AFRICA/TANZANIA - Archbishop of Mwanza appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on November 10, 2010, appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania), Bishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, OFM Cap., until now Bishop of Dodoma and President of ...
ASIA/INDIA - “Signs of love”: a new magazine of the Guanellians, in Tamil
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – It is called Anbin Suvadugal, or "signs of love," and it's the new magazine published by the Guanellians in India, entirely in Tamil. "The aim of the initiative - said a note from Father Rajesh, ...
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Parish pastor in Kanyabayonga, eastern DRC, killed
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Christian Bakulene, Pastor of the Parish of Saint Jean-Baptiste in Kanyabayonga, south of Butembo, in the territory of Lubero (North Kivu), eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was murde ...
AFRICA/SUDAN - Is Darfur in dispute between north and south Sudan?
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The crisis in Darfur, in western Sudan, risks leading to new tensions between the central government in Khartoum and the autonomous administration of South Sudan (whose capital is Juba).
The ...
9 November 2010
ASIA/MYANMAR - Ethnic minorities: failed accords, new violence feared
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – “The government has sought agreements with ethnic minorities. With the ethnic groups Karen, Shan and others, it has reached a cease-fire. Other groups have not accepted the terms: they want f ...