be celebrated "with prudence and vigilance", and the Bishop advises the faithful to "call the police for any celebration": this is how, local sources of Fides report, Christma ...
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22 December 2011
ASIA/INDIA - "Christ gives hope: with faith one is reborn from the ashes", says the Archbishop to the faithful in Orissa
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas reminds us the greatest gift that God gave to humanity and the world: Jesus Christ. Jesus removes our sorrow to restore a stream of life with his love ": this is what is said in t ...
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22 December 2011
AMERICA/HONDURAS- The missionary work of a Bishop of Panama in Honduras has been awarded by the Government
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Honduras has officially paid tribute to the auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula (in the north of Honduras), His Exc. Mgr. Romolo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F., for his concrete ...
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22 December 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR-Immunization campaign against measles for 1.7 million children
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The increase of measles and polio cases triggered a vaccination health campaign aimed at tens of thousands of children infected in the regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2011 ...
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