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28 March 2011
AMERICA/PERU - Elections: Bishops open a site for “choosing in good conscience” the presidential candidate
Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – In order to provide a space for reflection that contributes to the current presidential election campaign, the Archbishop of Trujillo and President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, Archbi ...
26 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops write to Pope: “Shahbaz Bhatti is a martyr and patron of religious freedom”
Multan (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Pakistan, meeting for their Assembly from March 20 to 25 in Multan, decided to formally make a request to the Holy See to proclaim murdered Catholic Minister ...
26 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bhutto's murderers found: more work needed to flush out killers of Minister Bhatti
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Minister of the Interior Rehman Malik announced with satisfaction the Pakistani Government's success in identifying the perpetrators and instigators of the murder of Benazir Bhutto, the ...
26 March 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - Hopes for peace with the African Union; “we are waiting for events to evolve”, says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We have been invited to a big event to be held in Tripoli. I am not exactly sure what it is about. If it is a peace rally we have no problems with participating,” says Bishop Giovanni Innoc ...
26 March 2011
VATICAN - “Christianity in India has long made its proper contribution to culture and society, and to its religious and spiritual expressions,” recalls the Pope to the Bishops of the Syro-Malankars, India
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Due to its ancient roots and distinguished history, Christianity in India has long made its proper contribution to culture and society, and to its religious and spiritual expressions. ...
26 March 2011
EUROPE - The CCEE, forty years at the service of the Church in Europe
St Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – Forty years ago, on 25 March 1971, the first directive rules of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) were approved. On the anniversary, the President of the CCEE, Card. Péte ...
26 March 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - Events in Northern Africa pose interesting questions for the Christian community
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to see how this transition phase will develop. Then on the basis of this development we as a Church will be able to make our evaluation,” says Fr Luciano Verdoscia, the Columban missi ...
26 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyer threatened with death for calling for the abolition of the blasphemy law
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – New threats to Christian leaders who go against the blasphemy law: under threat now is Joseph Francis, lawyer and director of the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) in Pakis ...
26 March 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay missionaries of St Columban: evangelising in foreign lands changes your life, enriches faith
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Evangelising in foreign lands has changed our lives, enriched our faith and our view of the world,” says Filipino Gracia Kibad - one of the 60 lay Columban missionaries (of the Society ...
26 March 2011
ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of Bishop of Takamatsu
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 25 March 2011, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Takamatsu (Japan), presented by Mons. Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. ...
26 March 2011
ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of Bishop of Oita
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 25 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Oita (Japan), Fr Paul Sueo Hamaguchi, Parish Priest of the Cathedral of Takamatsu.
Fr Paul Sueo Hama ...
25 March 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Prayer vigil for the Annunciation: for peace, the victims of natural disasters and all people who suffer
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – For the peace of the world created by God but destroyed by man-made wars and natural disasters, and the Lord's blessing on all those who suffer: these prayers were addressed to the Lord by the ...
25 March 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Celebrate life from its beginnings”: today is the Day for the Unborn Child
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – “Recalling the Annunciation, we may say that God made the decision to participate in the history of humankind. He assumed all the vicissitudes of human existence. God loved us so much t ...
25 March 2011
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 28 August 2010, appointed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Madagascar, for th ...
25 March 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “The European Union should drop the embargo on medicine”: appeal to Fides by Archbishop of Abidjan
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I call on all to respect life. In the name of the right to health, I ask that the European Union drop the embargo on medicine”. This is the appeal launched through Fides by Archbishop Jean- ...
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