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30 November 2011
AMERICA/PERU - A massive demonstration against the mining project in Cajamarca
Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - According to information sent to Agenzia Fides from Radio Marañón, today, November 30, the region of Cajamarca is preparing a massive mobilization. The city of Cajamarca is isolated due to a ...
30 November 2011
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Only with families one can think to build the new Paraguay": the Pastoral Letter on the Family has been presented
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The first day of the novena to Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupé, on November 28, the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) presented the Pastoral Letter on the Family, which opens the three y ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Mandalay
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2011 appointed His Exc. Mgr.Nicholas Mang Thang, until now Bishop of Hakha as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mandalay (Myanmar). The ...
30 November 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Gbagbo handed over to the International Criminal Court: worrying statements in the newspapers close to him
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "In Abidjan so far there have not been demonstrations in favor of Gbagbo and the situation is calm, but the opposition newspapers, close to the deposed President, have strongly criticized the go ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: "We are confident in a future of peace"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are confident for the future of the country. We hope to continue the path undertaken at a political and social level and we hope to see the fruits in the near future, for the good of the enti ...
30 November 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - More than 3,500 children and adolescents work to support families
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian families of low income force many children to work as a shoeshine, peddlers, window washers, carters. According to the recent survey "Infancia sin derechos", carried out by the Obser ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community has long been committed to the prevention, support and care of AIDS
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in mainland China is always at the forefront of AIDS prevention, support, assistance and medical care of the sick or infected by the virus. According to information gathered by ...
29 November 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Continental Catholic community has begun the new liturgical year in communion with the Universal Church
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Living Advent with a heart full of grace, a heart of praise and a heart of repentance and obedience; living Advent with so much love, participating in the celebration of the sacraments, ...
29 November 2011
VATICAN - Pope: "respect for the environment cannot overlook recognition for the importance and inviolability of human beings"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "If, human activity forgets to collaborate with God, it can do violence to the creation and cause damage which always has negative consequences, also for mankind. Today more than ever it is ...
29 November 2011
VATICAN - Fr. Lombardi: "The episcopal ordination that will take place on 30 November in China is approved by the Holy See"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the news that on November 30 the episcopal ordination of rev. Luo Xuegang, in the Diocese of Yibin, Sichuan Province will take place in China, the Director of the Vatican ...
29 November 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tense calm after the elections, waiting for the results
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm, but there is also tension awaiting the election results", said local Church sources to Fides from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ...
29 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A teenager fights for the right to education of her peers
Islamabad (Agenzai Fides) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize, recently announced in Cape Town, the five candidates for the International Child Prize for Peace 2011. This is an initiative sponsored by Kids Right ...
29 November 2011
VATICAN - The pain and the Pope's prayer for the nun and the volunteer killed in Burundi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a message, through the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to the Bishop of Ngozi, to the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Brescia, to M ...
29 November 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "The people are hostage in a reign of terror and impunity", the complaint is from the forum "Justice for Fr. Tentorio"
Arakan (Agenzia Fides) - Harassment and intimidation to tribal peolple and social leaders; threats to the missionaries; chaos and suffering of the people, in a "reign of terror and impunity" This is what the religious, C ...
29 November 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "Calm elections, but in some polling stations voting was carried out on ballots which were not stamped" local sources say
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections are taking place in a serene atmosphere, with a high turnout", said local Church sources to Fides from Cairo, capital of Egypt, where the first round of voting to elect the lower ho ...
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