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6 June 2011
ASIA/INDIA-Archbishop-candidate for the "Nobel Peace Prize": the support of the Indian Church
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Church strongly supports the candidacy of Mgr. Thomas Menamparampil, SDB, Archbishop of Guwahati, for the Nobel Peace Prize: "It would be a legitimate recognition for the commitment ...
4 June 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL-For a missionary revival in Latin America: Missionary-week training seminar for teachers and for parishes
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil, in collaboration with the Missionary Cultural Center (MCC), organized the first week of training for missionary priests and vicars to be held a ...
4 June 2011
EUROPE/ITALY-One earthquake child victim out of six still feels the earthquake within them, a feeling of helplessness and horror
L'Aquila (Agenzia Fides) - After two years of work, between data collection, screening and in-depth health examination including neuropsychiatric visits to children and adolescents from Abruzzo who lived the experience o ...
4 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN-New financial law: no funds for minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the budget law submitted yesterday by the Pakistani government appropriations are not expected to contribute to the progress and development of religious minorities. The Federal Minister fo ...
4 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN-Public education neglected by the government, madrasas are on the rise
Lahore (Fides Service) - While public education in Pakistan is in a state of total neglect, the madrassas (Islamic schools) are on the rise: it is the complaint that Fides receives from local sources of civil society, fo ...
4 June 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA-"Do not divide Libya, we risk creating a breeding ground for terrorism," warns the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Around midnight, one o'clock, we heard the explosion of several bombs in the distance. They must have hit the barracks in Bab-Al Ziziya (Gaddafi's residence). They always hit there, but I do no ...
4 June 2011
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC- The Bishop of Bambari was kidnapped for several hours
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – His. Exc Mgr.Eduard Mathos, Bishop of Bambari, in Central African Republic, fell in an ambush by a group of rebels: he was kidnapped and then released after a short period. Local Church sources ...
4 June 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA- The Church is concerned for the extreme poverty of millions of Argentines
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the presentation of the annual collection of Caritas, which will be held on 11 and 12 June across the country with the theme "pobreza cero, compromiso de todos" (zero po ...
4 June 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG-The money raised by Caritas Hong Kong become an instrument of peace and love of Christ
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The HK $ 26 million that Caritas Hong Kong was able to collect during the year will become an instrument of peace and concrete realization of Christ's love for the weakest and poorest . This ...
4 June 2011
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Concern for extremism: a new "Agency for Religious Affairs"
Astana (Agenzia Fides) - A new "Agency for Religious Affairs", is born in Kazakhstan, the official organ with which the government will handle the matter and its relations with religious communities. With a decree signe ...
3 June 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG-The parish communities have concluded the Marian Month
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The parishes of the diocese of Hong Kong ended the Marian Month with the solemn Marian procession, the Mass and the community prayer of the rosary. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao ( ...
3 June 2011
EUROPE/ENGLAND-Millions of people at risk of hunger due to high food prices
London (Agenzia Fides) - A report by British NGO Oxfam, by 2030, food will double its price. Corn could increase by 180% and in the world there will always be more riots and "wars of bread. " The warning from Oxfam, whic ...
3 June 2011
AMERICA/VENEZUELA-First birthday for Radio Natividad: evangelization, human and spiritual growth
San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - In a week of special programs, from June 3 to 10, Natividad Radio (FM 88.5), the Catholic Radio station of Táchira, Venezuela state in the Andean region, celebrates its first anniversary ...
3 June 2011
EUROPE/SPAIN-"To promote the New Evangelization in the digital age
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the World Day for Social Communications in Spain, as in many other countries around the world, the Episcopal Commission for the means of Social Communication of the Spanish Ep ...
3 June 2011
ASIA/NEPAL-The Church asks to ensure full religious freedom (and conversion) for the good of the country
Kathmandhu (Agenzia Fides) - The defense of religious freedom and secular architecture of the state is essential today in Nepal. The danger is the approval of a new Criminal Code, which prohibits "religious conversion": ...
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