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7 April 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - The words of the Pope resonate, appeal for peace in war-torn Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The appeal by Pope Benedict XVI has found great resonance in Côte d'Ivoire and was broadcast several times by the Catholic radio station,” Fr Celestine Ikomba, Scalabrinian, chaplain for t ...
7 April 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi has chickenpox; she is weak but still fasting
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Asia Bibi, the Christian woman from Pakistan condemned to death for blasphemy and currently in jail, recently contracted chickenpox with spots all over her body and it is not known who gave her ...
7 April 2011
VATICAN - New website for International Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The new website for the International Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies is now live, showing the history, goals, organisation and spirituality of the four Societies (Propaga ...
7 April 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Appointment of National Director for Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 4 March 2011, appointed as National Director for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States f ...
7 April 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Greater attention to choice and formation of permanent deacons
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To reinforce the formation of permanent deacons, the Diocese of Hong Kong will make participation in new courses in biblical and liturgical ministry a part of the journey of formation for ca ...
7 April 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “With Jesus in our hearts, Africa is our mission”: meeting of diocesan delegates from CAM
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Last weekend at the national Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) headquarters of Argentina, the National Meeting of the Society of Childhood and Adolescent Missionaries (CAM) took place. P ...
7 April 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Catholic communicators in Cochabamba discuss “the Church and public opinion in the digital age”
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic communicators met today in Cochabamba with the goal of discussing strategies for informing and communicating via new technologies. The meeting was organised by the Episcopal Confer ...
7 April 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Resignation by Archbishop of Lahore
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 7 April 2011, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Lahore (Pakistan), presented by Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha ...
7 April 2011
VATICANO - Benedict XVI dedicates General Audience to St Thérèse of Lisieux “a guide for all”, and launches a new appeal for Côte d'Ivoire and Libya
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I continue to follow with great concern the dramatic events that the dear people of Côte d'Ivoire and Libya are experiencing at this time,” said Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the ...
7 April 2011
AFRICA/GHANA - Cholera epidemic affects 5,000 people: worst in 10 years
Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Health officials in Ghana are worried the rainy season, due to start in April, will fuel the spread of cholera, which has killed at least 69 people and stricken more than 5,000 in the past few m ...
7 April 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Five precious weeks to save the Philippines from abortion
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “To introduce abortion into the Philippines would be like a tsunami for the company. We have five weeks before the new session of Congress, which begins on 9 May in order to save the Country, ...
7 April 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Battle against corruption: Christians on the frontline
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Christians in India are on the frontline in the war against corruption, which is involving large sectors of Indian civil society. At institutional and federal levels, the Bishops are act ...
6 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “There have been violent explosions in the centre of Abidjan,” Archbishop Kutwa tells Fides, before communications are cut off
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I am in a hidden place. Violent fighting continues. We can hear massive explosions,” Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, says to Fides before he hangs up. He is in the centre of the ad ...
6 April 2011
ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishop of Sendai: “Thank you” to the Pope and the Universal Church for assistance to displaced people
Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – Solidarity and support continues to rise for the Church and people in Japan, struck by the earthquake and tsunami: “The aid will help us to rise again after this tragedy,” says Bishop Marti ...
6 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to continue to launch appeals for peace ...
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