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9 November 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops' Conference declares 2011 “Year for Life”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father has invited everyone to hold a prayer vigil for the unborn on November 27, at the beginning of Advent, to thank God for the complete gift of Himself that has given meanin ...
9 November 2010
ASIA/MYANMAR - "There is an ongoing humanitarian effort, but if the regime collapses there will be civil war."
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – "The humanitarian response has been prompt and efficient. The problem of ethnic minorities goes way back in time. However, if the Burmese regime collapses abruptly, civil war will break out, w ...
9 November 2010
ASIA/YEMEN - Children drop out of school for fear of revenge killings
Al-Jawf (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of children in three of Yemen's 21 governorates have stopped going to school for fear of being targeted by revenge killings, according to international NGO Partners-Yemen (PY), which ...
8 November 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA - Voting takes place amidst celebration, but ethnic tensions still looming
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - “The vote took place amidst a festive atmosphere, despite the tensions that preceded the elections," Fides was told by a source from the local Church in the Republic of Guinea, where yesterday ...
8 November 2010
ASIA/IRAQ - Two more Christians killed, as massacre-site church re-opens; protests on Facebook
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The liturgy is once again being said at the Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad, after the massacre of Christians on October 31, but there is fear among the faithful. ...
8 November 2010
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Spain: “Today we are called to follow the example of the apostles, coming to know the Lord better day by day and bearing clear and valiant witness to his Gospel.”
Santiago de Compostela (Agenzia Fides) – “Brothers and sisters, today we are called to follow the example of the apostles, coming to know the Lord better day by day and bearing clear and valiant witness to his Gospel ...
8 November 2010
EUROPE/POLAND - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on October 21, 2010, appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland for a five ...
8 November 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Rehabilitation of an ethics of politics,” called for by the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral Social; preparing for 100th Plenary Meeting of Bishops' Conference
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of San Isidro and President of the Bishops' Commission for Pastoral/Social Ministry, Bishop Jorge Casaretto, has recalled that "the new leadership should not limit itself to em ...
8 November 2010
ASIA/SYRIA - Fighting poverty to reduce agricultural child labor
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The Syrian government and international agencies are focusing efforts on tackling child labour, amid concerns that rates in the country are rising, especially among 1.3 million families of sm ...
6 November 2010
ASIA/MYANMAR - Private schools offer new hope, says Archbishop of Yangon
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is now calm. The time of elections, despite the difficulties, is an awaited moment that offers more hope to the country. As the Catholic Church and Christians in Myanmar, we trust ...
6 November 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Archbishop of Kisangani “in canoe, on motorcycle, or on foot, to reach faithful in the most extensive diocese of Congo”
Kisangani (Agenzia Fides) – "It's a great joy for us. It is an opportunity to thank the Lord for what he has done for his Church, the family of God in the DRC. We thank the Holy Father for appointing Archbishop Laurent ...
6 November 2010
VATICAN - “Consecrated life can never disappear or die in the Church,” Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Brazil, launching an appeal for vocational ministry
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Faced with the diminishing numbers and increasing age of the members of many religious institutes, which is evident in some parts of the world, some people are asking themselves whether ...
6 November 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on November 6, 2010, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (Bolivia) Father Roberto Bordi, OFM, currently parish pastor at Magdalena, in t ...
6 November 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - “Modern Challenges for the Indigenous Church in Taiwan”: environment and mass media
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – As Fides learns from the Commission for the Pastoral Care of Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan, the VI Pastoral Congress of Indigenous Peoples, held October 21 to 23, had the theme "Modern Challeng ...
6 November 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - More difficulties arise in Haiti: 3 dead after hurricane, cholera on the rise
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Hurricane Tomas has caused at least three deaths and severe flooding in several towns in western Haiti. The number of victims could rise due to the precarious living conditions of Haiti ...
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