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5 July 2011
AMERICA/VENEZUELA. For Cardinal Urosa, the Bicentennial is "an opportunity for Venezuelans to carry out the ways of a real and permanent independence, marked by the teachings of the Gospel"
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – In the context of the celebrations of the Venezuelan people for 200 years of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Catholic Church has stressed her position for refusing "all tha ...
5 July 2011
AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the preparatory Seminary "Paul VI" in the Diocese of Nkongsamba
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 27, 2011 appointed rev. Wolfgang Bienvenu Misoba, the diocesan clergy of Eseka rector of t ...
4 July 2011
VATICAN-"Great number of people exhausted by poverty, displaced persons and refugees, those who emigrate risking their lives: May Christ's gaze alight on all these people", recalls the Pope at the Angelus
Vatican City (Fides Service) - When Jesus walked the roads of Galilee, proclaiming the Kingdom of God and healing many sick people, he felt compassion for the crowds because they were tired and helpless, said the Holy Fa ...
4 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - A priest, "another victim of hatred between brothers"
Heroica Matamoros (Fides Service) - A Mexican diocesan priest, Father Marco Antonio Duran Romero was killed in a firefight between soldiers and an armed group in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the Un ...
4 July 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN-Nearly 7,000 students of Fu Jen Catholic University, have completed their course of studies
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - 6,861 students of Ben Fu Jen Catholic University have concluded in recent days their course of studies. Among them 15 have obtained a doctorate, 1,138 a school-leaving exam, 5,708 the baccalaure ...
4 July 2011
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Shortage of priests: Mass every other Sunday for some parishes in the diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In some Catholic parishes in the diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Sydney, in the Australian Outback of New South Wales, Mass can be celebrated only once every two w ...
4 July 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "I pray for reconciliation between the Libyans", says Bishop Martinelli from Tripoli
Tripoli (Fides Service) - "We need sincere dialogue to keep Libya united. I hope that the Libyans are reconciled. I hope in a sincere reconciliation between Tripoli and Benghazi, without prejudice and without special cla ...
4 July 2011
AMERICA/CHILE-Even students of Catholic schools demonstrate for a better education system
Santiago (Fides Service) - Sister Elizabeth Gonzalez, deputy director of the school "Santa Maria de la Providencia" in Renca and member of the Commission for the Continental Mission of the Archdiocese of Santiago, lived ...
4 July 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-More than 200 000 Ivorian refugees: 15 000 in the Salesian mission of Duékoué
Abidjan (Fides Service) - During the last three weeks the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partner agencies have registered 322,277 internally displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire. The displaced p ...
4 July 2011
VATICAN-Statement of the Holy See: episcopal Ordination in the Diocese of Leshan (Province of Sichuan, Mainland China)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican press office issued the following statement today:
"With regard to the episcopal ordination of the Rev. Paul Lei Shiyin, which took place on Wednesday 29 June la ...
4 July 2011
ASIA/THAILAND - National reconciliation, fight against poverty, values: the priority of the first woman Premier
Bangkok (Fides Service) - "Everyone must accept the outcome of the democratic elections. In any case, the priority for the country is a genuine national reconciliation": is the immediate comment released to Fides by Fr. ...
4 July 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Colombian Episcopate commemorates 25 years of the visit of Pope John Paul II
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 4 to 8 July the Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (ECC) will take place in Bogota. The meeting relies on the presence of 96 Bishops that represent the 76 ecclesial jurisdicti ...
2 July 2011
EUROPE/POLAND - School for Missionary Animators: enthusiasm and new ideas
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Training Center in Warsaw hosted the School for Missionary Animators, organized and promoted by the team of the National Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland from 26 to 29 ...
2 July 2011
VATICAN-Benedict XVI to the FAO, "even food has become object of speculation or it is related to financial market trends that is linked to the single objective of profit"
Vatican City (Fides Service) - "Poverty, underdevelopment and therefore hunger are so often the result of selfish attitudes that from the heart of man is manifested in its social action, in economic exchange, market cond ...
2 July 2011
ASIA/CHINA-The solemnity of the Sacred Heart celebrated in various continental communities
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - With the Holy Mass, Eucharistic adoration, the profession of religious vows, several Chinese communities celebrated the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which recurred yesterday, J ...
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