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29 March 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “It is a serious investigation, conducted with interviews with victims and rescuers," says Bishop of Doruma-Dungu on the report on LRA atrocities
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "The Human Rights Watch report is important because it demonstrates the level of the atrocities committed by the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army)," said Bishop Richard Domba Mady of Doruma-Dungu, ...
29 March 2010
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for April 2010: “That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for the entire human race.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord himself announced the persecution of his disciples, and this has been a constant characteristic in the history of the Church. Insofar as Christians are faithful to Christ's messa ...
29 March 2010
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - LRA atrocities in Central Africa: Bishop of Bangassou tells Fides his testimony
Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the Ugandan group which has been accused in Human Rights Watch's recent report of grave atrocities in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is also ...
29 March 2010
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Indian Jesuits working on progress and development
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – The work of education of young people is one of the basic ways to ensure progress and development of a nation, especially in an Afghanistan for decades plagued by wars and internal conflicts, wh ...
29 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Clean Card” voting for April 7
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, Michel Temer, recently announced that he had put on the agenda for April 7 the "Clean Card" project (PLP 518/09), and urged leaders to make ...
29 March 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Schools closed in several coastal areas due to severe cholera epidemic
Msambweni (Agenzia Fides) – About 11,000 students from different schools in the districts of Kwale and Msambweni, in the coastal area of Kenya, were forced to leave school before the Easter holidays following a severe ...
29 March 2010
AFRICA/UGANDA - Northeastern region suffering famine: nearly 1 million people at risk
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to a note from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) sent to Fides, there are about 900 thousand people in the region of Karamoja, northeastern Uganda, who are facing a ...
29 March 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Meningitis kills 10% of people infected 48 hours after first signs of symptoms
Kano (Agenzia Fides) – According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), as of March 24, 156 people have died of meningitis (of 1500 infected) in Nigeria. A third of the deaths were recorded in the northeas ...
27 March 2010
ASIA/CHINA - “Acts of charity should not be reserved for Lent alone”: solidarity commitment of Parish of Qing Shan, in Mongolia
Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) – Practice charity, carry out the commandments of the Lord, and live in mutual solidarity: these are the recommendations of the priests of the parish of Qing Shan in the Diocese of Bao Tou, in M ...
27 March 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Christian Churches increase pressure to abolish new Constitutional clause setting the beginning of life at birth
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church strongly feels the fight against abortion is the fight for the family,” said Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, in an ecumenical encounter that took place on Mar ...
27 March 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Rector of Saint Joseph Pontifical Seminary in Verapoly appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 26, 2009, appointed as Rector of the Pontifical Seminary of Saint Joseph in the Archdiocese of V ...
27 March 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Grand-Bassam resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 27, 2010, accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Grand-Bassam (Ivory Coast) presented by Bishop Paul Dacoury-Tabley ...
27 March 2010
AFRICA/TANZANIA - “Mkombozi Bank,” first Catholic commercial bank in the country, founded with local funds
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - “The church believes that if it has to serve the people well, these kind of projects are inevitable,” said Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, in the opening ceremony ...
27 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - 47% of churches damaged in earthquake, one million faithful without a place of worship; report on Church structures one month after the earthquake
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – 47% percent of Chile's Catholic churches were damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27: this is affirmed in a Report on the damage to religious buildings published by the ...
27 March 2010
ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnamese technicians and experts help people of Chad to improve food safety
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Thanks to an agreement recently signed by the South-South Cooperation, a group of Vietnamese experts will help Chad to implement a series of activities aimed at improving food security in the Af ...
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