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24 September 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombian Bishops express hope for dialogue with FARC: “It is time for the war to end.”
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (CEC), Archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez of Barranquilla, says that the death of the guerrilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas could mean the op ...
24 September 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Ayodhya verdict postponed thanks to “visionary lawyer” who still believes in peace
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The long-awaited verdict on the Ayodhya dispute (location in the state of Uttar Pradesh), site disputed by Hindus and Muslims, has been postponed to September 28. The dispute led to bloody c ...
24 September 2010
EUROPE/GERMANY - Missions Office Director says: “We need to promote new forms of missionary apostolate according to the signs of the times.”
Fulda (Agenzia Fides) – During their Plenary Assembly which was held September 20 to 23 in Fulda, the German bishops outlined an initial assessment of the work of the new Office for the Missions based in Erfurt (German ...
24 September 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - Formation in Catholic values part of training for 400 new teachers
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – About 400 new teachers from Catholic schools were invited by the Diocesan Office for Catholic Education in Hong Kong to attend a workshop to learn the values and principles of Catholic educa ...
24 September 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - There are still 645 children detained in prisons of Australia and Christmas Island
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Federal Government must fulfill the commitment it made in 2008 and end the detention of children, says Dr John Falzon, CEO of the National Council of St Vincent de Paul Society. There are a ...
24 September 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican bishop awarded for commitment to migrants, indigenous, and marginalized
Oslo (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop José Raúl Vera López, Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) was awarded the annual Raft Award for his work in defense of immigrants and natives by the Norwegian foundation which bears the same na ...
24 September 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society says rich should pay higher taxes to help flood victims
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Pakistan should radically reform its tax system, increasing taxes on the richest members of society, so as to send more aid to the flood emergency. This is what the civil society of Pakistan ...
24 September 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Constitutional referendum and elections announced
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – A referendum will be held on November 17 to approve the new Constitution of Madagascar and on December 20, there will be municipal elections. The presidential elections are scheduled for ...
24 September 2010
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catechism of the Catholic Church translated into the Pidgin language
Goroka (Agenzia Fides) – It is a cause for great satisfaction to the local church and of hope for evangelization: the Bishop of Goroka, Bishop Francesco Sarego, SVD, leading a team of clerics and theologians, has compl ...
23 September 2010
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Augustinians celebrate 25 years in Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – In September 1985, the first four Augustinians, two from Australia and two from England/Wales, arrived in Korea, thus responding to the invitation of the then Bishop of Incheon, William McNaught ...
23 September 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - Religious professions of Divine Word Missionaries, celebrating 135th anniversary
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Three Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) took their vows on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, as part of celebrations marking 135 years since the founding of the c ...
23 September 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Bishops condemn violence against Guarani-Kaiowa
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, September 22, the bishops of Brazil called for an urgent government intervention to stop the "armed attacks" that are being conducted against two communities of Guarani Indians in ...
23 September 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “True democracy is not built on death”: Bishops' appeal on lynchings and violence in the country
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – "Life, a sacred gift of God" is the title of the statement that was read during a press conference by Bishop Oscar Aparicio, Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz and Secretary General of the Bolivian Bis ...
23 September 2010
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Caxito tells Fides: “Greater efforts in evangelization are needed in order to combat witchcraft.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The situation eight years since the war's end, the spread of beliefs like witchcraft, the abyss between rich and poor, the need to re-evangelize part of the country after 20 years of Marxism, are ...
23 September 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA - October 10 vote: "We need to reverse the trend in the country," Church source tells Fides
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "We need to go and vote on order to reverse the trend in the country and continue on the road to democracy," Fides has been told by a source from the Church in the Republic of Guinea, where th ...
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