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8 June 2010
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishop of Kimbe appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on June 8, 2010, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Kimbe (Papua New Guinea), Fr. William Fey, O.F.M. Cap, Superior of the Capuchin Fathers in Papua New Guinea.
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8 June 2010
ASIA/NEPAL - Church's work in Nepal increases
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community in Nepal is strengthening its commitment to education and social services to benefit Nepalese society. This is what the Fides has learned from local sources that tell ...
8 June 2010
AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa: “We cannot abandon the Christian meaning of Sunday, paganizing it or underestimating its importance.”
Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Panama, Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta has rejected the government's intention to no longer consider Sunday as a day of required rest, supposedly to help entrepreneur ...
8 June 2010
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Catholic Church pleased with Funes' “important steps towards democracy”
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has acknowledged that President Mauricio Funes has made "significant steps" in democracy during his first year in office. Without going into political d ...
8 June 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - Filipino immigrants in Taipei hold traditional “Feast of the Cross”
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Feast of the Cross - “Santacruzan” or “Flores De Mayo” - held by Filipino immigrants is a support to the faith. The procession with the Cross is a courageous witn ...
8 June 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Growing US list of Guinea Bissau citizens suspected of cocaine trafficking
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The USA is finalizing a list of 120 names of Guinean nationals suspected of being involved in drug trafficking. The list includes the names of politicians, parliamentarians, businessmen, and mi ...
8 June 2010
AFRICA/NIGER - Every child has a right to food and medical attention
Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – A lack of transport, rural lifestyles, and pressure on women to prepare fields for harvest mean severely malnourished children are being taken out of therapeutic feeding programs before their t ...
7 June 2010
VATICAN - Pope's appeal for “an urgent and concerted international effort to resolve the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, especially in the Holy Land, before such conflicts lead to greater bloodshed”
Nicosia (Agenzia Fides) - “I reiterate my personal appeal for an urgent and concerted international effort to resolve the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, especially in the Holy Land, before such conflicts lead to ...
7 June 2010
ASIA/CHINA - On Corpus Christi, 206 catechumens baptized in Tian Jin and new church in Fu Shun consecrated
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of the Diocese of Tian Jin celebrated with great joy and intense participation the Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion of 206 catechumens on June 5, Vespers of the Solemni ...
7 June 2010
ASIA/SINGAPORE - The priest, the man of a complete gift of self
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - “A priest must make use of all his time, and all his talents to serve the people of God,” says Archbishop Nicholas Chia of Singapore, in a message that was sent to Fides, on the occasion o ...
7 June 2010
AFRICA/RWANDA - Superior General of the Josephite Brothers of Rwanda tells Fides: "New technologies are an integral part of the education provided in our schools"
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – "The Rwanda is undergoing a phase of development, including technologically, which is very important. We want to continue making our contribution to this development with our educational activi ...
7 June 2010
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Aquino should abolish “pork barrel” in fight against corruption
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Two important issues are on the table for new President Benigno Aquino and, according to Fides sources in the Catholic Church in the Philippines, they will be certain to be included the new gui ...
7 June 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - 50 years of DRC: Bishops organize conference “to understand the past and the present, in order to plan for the future”
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A celebration with 3 perspectives: retrospective, introspective, and prospective. This is what the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENC) is planning for the 50th anniversary of independence be ...
7 June 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Church speaks out: Gold workers given low pay and no insurance
Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) – The Human Rights Office of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado in Peru has reported on the continuing complaints reaching them from the workers of the lowest classes. They have b ...
5 June 2010
VATICAN - “The Church’s communion in the apostolic faith is both a gift and a summons to mission”
Paphos (Agenzia Fides) - “Following in the footsteps of our common fathers in the faith, Saints Paul and Barnabas, I have come among you as a pilgrim and the servant of the servants of God...I also look forward to gree ...
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