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11 June 2010
AFRICA - “The problem with child soldiers is resolved through development, not by rhetorical agreements”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – African governments must commit to removing the conditions that create rebellions which in turn lead to the recruitment of child soldiers, and not merely sign agreements that I think are just rhe ...
11 June 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese seminaries celebrate close of Year for Priests
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Several Chinese seminaries are celebrating the closing days of the Year for Priests in communion with the universal Church, following the Pope's indications. According to information received ...
11 June 2010
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Lolo, Sower of Joy”: first lay journalist to be declared Blessed
Jaen (Agenzia Fides) – His name is Manuel Lozano Garrido, the first lay journalist, also disabled, who will be beatified on June 12 in Linares, in the Province of Jaén, Spain. Better known as "Lolo," he was a journali ...
11 June 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA - “Army coups will no longer be possible in Africa” says Guinea's Transition President
Conakry (Agenzia Fides)- "Guinea's army is now the army of the Republic. So we must accept the truth of the vote after the elections on 27 June. We will be subject to the democratically elected President. From now on the ...
11 June 2010
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In this Year For Priests, we cannot forget the parents of our priests
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – A priest is a gift for the Church and a gift for his own family: in this spirit the Catholic Church in the Philippines, at the end of the Year for Priests, highlighted the fundamental role of t ...
11 June 2010
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In the midst of North-South tensions, the local Catholic Church confirms commitment for reconciliation
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – As tension between North and South Korea rises to levels not seen recent years, the local Catholic Church has renewed its commitment to promoting national unity and reconciliation. The local Chu ...
11 June 2010
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Andaung Cheng Salesian School aims to reduce poverty and guarantee schooling for all boys and girls
Battambang (Agenzia Fides) – Monday 7 June was a day of rejoicing at Don Bosco School in Andaung Cheng. In front of 250 people, teachers and pupils, Mgr. Figaredo Alvargonzález, S.J., Prefect of Battambang, blessed ne ...
11 June 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Threatened with death bishops, religious and agencies working to promote respect for human rights
Santa Rosa de Osos (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia and the Colombian Catholic Bishops' Conference issued a statement strongly condemning a recent attack on the residence of the Bishop o ...
11 June 2010
AMERICA - Year for Priests concludes: repentance and commitment for Continental Mission
Santiago di Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In Chile the Year for Priests will conclude in a Eucharistic and penitential spirit: the Catholic clergy of Santiago, men and women religious and lay faithful, will celebrate the clo ...
10 June 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - International Soccer Peace Tournament organized by Catholic Church: “South Africans, immigrants, and fans from around the world united in the greatest challenge, peace.”
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to involve all South Africans in the world, especially those who remain on the margins of this event," Antoine Soubrier of the Communications Office for the Southern African Catholic B ...
10 June 2010
VATICAN - Cardinal Hummes tells priests: “We must be very conscious of the present missionary urgency. It is necessary that we rise and go on mission everywhere.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "The great objective of the Year for Priests was to renew in every priest the awareness and concrete carrying out of their true priestly identity and their specific spirituality in order ...
10 June 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Carreño resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on June 10, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Carreño (Colombia), presented by Archbishop Efrén Álvaro ...
10 June 2010
AMERICA - Year for Priests comes to a close: “a year not only for priests, but for the entire People of God”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Approximately 15,000 priests from nearly 100 countries are now in Rome participating in the International Encounter for the close of the Year for Priests declared by Pope Benedict XVI on ...
10 June 2010
ASIA/TURKEY - In killing Bishop Padovese, “they've symbolically beheaded the Church”
Izmir (Agenzia Fides) – "With the brutal murder of Bishop Padovese, they have symbolically beheaded the Church in Turkey," reads a heartfelt testimony sent to Fides from Fr. Martin Kmetec OFM Conv, Franciscan missionar ...
10 June 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church in Pakistan hopeful for international petition to end blasphemy law: 3,000 signatures
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Pakistan welcomes with great hope the international petition launched Aid to the Church in Need in France, to abolish the blasphemy law. The petition continues to gather suppor ...
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