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21 January 2010
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna erected, first Apostolic Vicar appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 20, 2010, erected the new Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna (Ethiopia), using territory taken from the current Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo-Hosanna. Th ...
21 January 2010
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Two Muslim prayer rooms attacked: police investigate
Johor (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the arrest of eight young men made yesterday by the Malaysian Police, Malaysia continues to suffer small episodes of vandalism against places of worship. Today, as Fides learned from sourc ...
21 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Superior of Claretians in Antilles says everything may be destroyed, but our people remain!
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hector Cuadrado, Superior of the Claretians in the Antilles, has traveled to Haiti make direct observation of the situation. With Fr. Alexis, he left from Santo Domingo, noting tha ...
21 January 2010
VATICAN - “Lineamenta” for the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops presented
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Responding to the request made by several Bishops from the region that reaches from Egypt to Iran, the Holy Father Benedict XVI convoked the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Sy ...
21 January 2010
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Promoting interreligious dialogue: the mission of the President of the Focolare Movement, in Asia
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Promote and participate actively in the creation of harmony and interreligious dialogue in the Philippines and throughout eastern Asia is one of the objectives of the mission of the Focolare comm ...
21 January 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - Vocational formation, theme of course on “Spirituality of Pastoral Education Workers”
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The vocation, prayer for vocations, the response to the call of God, and the meaning of life are the main topics addressed by Fr. Benedict Lam Cho Ming, Rector of Holy Spirit Seminary of the D ...
21 January 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two youth events for 2010: the Mission and Latin American Congress
Vinto (Agenzia Fides) – The youth of the Bolivian Youth Vocation Ministry gathered in Vinto last week, for the first national meeting of 2010. The young people came with great enthusiasm and great desire to strengthen ...
21 January 2010
EUROPE/ITALY - A year of initiatives from Italian Jesuits, in honor of Matteo Ricci
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Conferences, concerts, pilgrimages, and school camps, guided tours, openings of monuments and historical buildings usually closed to the public... On the occasion of the fourth centenary of the dea ...
20 January 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The accounts of the fighting's origin are mistaken,” Archbishop of Jos tells Fides
Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "The accounts that have been published so far on the origin of the fighting are mistaken. In particular, it is not true that a church was attacked and burned, " Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of J ...
20 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Doctors say there is little hope for seriously wounded children
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Eugenio Ajroldi of Robbiate, in charge of the Communications Office of the Order of Malta, has told Agenzia Fides of the sad situation of children in Haiti who were injured by the earth ...
20 January 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - January 21-22: Prayer Vigil and March for Life
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – This year marks the 37th anniversary of the January 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that ruled abortion to be a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
As in past years, ...
20 January 2010
ASIA/MALAYSIA - 8 arrested for church attacks; Christians say government is trying to regain credibility
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The debate and the results on the case regarding the name "Allah" continue to hold the stage in Malaysia. Today, the police arrested eight young people, between ages 21 and 25, suspected ...
20 January 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We denounce all perpetrators of this shameful conspiracy,” say Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan completely denounce the recent incidents in Jos in a statement sent to Fides, published at the close of their meeting held January 18-19, 201 ...
20 January 2010
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Message from Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace: "Look with hope to the New Man, to the future, because you young people are the hope for a future of justice and peace!"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Authentic peace is not only the fruit of our own efforts. It is a gift of God, fruit of faith in God. Thus, the unique importance of the International Day of Intercession for Peace to co ...
20 January 2010
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Year for Priests, Diocese of Auki celebrates Jubilee
Auki (Agenzia Fides) – It has been 25 years since the Diocese of Auki, in February 1984, was erected. Since then, the Catholic community grew in numbers, making strides in faith formation, in vocations, and in the matu ...
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