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30 June 2011
AMERICA/CUBA-Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Cuba for the years 2011-2016, the R ...
30 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Devolution approved: the Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities has been abolished
Islamabad (Fides Service) - Pakistan has abolished the Federal Ministry for religious minorities. This was confirmed to Fides by the Catholic Akram Gill, Minister of State for Religious Minorities, in what is, in fact, t ...
30 June 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - Priests and nuns help 20 thousand Kachin refugees, victims of indiscriminate repression
Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "Ethnic cleansing" and "humanitarian emergency" is what is happening in the Kachin State in northern Myanmar, where a conflict is raging between the Burmese army, and the Kachin Independent Ar ...
30 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "My brother Shabhaz killed by Al Qaeda Shabhaz: investigations finally on the right track"
Islamabad (Fides Service) - "The investigations into the murder of my brother Shabhaz are finally on the right track: it is the work carried out by the Taliban and Islamic fanatics. Now we are waiting for the capture of ...
30 June 2011
ASIA/CHINA.100 years of the Maryknoll missionaries: their first foundation was in China
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in China's mainland, which was the first foundation of the Maryknoll missionaries abroad, participate with great joy and gratitude to the Lord in the celebration of 100 years of ...
28 June 2011
"For the religious women who work in mission lands, so that they can be witnesses of the joy of the Gospel and living sign of Christ's love" - Comment on July’s Missionary Intention 2011
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Blessed Pope John Paul II said that the words of St. Paul, "for the love of Christ impels us" (2 Cor 5, 14), should be a stimulus for the religious to evangelize in mission lands, since it ...
28 June 2011
ASIA/CHINA-The solemnity of Corpus Christi an opportunity for evangelization
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides, the majority of the Chinese Catholic community celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi on June 26th with the celebration of the Eucharist and th ...
28 June 2011
EUROPE-Fifteen million poor people in Europe at risk of hunger
Rome (Fides Service) - The Regulation 562/2011 adopted by the European Commission on June 10, cuts 80% of food aid for the poor provided by EPFA (European Program of Food Aid). This means that about 15 million Europeans ...
28 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Abolishing the Federal Ministry for minorities means "killing Bhatti for the second time"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government is ready to abolish the Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities, fragmenting it into "divisions" that will be distributed in the Pakistani provinces. The responsibi ...
28 June 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Training, Domund and Bishops’ Letter: Assembly of diocesan Directors of the PMS
Trinidad (Fides Service) - The National Assembly of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Bolivia, in Trinidad, a town 600 kilometers from La Paz is on, during which several issues will be discu ...
28 June 2011
AMERICA-Even in America the Day of charity of the Pope, "a sign of communion with the Pope and the response to the needs of the poorest brothers and sisters"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of charity of the Pope is celebrated around the world, even though with different dates but still close to the solemnity of the Saints Peter and Paul. As far as the American contine ...
28 June 2011
ASIA/INDIA-Justice, equality and rights for Dalits: fasting for crowds of Christians
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a fast that falls in a rare moment of political importance for religious minorities and for the whole Indian society: as reported to Fides by local sources, the Christians of India ...
28 June 2011
AFRICA/UGANDA - The refugees learn how to make hand-crafted products with the help of JRS
Kampala (Fides Service) - As part of an initiative to help the urban refugees to achieve greater self-sufficiency, JRS (Jesuit Refugee Service) has launched in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, a new training course for re ...
27 June 2011
EUROPE/ITALY-Blessed Clemente Vismara: "enthusiastic missionary, resourceful and holy"
Milan (Fides Service) - About 8,000 faithful crowded Duomo Square in Milan yesterday, June 26, to attend the Mass of beatification of Fr Serafino Morazzone, Father Clemente Vismara, PIME missionary, and Sister Enrichetta ...
27 June 2011
ASIA/INDIA-An Archbishop will work with Gandhi’s granddaughter for peace and reconciliation
Guwahati (Fides Service) - An Archbishop will work for peace and reconciliation beside Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter and Vice President of the "Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti", an organiza ...
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