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5 March 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community of Tang Shan supports victims of the New Zealand earthquake, “because we experienced the same tragedy”
Tang Shan (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of Tang Shan, in the province of He Bei, led by their Bishop, Bishop Fang Jian Ping, prays for the earthquake victims of Christchurch in New Zealand. According to info ...
5 March 2011
AMERICA/CUBA - Catholic Church announces release of other prisoners
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church announced yesterday evening, 4 March, the release of eight prisoners at the conclusion of its dialogue with the Government of President Raul Castro. Among the released detai ...
5 March 2011
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of Bishop of Bafoussam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 5 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Bafoussam (Cameroon), Bishop Dieudonné Watio, until now Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon). (SL) (Agenzi ...
5 March 2011
AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of Bishop of Lodwar and Appointment of his Successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 5 March 2011, accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the Diocese of Lodwar (Kenya), presented by Bishop Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A., in conf ...
4 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - “He was a man who did the will of God,” said the Archbishop of Islamabad at the Memorial Mass of Minister Bhatti
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Shahbaz Bhatti was a man who followed God's plan in his life. He was a man who did the will of God, with faith, obedience, hope and certainty in the Kingdom”: with these words the Archb ...
4 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ecumenical funeral celebration for Minister Bhatti
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – It was not a Catholic Mass but an ecumenical celebration of prayer, in the presence of other religious leaders, to give the final goodbye to Minister Shabhaz Bhatti, and which accompanied h ...
4 March 2011
VATICAN - Lineamenta presented for 2012 Synod on the New Evangelisation
Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, this morning presented in the Holy See Press Office the “Lineamenta” (Guidelines) for the XIII General Ordinary Assembl ...
4 March 2011
VATICAN - “Dialogue with other religions remains a high priority, especially in the southern areas of your Country,” states the Pope to the third group of Bishops from the Philippines
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Dialogue with other religions remains a high priority, especially in the southern areas of your Country,” emphasised the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 3 March, receiving a group o ...
4 March 2011
VATICAN - Holy Mass for Pakistani Christians in Rome to remember Minister Bhatti
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Priests, sisters and Pakistani laity who live in Italy and work in various offices of the Holy See will unite in Rome, on Sunday, 6 March 2011, at 4.30 pm, for a Memorial Mass for Ministe ...
4 March 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Young Catholic Immigrant workers search for work with a nearby church to continue to live their faith
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – In view of Lent, the mainland Catholic community is intensifying its youth ministry. According to information furnished by “Faith” of He Bei to Fides, “the Church invites young pe ...
4 March 2011
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Two minutes of silence for the earthquake victims ; thousands of people still in grave difficulty
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – At exactly 12.51 on Wednesday, 2 March, all the cities in New Zealand stopped for two minutes of silence in memory of all those, last week, who lost their lives in the terrible earthquake which ...
4 March 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Initiatives by the Guanellian family for the canonisation of the “father of the poor”
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming Canonisation of Fr Luigi Guanella, Founder of the Order of the Servants of Charity, on 23 October in the Vatican, various initiatives have been organised in Bogotà. On ...
4 March 2011
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bible in the K’iché language, the most widespread Mayan language
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – During the study of the post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini, Bishop Julio Cabrera of Jalapa, presented the recent publication of the Bible translated into K'iché, the most ...
4 March 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The impression left in Colombia 25 years ago by Pope John Paul II
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – On 3 March the Forum on “John Paul II and his mark on Colombia 25 years later” was held in Bogotà, to remember the significance and teachings from the Papal Visit to Colombia from 1 to 7 ...
3 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Closed schools, prayer and Christians protesting about Bhatti's murder, tomorrow the funeral
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian community in Pakistan, convulsed by grief after the murder of Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, is reacting to the event with spontaneous demonstrations of peaceful protest, with vigil ...
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