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21 February 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another three missionary religious sisters sent to Haiti on behalf of the Church in Brazil
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Three religious sisters depart from Brazil today, 21 February, for Port au Prince, (the capital of Haiti), where they will mainly work to help children and adolescents. Their work is part of ...
21 February 2011
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 500 years defending human dignity: Bishops' pastoral letter to the poor
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of Dominican Republic has written a document for “500 years defending human dignity” which will be published for the 167th national anniversary of the Countr ...
21 February 2011
AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Ebebiyin
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 19 February 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Ebebiyin (Equatorial Guinea), Father Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé, until now Parish Priest of the parish ...
19 February 2011
ASIA/VIETNAM - From the meeting of Asian Bishops hopes for peace and unity
Interview with Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of Asian Bishops which is set down for 2012 in Vietnam, for the first time in histo ...
19 February 2011
VATICAN - “New initiatives in evangelisation will only be fruitful if... those proposing them are people who truly believe and live the message of the Gospel themselves”: Pope to the Bishops of the Philippines
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “While the Philippines continues to face many challenges in the area of economic development, we must recognise that these obstacles to a life of happiness and fulfilment are not the on ...
19 February 2011
VATICAN - Pope presented with 2011 Pontifical Yearbook: revised statistics of the Catholic Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning the Pontifical Yearbook was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. From reading this book we may gain an update about the life of the Catholic Church around the world. Th ...
19 February 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - A new service to bring the internet to remote zones around the world
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010 in Sub-Saharan Africa only six people out of 100 used the internet. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the the Movement Fighting World Hunger (MFWH) has installed 10 satellite dishe ...
19 February 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives”: Bishop of Tunis' testimony to Fides about the murdered Salesian missionary
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives,” stated Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham of Tunis to Fides, defining the murder of Father Marek Rybinsk, the Polish Salesian missionary who ...
19 February 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - The various positions on article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – In the debate on reform of the Egyptian Constitution, there are various positions on keeping or deleting Article 2, which establishes that the Sharia (Islamic law) is the main source of the law. ...
19 February 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Fr Amalan killed for a few rupees by a youth he was helping
Palayamkottai (Agenzia Fides) – He was killed for a few rupees by a youth he often helped: Father G. Amalan, 54 years old, Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Family, in the Diocese of Palayamkotta, in Tamil ...
19 February 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Enthusiasm for the pilgrimage of relics of the parents of St Teresa of Lisieux: pray together for the family and for vocations
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The “Pilgrimage in honour of the Blesseds Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin” – the pilgrimage of the relics of the parents of St Teresa of the Infant Jesus, beatified in Lisieux on 1 ...
19 February 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - Mass vaccination to prevent the re-emergence of the polio virus that has paralysed 33,000 children
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Three years after the last epidemic, polio has reappeared in Myanmar. Following a confirmed case in December and two others with as yet undefined origins in January, the Ministry of Health has ...
19 February 2011
AMERICA/PERU - Innovative sewage treatment plant produces drinking water for remote areas
Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – With the help of a German charity, the Servants (Siervas) of Christ the Priest, who run “Uñacha”, the children's home in the Quiquijana district, province of Quispicachi, in Cuzco, thanks t ...
19 February 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - New community of religious sisters in Manaus to combat human trafficking
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) – Almost a year has passed since the meeting in Brasilia for the Coordinatino of the Religious Network “Un Grito por la Vida”, which discussed and planned actions related to the fight against ...
18 February 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - New threats to Christians in Bekasi: a spiral of violent reactions at risk
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – From the Courtroom where the defendant is on trial for inciting religious hatred, Murhali Barda, radical Muslim leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, now suspended from the movement, has laun ...
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