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16 April 2011
AFRICA/DR Congo - Humanitarian Centre for children from displaced families
Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "Boscolac" is a humanitarian centre built in Goma, R.D. Congo, by the NGO "Red Deporte" in collaboration with the Salesians, which takes care of the children most in need in that area. Recently, ...
16 April 2011
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The military protest is returning to normality, but problems remain
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - It seems that the military protest is returning to normality in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso (see Fides 04/15/2011), after President Blaise Compaoré dissolved the government, fi ...
16 April 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Mandate missionary to catechists and pastoral letter of the Bishop of Beijing for the opening of the evangelization of the Laity
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news" (Rom 10:15) is the theme of the evangelization of the Laity of the Diocese of Beijing, which was opened by Bishop Joseph Li Shan, bishop ...
16 April 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Of the 215 million child laborers worldwide, over 18 000 children are working in philippines mining
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics from the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2010 there were more than 2.4 million Filipino working children and 215 million around the world. About 18 000 childre ...
16 April 2011
VATICAN - The love for the Church in China
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The love for the Church in China, exhausted for internal and external causes, was the element that inspired members of the homonym Commission , which guided their reflections in three da ...
15 April 2011
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Priest found dead in his home, signs of struggle
Villarrica (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Julio César Alvarez, had been pastor of the parish "Sagrado Corazón de Jesús" for two years in Villarrica, 150 km from Asunción, he was murdered at his home in the early hours of ...
15 April 2011
VATICAN - Commission for the Catholic Church in China: Message to Chinese Catholics
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 11 – 13 April, the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Commission, instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 to study the questions of major importance concerning the life of Church in China, ...
15 April 2011
AFRICA / RWANDA - In the rural area of Muhura 40,000 people can now take advantage of the electricity power
Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - According to the estimates conducted by FAO , two billion people, mostly in rural areas of developing countries, are still living without electricity. This means living in a never-ending state ...
15 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - "The survivors of a boat adrift of desperate people describe a mysterious helicopter that flew over them throwing water and food”, said Bishop Martinelli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday we received some survivors who had been brought by the stream on the beach in Tripoli", said Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli to Fides. "There are ...
15 April 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Suspect census of Christians in Madhya Pradesh, attacks in Delhi: the Church in alarm
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A "strange" census regarding Bishops, priests, the homes of individual believers, Christian schools and institutions, is currently in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India, conducted by ...
15 April 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - The Pilgrimage of the Cross of Evangelization to raise awareness of the faithful on their missionary responsibility
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - With the blessing of the Cross given by Bishop John Tong, the diocesan Bishop, the pilgrimage of the Cross of Evangelization in the diocese of Hong Kong officially began on April 3. Accord ...
15 April 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - Thousands of displaced people, six months after the eruption of the volcano Merapi
Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The majority of the 130 thousand displaced people who have lost their homes after the eruption of the volcano Merapi in Central Java, are still homeless and in need of assistance. This is wha ...
15 April 2011
AMERICA/JAMAICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on April 15, 2011 has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica), presented by Archbishop Donald ...
15 April 2011
AFRICA - About 2.64 million fetuses die after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy, especially in poorer countries
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The annual number of stillbirths in the whole world is twice the number of people who die from diseases associated with HIV. According to the weekly science magazine The Lancet, about 2.64 mil ...
15 April 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Increase of violence against religious minorities”, comments the "State of Human Rights 2011"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "A few positive developments and many worrying signs for many religious minorities in Pakistan”, says the Report "Status of Human Rights 2011", published by the Human Rights Commission of ...
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