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3 June 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA-"The Eritreans welcomed in Chouca are tired of waiting, " says the Archbishop of Tunis to Fides
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The refugees welcomed in the reception camp of Chouca are starting to get tired of the long wait to get refugee status and therefore able to leave this precarious situation, " says His Exc Mgr. M ...
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3 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN-"Ban the Bible, a blasphemous book ": new radical Islamic attack against Christians
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The radical Islamic party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan and has launched a campaign asking to ban the circulation of the Bible, described as a "pornog ...
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3 June 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - "The fight against drugs must be global, " the Bishops stated
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Mexico (ECM) has rejected the request of some Latin American leaders to legalize the consumption of marijuana. "The fight against drugs must be a global effort, n ...
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3 June 2011
ASIA/INDIA - The relics of Don Bosco in the diocese of the Bishop " candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize"
Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers, Pilgrimages, vigils for peace characterized the program of the visit of the remains of St. John Bosco in the Diocese of Guwahati, in the state of Assam in northeastern India. The reli ...
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3 June 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The first hospital in Kamanyola has been inaugurated, a gift from the missionary`s family who had planned it
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Diocese of Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, inaugurated on May 30, in joy, in cheerfulness and thanksgiving to the Lord, its first hospital": don Etienne Esube tells Fides ...
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1 June 2011
AMERICA/PERU -The Bishops hope for a respectful and harmonious electoral climate within sight of the elections on June 5
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Peru show the faithful the criteria on how to choose the candidates just a few days before June 5 runoff elections in which voters are asked to choose the next president between two ...
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1 June 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Journalist murdered: activists and religious minorities take to the streets to "defend the truth" and to say "no" to impunity
Lahore (Fides Service) - Journalists, human rights activists, civil society organizations, religious communities take to the streets today to demonstrate outside the headquarters of the press associations in major cities ...
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1 June 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - The religious in Taiwan ask themselves: "Rethinking the mission today"
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Rethinking the Mission Today" is the theme of the seminar organized by the Regional Association of Major Superiors of religious institutes for men and women in Taiwan (Regional Association of M ...
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1 June 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "We are anxiously waiting for a possible and reasonable solution, " says Mgr. Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - " We are anxiously waiting for a possible and reasonable solution, even if it is not easy. But I trust in the good will of men, in spite of everything, " says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinel ...
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1 June 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - The condition of the priests and seminars is the center of attention at the Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Episcopal Conference
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not want to be a static, reactionary and outdated Church, " said the bishops during the opening of the XCI Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (MEC).
In a note sent ...
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1 June 2011
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Reform on Education: "Integrating Islamic schools in the public system is positive," says a missionary
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Integrating the madrassas (Islamic schools) in the public system is a good thing: it would mean more state control and adjustment of madrassas to the standards and curriculum of public education ...
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1 June 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - Refugees from Abyei: "Children are dying from malnutrition while cases of cholera are increasing, " says the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Some displaced children from Abyei have died from malnutrition and alarm regarding cholera increases, " said Mgr.Roko Taban Mousa to Fides, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in southern Sudan ...
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1 June 2011
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Franciscan missionaries renew their commitment in the province of Sandoun
Port Moresbey (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan missionaries renew their missionary efforts in the province of Sandoun, in north-western Papua New Guinea. Fr Lukasz Kwiatkowski is a young 29 year old Franciscan missionary ...
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1 June 2011
ASIA PHILIPPINES - Not only politics: history, culture and religion are necessary to build peace in Mindanao
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Peace in Southern Philippines is not just a matter of "political negotiations," but "requires an effort that involves and considers history, culture, the religion of all social groups present in ...
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31 May 2011
May the Holy Spirit give rise to a number of missionary vocations from our community, willing to fully devote themselves in spreading the kingdom of God" - Comments regarding the Missionary Intention- June 2011
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Council Decree Ad Gentes said that the pilgrim Church is missionary by nature, because it originates from the mission of the Son and the Holy Spirit, according to the Father's plan, wh ...
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