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23 February 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops call for dialogue in resolving health emergency in Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Francisco Polti, Bishop of Santiago del Estero, his Auxiliary Bishop Ariel Torrado Mosconi, and Bishop Adolfo Uriona of Añatuya, have prepared a joint message to express thei ...
23 February 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Car accident leads kills Cleric of Saint Viator, wounds two others
Reyes (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Saturday, February 20, on the provincial highway Rurrenabaque-Yucumo, two priests and a religious of the Parish of Popoy, who were returning from the funeral of Bishop Roger Au ...
23 February 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishop Aubry remembered: the mission was the most important part of his life
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – A few days after the death of Bishop Roger Emile Aubry, Redemptorist (see Fides 19/02/2010) Fides has received a very significant testimony entitled: "The Gift of Fidelity,” in thanksgivi ...
22 February 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous image of Christ, clashes, two churches destroyed, curfew established in Punjab
Jalandhar (Agenzia Fides) – There has been increased protest in response to a blasphemous picture of Christ, published in a textbook published in New Delhi and used in schools in India. The text, published by Skyline P ...
22 February 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - Congress on Evangelization and Pastoral Ministry for Diocese of Tai Chung concludes with inauguration of Diocesan “Disciples University”
Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – After the updating of the diocesan website, the Diocese of Tai Chung inaugurated the Diocesan “Disciples University,” creating a new channel for the evangelization formation and charitab ...
22 February 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Forming formators: “It's not enough to have a degree in theology. There's more to it,” Bishop Luc Matthys tells Fides
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Luc Matthys is the Bishop of the Diocese of Armidale, in New South Wales, Australia and was recently in Rome on behalf of the Catholic hierarchy of Australia to attend the course on "The B ...
22 February 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Steps forward for Jesuit reconstruction effort
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Soon after the first emergency situations were caused by the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January, the Jesuits, along with other collaborators, established a Haitian-Dominican ...
22 February 2010
ASIA/IRAQ - Christian Bishops of Mosul send message to the government: “Will the blood of Christians be shed with impunity?”
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – "The authorities must take full responsibility in order to preserve the Christian presence in Mosul. We need international intervention to push the central and local government to act immediatel ...
22 February 2010
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Two French aid workers kidnapped and later released by LRA guerrillas who attacked a Catholic Church; local inhabitants being held hostage
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – The Ugandan rebels of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) attacked the village of Rafai, in the southeastern Central African Republic, on February 18. "The information we have is still sketchy as ...
22 February 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Political stalemate in Kenya; Bishops call for a national solution before asking for intervention from international mediators
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to a statement from the Kenyan Bishops' Conference, taken from the Kenyan agency CISA, the Bishops "wish to advice against absconding cabinet meetings. This would mean a stalemate in ...
22 February 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - Funeral services held for Fr. Luis Parra, exemplary priest and Good Samaritan, killed on Ash Wednesday
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church of “El Sagrario” in Mexico City celebrated the funeral of Father José Luis Puerto Parra, assassinated on February 17, Ash Wednesday. The Mass was celebrated by Bishop Anton ...
22 February 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Go and present Jesus, with your testimony”: Cardinal Bergoglio at the close of the 28th International Missiology Course
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Director of Communications of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Argentina, Fabio Rosso, sent a note to Agenzia Fides on the celebration of the closure of the XXVIII Internatio ...
20 February 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Church overjoyed at news of Sister Mary MacKillop's canonization
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – There is great joy and enthusiasm in the Catholic community in Australia for the official news: Sister Mary MacKillop will be canonized at the Vatican on October 17, 2010, becoming the first Au ...
20 February 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Verapoly appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on February 20, 2010, appointed Fr. Francis Kallarackal, until now Bishop of Kottapuram as Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 2 ...
20 February 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop of Taipei launches "An Appeal for Love in Lent," for the people affected by the typhoon last August
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – In this Lent we are invited to be very especially united, "gather together to cry, smile, and bear witness to the glory of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ." This is the call that Arch ...
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