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28 July 2011
ASIA/LAOS - Commitment on behalf of the Catholic Relief Services to keep children away from unexploded devices still present in the country
Xaibouathong (CNA) - During the war in Vietnam, Laos, which is situated on the border, had become the most bombed country in the world. Not all the bombs exploded on impact and it is estimated that millions of small bomb ...
28 July 2011
AFRICA/GUINEA - The operators of the media involved in a program to combat the illicit proliferation of small arms
Conakry (Fides Service)-A seminar to involve the media in raising public awareness of the dangers of small arms, was recently held in Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea.
The seminar was held from July 26 to 28 a ...
28 July 2011
AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Puno urges political authorities to deal with social problems
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Puno Mgr.Jorge Pedro Carrion Pavlic, during the Eucharistic celebration for the 190th anniversary of the independence of Peru stressed that no representative of the central governme ...
28 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - Caravan "Steps for Peace" meets representative of the OAS
Ixtepec (Agenzia Fides) - The speaker of the Organization of American States (the Spanish acronym is OAS), Felipe González Morales, yesterday afternoon received, the caravan of migrants "Steps for Peace" at the hotel, " ...
28 July 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Confession of Fr Louis Blondel’s murderer, the missionary of the White Fathers killed 2 years ago
Pretoria (Fides Service) –Confession of Fr Louis Blondel’s murderer, Louis Blondel, of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), was killed on the night of December 7, 2009, in Diepsloot, one of the townships of P ...
27 July 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - "Evangelization and witness of faith": celebrations for the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady of Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Thanksgiving, service and witness": these are the words that Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, addressed to the parishioners of the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady on the occas ...
27 July 2011
AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops’ message for the National Anniversary: "For a future of progress and hope"
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 28 July is a special date for Peru: it is the anniversary of national independence, but this year the celebration has a special meaning because it coincides with the start of newly-elected Preside ...
27 July 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Catholic University of Buenos Aires for the formation of missionaries
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Victor Manuel Fernandez, Rector of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires" (UCA), and Don Osvaldo Pablo Leone National Director of the Pontific ...
27 July 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The difficult path in the DRC toward elections in November
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The political debate rages in the Democratic Republic of Congo in sight of the presidential and legislative elections on 28 November. In a note sent to Fides, the Network "Peace for Congo", pro ...
27 July 2011
AMERICA/ECUADOR - New homes have been given to families of 300 street children
Guayaquil (Fides Service) - Guayaquil is one of the most important cities in Ecuador, developed mainly on the right bank of the Guayas River, its population reaches 3 million and half. The Nigeria area, which is located ...
27 July 2011
ASIA/BANGLADESH - 20 000 people displaced due to the floods that have hit the southeastern part of the country
Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy rains that have hit the southeastern part of Bangladesh have forced more than 20 000 people to flee from their homes in the districts of Cox's Bazar and Teknaf, where another 84 ...
27 July 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Nigerian Bishops urge young people to live the fullness of faith and work for the common good
Abuja (Fides Service) - "Look after your dignity and integrity and behave like good patriots". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Effiong Ekuwem, Bishop of Uyo (Nigeria) and responsible for the pastoral agents of the Niger ...
27 July 2011
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 July 2011, Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Fr. Manuel Antonio Lopes Batista, of the Society of the Divine Wo ...
26 July 2011
"May Western Christians, compliant to the Holy Spirit, rediscover the freshness and enthusiasm of their faith" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for August 2011
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the primitive Church, due to persecution and the evangelical zeal of the first disciples, the apostles and their collaborators spread throughout the land known at the time. St. Paul eva ...
26 July 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Faith celebrates twenty years since its Foundation and awards 20 "examples of evangelization today"
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The 20 "Models of evangelization today" elected by mainland Chinese Catholics through Faith in He Bei, were awarded on July 13 at the Major Seminary in He Bei. The initiative is part of ...
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