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15 July 2011
AMERICA /UNITED STATES-Forgiveness and reconciliation are essential for durable peace in South Sudan and for the entire region
New York City (Fides Service) - "Just days after the July 9 inauguration of the Republic of South Sudan, the new state was admitted as a Member State in the UN by acclamation of the General Assembly. The Delegation of th ...
15 July 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA - The first national office in Tunis for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The first national office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa (Hcdh) will open in Tunis: The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 July, by the Tunisian Foreign ...
15 July 2011
AFRICA/DR Congo - Hundreds of victims infected with cholera and measles, alarm for new cases of polio
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lost their lives due to a serious outbreak of measles and cholera, as well as thousands of people who have been infected. Since Septe ...
15 July 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Last farewell to Fr. Franscesco Wei, 95 years old, more than 20 spent in prison
Chang Sha (Agenzia Fides) - At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, July 14, the Church of Chang Sha, the capital of the Hu Nan province, was packed with people who wanted to give a final farewell to the 95-year old Franciscan ...
15 July 2011
AMERICA/PERU '- "Center for Studies and integral human development" becomes a reality: the inauguration on July 19
Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - After ten months of uninterrupted work, on Tuesday, July 19 at 11:30am the first phase of the "Centre for Studies and integral human development (CSIHD) - New Arequipa" will begin, an initiat ...
15 July 2011
ASIA/BANGLADESH-Serious sanitary problems in the remote Chittagong Hill Tracts
Bandarban (Agenzia Fides) - The remote area of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in Bangladesh, registers the poorer levels of health care. The rate of infant and maternal mortality is among the worst ever achieved by the na ...
15 July 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA- Negotiating table on mediation for peace in Papua will soon take place: ok from the political leaders and indigenous religious
Jayapura (Fides Service) – Between the Indonesian government and representatives of Papua an official table of negotiations will soon start, to deal with delicate political, economic and social aspects of the region, a ...
15 July 2011
VATICAN - Meeting of the Populorum Progressio Foundation in Brazil: 216 projects in favor of indigenous communities, mestizos and Afro-American are to be examined
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From July 19 to 22, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Populorum Progressio, entrusted since its foundation in 1992 to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, will tak ...
14 July 2011
EUROPE/SPAIN-In Madrid, may the missionary vocation find a generous response from the young people of WYD
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Madrid has 1,278 missionaries scattered across all continents, in 94 countries, belonging to 164 different religious and secular institutes. Madrid has to be, on the occasion of World Youth Day ...
14 July 2011
ASIA/THAILAND-Buddhists massacred by Islamic rebels in the South: the first challenge for new government
Bangkok (Fides Service) - While the country is looking for a "common ground" on which to rebuild the fabric of a split society, and seeks paths for "national reconciliation" after the general elections won by the young l ...
14 July 2011
ASIA/INDIA - The auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, after the attacks: "violence will not triumph, we work for peace"
Bombay (Fides Service) - Prayer, solidarity and commitment to help victims: these are the first responses of the Church of Bombay to the three simultaneous bombings that devastated the city yesterday, causing at least 20 ...
14 July 2011
VATICAN-Archbishop Schleck has died, President of the PMS from 1995 to 2001
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Charles A. Schleck, C.S.C, died shortly before dawn on July 12 at Holy Cross House on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. He had turned 86 years old just da ...
14 July 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL-First meeting of the Jesuit brothers: vocation and formation in relation to the mission in Latin America
St. Paul (Agenzia Fides) - From July 16 to 29, the first seminar for the Coadjutor Brothers of Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the National Commission of Jesuit Brothers in Brazil, with the support of the B ...
14 July 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN-Appreciation on behalf of the Mayor of Hsin Chu for a 99-year old missionary
Hsin Chu (Fides Service) - Sister Ellerik Rozalia, FMM, a 99-year old Polish-born Australian missionary, has dedicated her life to the mission in China, first in mainland and in Macao, and then, for almost half a century ...
14 July 2011
ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Bishops: may the country find unity against terrorism
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe it is a time when the whole nation needs to be united to deal with terrorism in the strongest terms. United in the spirit of brotherhood, we will be able to overcome the powers tha ...
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