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17 January 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Rector of the inter-diocesan “Good Shepherd” Major Seminary in Kaduna
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 13 April 2010, nominated as Rector of the inter-diocesan “Good Shepherd Major Seminary” in Kaduna ...
15 January 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: President Zardari is the hope for blasphemy
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – While the nation, society and politics are ever more polarised and divided amongst those openly in favour of the law against blasphemy (fundamentalists) and those (liberals) who would like to m ...
15 January 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The tragedy of Rio mobilizes the Church to accommodate the homeless; image of the Patron Saint of Rio on a train collecting aid; Bishops launch a solidarity campaign
Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – The State of Rio de Janeiro is experiencing the worst climatic tragedy ever recorded in the Country. The latest developments, sent to Fides by the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, speak o ...
15 January 2011
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Chipata
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 15 January 2011, appointed as the Auxiliary of the diocese of Chipata (Zambia) Father Benjamin Phiri, of the clergy of Chipata, currently Rector of the Na ...
15 January 2011
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Creation of the new diocese of Bo and the election of the first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 15 January 2011, created the new diocese of Bo, in Sierra Leone, for the dissembled Archdioceses of Freetown and Bo, making it a suffragan of the same met ...
15 January 2011
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Five days of meetings, spirituality and celebration for 520 young people in Vanimo
Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) – A great rally of young Catholics concluded this morning, Saturday, 15 January, in the coastal area of the diocese of Vanimo, in the St John Maria Vianney Minor Seminary. According to informatio ...
15 January 2011
EUROPE/POLAND - John Paul II, Witness to the Divine Mercy: the impressions of the Archbishop of Czestochowa
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “The news of the Beatification of John Paul II is a story full of joy. It is a great thing that the Beatification will take place on the Feast of the Divine Mercy,” Archbishop Stanislaw ...
15 January 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon: religious freedom and peace are crucial for the future of Myanmar
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Religious freedom and peace are crucial elements and values to ensure the prosperous future of Myanmar: affirmed Archbishop Charles Bo of Yangon to Fides, commenting on the Message by the Holy ...
15 January 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - the first multimedia and interactive missionary museum dedicated to the Amazon
Assisi (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, 4 February, in Assisi, the new Missionary Museum of the Capuchin Brothers of Umbria will be inaugurated. It is called MUMA (Amazonian Missionary Museum), and it will be the first mus ...
15 January 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - International pressure is growing against Gbagbo
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Pressure is growing for the outgoing President of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to recognise the victory of Alassane Ouattara in the vote at the end of November and leave power. The European ...
15 January 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - Diocese of Kaohsiung celebrates 50 years, Bishop's pastoral letter
Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) – A series of celebrations which will be celebrated in turn in the nine deaneries, one a month, from January to September, to intensely pray for the Country, the people, for the diocese and al ...
14 January 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protest against the Pope: a flop thanks to interreligious dialogue
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – A word of mouth campaign implemented by the diocesan interreligious Commission in Faisalabad has effectively defused the planned protest against Pope Benedict XVI by an alliance of extremis ...
14 January 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Students in revolt in Kinshasa
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is not yet under control because it is still marked by clashes,” say sources of Fides from the local Church in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republis of Congo, where a ...
14 January 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society: Supreme Court and Government block Islamic extremists
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Civil society in Pakistan is appealing to the Supreme Court to block Islamic extremists, who are rampant at all levels, and to protect the rule of the rights and constitutional freedoms of a ...
11 January 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The celebration of the Epiphany as a mark of evangelisation and of mission
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Epiphany in the mainland Chinese Catholic community has been characterized by a strong missionary dimension, in the sign of evangelisation and by the collection o ...
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