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10 July 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Initiative to help build Mary MacKillop College in southern Sudan
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Ben Hur: The Stadium Spectacular, a massive production of the classical story, will be playing in Sydney this October, with a fundraiser to be held each of the two nights of the show for the co ...
10 July 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Religious vows ceremonies in several Chinese orders
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In recent days, religious from several congregations on the Chinese mainland took temporary or perpetual vows, according to information gathered by Fides. Two religious of the Congregation of ...
10 July 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - As population grows, Church faces more challenges
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The final results of General Census of Population and Housing of Guinea Bissau, submitted July 9, opens a new page for a new distribution of religious assistance to Catholic communities in the ...
10 July 2010
EUROPE/ITALY - Pilgrimage tour of Founder's relic helping Comboni Missionaries' prepare for 19th General Chapter
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Comboni Missionaries (Pious Mothers of Nigrizia) are preparing for their General Chapter XIX which will open at their Mother House in Verona, on September 1, 2010 and will end October 5. Insp ...
8 July 2010
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Episcopal ordination of Bishop Raymond Ahoua, FDP for Grand Bassam
Grand Bassam (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, July 4, the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Ambrose Madtha ordained the new Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Bassam, Bishop Raymond Ahoua, of the Congregation of the Sons of Providen ...
8 July 2010
AMERICA - “Life, Bread, Peace, Freedom,” at the light of the Aparecida Document: continental meeting of Catholic Action
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, July 8, marks the opening of the Sixth American Continental Meeting of Catholic Action at the headquarters of the Mexican Bishops' Conference, Casa Lago, Mexico City. The theme of t ...
8 July 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Keep calm and be willing to dialogue” says Archbishop of Durango following elections
Durango (Agenzia Fides) – After the elections that were held in different states of Mexico, the Church of Durango, in the person of Archbishop Héctor González Martínez, urged all politicians to accept the results an ...
8 July 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of the Diocese of Zhengding released
Zhengding (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, July 7, Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, the legitimate non-official Bishop of the Diocese of Zhengding in the Province of He Bei in mainland China, was released. Age 75, Bishop Julius J ...
8 July 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Multimedia for following the 89th Assembly of Bishops in Colombia
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference has dedicated part of its website to the unfolding of the LXXXIX Plenary Assembly of Bishops, which is being held in Bogota (July 5-9). As the country is celeb ...
8 July 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Priest threatened to death, Bishop warns: “Central India is in the hands of Hindu extremists”
Indore (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Anand Muttungal, a priest of the Diocese of Bhopal and spokesman for the Catholic Church in the state of Madhya Pradesh has received a death threat from Hindu extremists. “The situation i ...
8 July 2010
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Two activists killed: new government faces question of extrajudicial executions
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The first real problems for the new president Benigno Aquino, who took office a few days ago, were immediate: the execution of two activists and defenders of human rights has shaken public opin ...
8 July 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Child malnutrition rate lowered in refugee camps in Kakuma
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Aid workers in a camp for some 80,000 refugees in northwest Kenya have in six months slashed acute child malnutrition rates by doubling the provision of nutritional supplements, scaling up fee ...
8 July 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Jesuits open new free elementary school for aborigines in Redfern
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – A new, tuition-free Jesuit primary school for Aboriginal children is set to open its doors in Sydney in 2011, providing disadvantaged children with a quality, holistic education which responds ...
7 July 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Government announces: task force and national conference against terrorism; Christians show support and pray for peace
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – After the last tragic bombing of a Sufi Muslim temple in Lahore (1 July), the government of Pakistan announced the creation of a task force to fight terrorism and the convening of a national ...
7 July 2010
ASIA/INDONESIA - Dialogue: the key word for new leaders of Indonesian Islam
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Indonesian Islam is being renewed and confirming its aspects of moderation, dialogue, openness, pluralism. This is what seems to emerge as the intentions and the will of the new leaders of the ...
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