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23 November 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "Real bullets, plastic bullets in the face, people die for gases": a testimony from Tahrir Square
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The battle is still continuing in Tahrir Square. It is a small civil war", a source of the Church of Cairo tells Fides, which for security reasons does not want to be mentioned. "The paradox is t ...
23 November 2011
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Resignation of the Bishop of Ondjiva and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 23, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Ondjiva (Angola), presented by Archbishop Fernando Guimaraes Kevanu ...
23 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sherry Rehman Ambassador in the U.S.A: satisfaction and hope for religious minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the new ambassador Sherry Rehman - and we are confident she will do it - to speak out to defend human rights and religious minorities to work for peace and harmony, to become the v ...
22 November 2011
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Thousands of faithful at the ordination of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bissau
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of faithful of the Diocese of Bissau and Bafata, in Guinea-Bissau, attended on Saturday morning, November 12, the Episcopal Ordination of Mgr. José Lampra Cá, elected Auxiliary Bishop ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-Waiting for the Pope's visit, while "violence is a matter of concern and worries everyone": the Nuncio at the end of the Congress of Secular Institutes
Merida (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop Mgr. Christophe Pierre, said that in his next visit to the nation, Pope Benedict XVI will bring a message of peace and encouragement against violence. S ...
22 November 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - "Love from Taiwan": an exhibition on international cooperation, humanitarian aid and young Catholics voluntary work in Taiwan
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Love from Taiwan" is the theme of the Catholic youth section of the exhibition entitled "From Taiwan, in contact with the world: the result of the international participation of NGOs from Taiwa ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The number of children abused, exploited sexually and psychologically increases
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Child abuse continues to be a very serious wound in the Latin American country. According to the latest report carried out by ICBF, the Colombian Institute which deals with the protection of the ...
22 November 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The revelations about the political ties of the Boko Haram sect are not a surprise", says the Bishop of Maiduguri
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "These revelations are not surprising. We have been saying for some time that there are politicians who, seeing that they were losing their importance, have chosen to support violent groups like B ...
22 November 2011
ASIA/TURKEY-The government grants the legal personality to the Foundations of religious minorities
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The General Directorate of Foundations in Turkey, a government organization, has decided to grant legal personality to the Foundations belonging to non-Islamic religious minorities, recognized ...
22 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The ban on SMS has been postponed; for the Church "one wants to block the Christian message"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Satisfaction and prudence among the Christians of Pakistan after the announcement of the postponement concerning the "ban on vulgar SMS ", determined by the Pakistan Authority for Telecommunic ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - Necessary to protect the rights of Mexican indigenous children living in poverty and social exclusion
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has appealed to the government, society, public institutions and civil organizations to improve the current standard of living of a half million c ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The beginning of the school year at the educational centers of the Church is at risk if the government does not sign specific agreements
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The delay in the signing of specific agreements between the government and the Catholic Church threatens the start of the educational centers’ activities in 2012. The documents of cooperati ...
22 November 2011
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Bishop of Mendi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 22, 2011 appointed Rev. Fr. Donald Lippert, O.F.M. Cap, Advisor to the Vice-Province of the Capuchin Friars in Papua New Guinea as Bishop of the Dio ...
22 November 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal for the release of child soldiers enlisted in the country’s army
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The UN peacekeeping mission committed in southern Sudan (UNMISS) has appealed to the country’s army to ensure the release of all child soldiers used in their ranks. Recently more than 53 teenager ...
21 November 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - The Diocese increases the annual fund for the Formation of the Laity: 65 scholarships have been assigned
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Hong Kong has increased the Annual Fund for the Formation of the Laity from one million to 1.2 HK $ million to respond to the appeal launched by the Year of the Laity. On 6 Nove ...
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