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31 August 2010
ASIA/CHINA - On the feast of the Queenship of Mary, Sacraments of Confirmation and Baptism administered in several communities
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community on the mainland solemnly celebrated the Feast of the Queenship of Mary on Sunday, August 22, a very specially celebrated feast on the mainland, where the local Catholic co ...
31 August 2010
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Archbishop Escobar, following massacre of 72 in Mexico: “Migrants should be guaranteed rights.”
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has strongly condemned the massacre that occurred in the rural area of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, where 72 migrants from Central and South America ...
31 August 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary School for Teens: future guides for their peers
Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – The "Mission School for Teens,” for young adults with a missionary spirit who want to become “guides” for other missionary teens, begins September 2 and goes until September 5. In fact, th ...
31 August 2010
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dengue: 26,824 infected, entire population in serious danger
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – It was reported that around 192 people have died from dengue fever in the first seven and a half months of this year. The total number of infected people came to more than 26,824 and there can ...
31 August 2010
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Sharp increase in child malnutrition in north
Kousseri (Agenzia Fides) – In northern Cameroon, as in much of Africa’s western Sahel band, there is an unusually high child malnutrition rate. Six children died from malnutrition in Kousseri hospital, northern Camer ...
30 August 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three volunteers killed were Americans from one of the 1,500 foreign NGOs
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The three aid workers killed in the Swat Valley between August 24 and 25 by an attack waged by Islamic fundamentalist groups (see Fides 27 and 28/8/2010) are American citizens local sources ...
30 August 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Xi Ning celebrates first baptisms with 5 Tibetan catechumens
Xi Ning (Agenzia Fides) – Over 700 faithful of the Catholic community of the Diocese of Xi Ning, in the Province of Qing Hai attended the first baptism to take place in their community. The five Tibetan catechumens wer ...
30 August 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Formation course for 20 new missionaries concludes; first Guinean priest ordained for the PIME
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The sessions of the Missionary Training Course begun August 2 ended on August 27 with a Mass presided by two bishops of Guinea Bissau. According to information sent to Fides from the Curia of B ...
30 August 2010
AFRICA/NIGER - Nearly 200,000 refugees following severe flooding
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Further heavy rains in Niger have caused the number of people displaced by flooding to soar from 111,000 last week to 198,740 this week, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Af ...
30 August 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishop of Wollongong calls for tolerance towards refugees
Wollongong (Agenzia Fides) - Wollongong's Bishop Peter Ingham has celebrated Refugee and Migrant Sunday at his diocese with a call for openness and tolerance towards new arrivals. “Today is a time to remember the many ...
30 August 2010
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for September: “That by opening our hearts to love we may put an end to the numerous wars and conflicts which continue to bloody our world.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Created in harmony with God and with the rest of humanity, man has abused the freedom that he had received from God. This disobedience to God the Creator has caused an interior division w ...
30 August 2010
AFRICA/SENEGAL - “A pastor who knew how to live suffering with strength and serenity, along with the sense of giving one's life until the end.”: PMS Director's testimony of Bishop of Ziguinchor
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Bruno Favero, OMI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Senegal and Mauritania sent Fides his testimony on Bishop Maixent Coly, Bishop of Ziguinchor (capital of Casamance ...
30 August 2010
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic organizations lobbying for pro-life legislation
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic groups that defend the value of human life have launched a campaign to convince members of the Filipino Congress to approve two important documents that promote the value of human life ...
30 August 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary School in San Ramon: “Sharing missionary experiences and being sent out as disciples”
San Ramon (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, Sunday, August 29, marked the end of the "Mission School for Teens" held in San Ramon, a city that belongs to the Vicariate of Ñuflo Chavez, Bolivia. The School began on Thursday ...
30 August 2010
AMERICA/PERU - A special prayer to Saint Rose of Lima on the Internet
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Lima has opened a website to help the faithful of the world to celebrate the feast of Saint Rose of Lima. A note sent to Fides says: "On the feast of St. Rose of Lima, the Arch ...
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