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18 October 2011
ASIA/CHINA - More than 4 thousand faithful pay homage to St. Roch in the parish of Shi Pu
Xia Men (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4 thousand faithful paid homage with the pilgrimage and the novena to St. Roch, in the parish of Shi Pu dedicated to the Patron Saint of plague victims in the diocese of Xia Men in Fu ...
18 October 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - In Flores there is "freedom of conversion from Islam to Christianity", notes the Bishop of Ruteng
Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - Compared to other countries of the Islamic world, where conversion from Islam to another religion is punishable even by death "in Flores, the cradle of Christianity in Indonesia, in the diocese o ...
18 October 2011
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The never-ending crisis in Madagascar: a new phase
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Madagascar, Brigadier Albert Camille Vitalis, presented yesterday, October 17, his resignation to the President of transition, Andry Rajoelina, in accordance with agre ...
18 October 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - At the start the anti-corruption plan; the Cardinal of Monterrey: "clean house completely"
Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Monterrey, defined the anti-corruption plan proposed by governor Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz very positive and addressed in the right direc ...
18 October 2011
VATICAN - From Pope Pius XI to Benedict XVI the same impulse to the local community to become "entirely missionary ': interview with Fr. Timothy Lehane Barrett, SVD, Secretary General of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day, Father Timothy Lehane Barrett, SVD, Secretary General of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, went into depth with regards to the link between ...
17 October 2011
VATICAN - Pope announces the Year of Faith "to strengthen and deepen it in the missionary perspective, of the mission ad gentes and new evangelization"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To give new impetus to the mission of the whole Church to lead men out of the desert in which they often find themselves, to the place of life, of friendship with Christ who gives us life ...
17 October 2011
ASIA/CHINA - "Let us run for all the charitable works that the Church entrusts to us": 52 nuns, 4 priests and 2 seminarians participate in the marathon in Beijing
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us run for the elderly, the poor, the disabled children, the orphans and all the charitable work that the Church has entrusted to us": with this objective 52 nuns, 4 priests and 2 seminaria ...
17 October 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary involved in the apostolate among the tribal has been killed in Mindanao
Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fausto Tentorio, an Italian missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), pastor of Arakan Valley, on the big island of Mindanao (southern Philippines), was killed ...
17 October 2011
AMERICA/GUATEMALA-The march for peace: a Catholic response to the wave of violence that kills 18 Guatemalans every day
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala (Guatemala), Mgr. Oscar Julio Vian Morales has invited the community to participate in the "March for Peace" and the Eucharist to be held on Octobe ...
17 October 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "The situation is dramatic in hospitals, the international community must do more" denounces Archbishop Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "There are limited disorders, although one cannot deny that these people are tied to the old regime. Overall, however, the situation appears to be under control", says to Fides His Exc.Mgr Giova ...
17 October 2011
AFRICA/KENYA-Seven people killed in a raid in Isiolo, among them two children; the condemnation of the Church
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least seven people were brutally murdered on October 14 during an assault in Ngaremara, in the Isiolo County, in northeastern Kenya. Among the dead there were two children. During the raid no ...
17 October 2011
VATICAN-The Prefect of the Missionary Congregation invites the Sisters of Mater Ecclesiae College to "open their hearts to a greater love for the mission, in which the first place belongs to Jesus"
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary College of Mater Ecclesiae, in Castel Gandolfo, celebrated with joy on Saturday, October 15 for three reasons: the visit of the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
17 October 2011
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church assists more than 3,500 people affected by torrential rains
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - It has been raining constantly for 8 days and this phenomenon has devastated El Salvador causing 32 deaths so far. The danger now is landslides in areas of low mountains, floodings in citi ...
17 October 2011
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Aborigines and immigrants are the heart of the mission", says the Archbishop of Canberra
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the Gospel to the Aborigines remains "the heart of the Church’s mission in Australia", which confides in the young and is now engaged in the difficult task of "humaniz ...
15 October 2011
VATICAN-"The Holy Spirit is the driving force of evangelization": interview with Fr. Vito del Prete, General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelization today must rely on the Holy Spirit, which is the driving force of the mission, and not so much on human resources like money. If, in the mission, the prevailing mentality re ...
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