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9 December 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - “Looking for God in culture”: Jesuit Seminar in Hong Kong commemorates Fr Matteo Ricci
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Looking for God in culture” is the theme of the Seminar organized by the Jesuits in Hong Kong, from 2 to 5 December, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of their brother, mi ...
9 December 2010
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Reviving Biblical Pastoral Care in Africa in light of the Exhortation, “Verbum Domini”
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – One recommendation is to promote the diffusion of the Divine Word in Africa through the use of both modern means of social communications and traditional means of communication in the promoti ...
9 December 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops renew proposal to urgently establish “a table for dialogue at the highest level to resolve the issue of Chilean prisons”
Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, sdb, of Concepción, issued a public statement about the tragedy at San Miguel prison which resulted i ...
9 December 2010
VATICAN - Inauguration of the Missionary Museum of Propaganda Fide
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The new museum tour, in the place where it was created and for the contents of the works that are exhibited, certainly makes an important contribution towards the goal of broader dissemi ...
9 December 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Jesuit seminarian killed in Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Jesuit seminarian of Togolese nationality, Nicolas Eklou Komla, was killed Sunday, 5 December on Belair Street, Mont Ngafula, on the outskirts of Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of C ...
9 December 2010
ASIA - New Franciscan missionaries in the Far East
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the footsteps of great missionaries such as Friar John of Montecorvino, new Franciscan missionaries are taking routes to the Far East to preach the Gospel. Recently, in a solemn Eucharist presid ...
9 December 2010
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Second year of National Mission begins
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Wednesday, 8 December, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, in the Basilica del Voto Nacional, in the presence of all the Bishops and with the participation of many lay people, the solemn Eucharist ...
9 December 2010
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Thousands of people at risk due to severe drought in the central region of Mudug
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - At least 5,000 families (30,000 persons) in 13 villages north-east and south-east of the regional capital, Galkayo, in Somalia, have immediate need of assistance following the severe drought t ...
9 December 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Solidarity among different religious faiths for the International Day of Disabled Persons
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The International Day of Disabled Persons was celebrated on 3 December with special emphasis all over India. Among the initiatives, the Guanellian society celebrated from Bangalore to Poonamal ...
7 December 2010
ASIA/CHINA - The Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded in Nan Chong
Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) - The traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom the Cathedral of the Diocese of Nan Chong (province of Si Chuan) is dedicated, has spawned a new association of the faithful: the ...
7 December 2010
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Elections 2011: “We must choose the one who works, not for self-interest, but for the good of the Country,” interview with Archbishop Brenes
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano of Managua granted a telephone interview to the newspaper “La Prensa”, which contains a reflection for Christmas, but in which he also appeals to ...
7 December 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 24 victims from the landslide found, but 100 are still missing
Bello (Agenzia Fides) – Rescue and emergency workers have found 24 bodies in the rubble and mud after a landslide buried a poor Medellin suburb in the Colombian town of Bello. The Government declared a state of emergen ...
7 December 2010
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Deadlock but diplomacy is working away. Eye-witnesses in Abidjan and Korhogo speak to Fides
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The lives of ordinary people continue while the politicians talk” a source from the Church in Abidjan tells Fides, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire, divided between two leaders, Alass ...
7 December 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - the urgency for reform of the criminal justice system: Asia Bibi is just the latest victim
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, has highlighted the urgency of a comprehensive reform of the criminal justice system in Pakistan. Today the Interna ...
7 December 2010
AFRICA/RWANDA - Maternal and infant mortality rates are improving but there is still a long way to go for health care in the Country
Gicumbi (Agenzia Fides) - In Rwanda, one of the countries with the worst indicators in the world for maternal and child mortality, the government is working to ensure access to lifesaving medical care for mothers and the ...
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