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6 November 2008
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops of Paraguay make a statement on the conflict between the government and farming communities: “it is legitimate that the people engage in demonstrations, however it must be carried out in a peaceful manner and in a way that respects third party members.”
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Paraguay, who are now holding their 183rd Plenary Assembly, have expressed their profound regret at the conflicts that have broken out between police forces and farmers on Nove ...
6 November 2008
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops ask authorities to take steps towards dialogue, in response to the violence between people of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Nicholas de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, has called on authorities to take steps towards dialogue, to prevent worsening of the situation between the pe ...
6 November 2008
ASIA/CHINA - “The Emperor Kang Xi and the Jesuit Mission in China”: Seminar on the 300th anniversary of the death of Fr. Tomas Pereira, SJ to take place in Lisbon
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The International Symposium entitled, “The Emperor Kang Xi and the Jesuit Mission in China,” in honor of the 300th anniversary of the death of Fr. Tomas Pereira, SJ (1645-1708), will take pla ...
6 November 2008
ASIA/LAOS - Canonization process opened for 15 missionary martyrs of Laos
Nantes (Agenzia Fides) – The history of evangelization in Laos holds various martyrs who gave their lives to make the seed of the faith grow in the small southeastern Asian nation.
Today, the canonization process of 1 ...
6 November 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - “The Franciscan Missionary,” providing missionary formation services for 75 years
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Franciscan Missionary,” the magazine published by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, turns 75. Begun in Assisi, the magazine has played an important role in formation for the missions. ...
6 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - North Kivu: the Universal Church takes measures to help the peoples affected by the conflict
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church is taking measures to help the people of the war-torn area of North Kivu. “Is history repeating itself? Are we up against another episode of genocide? The images are not ...
6 November 2008
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence continues on the Northwest Frontier Province: a Catholic girls' school is attacked and destroyed
Swat (Agenzia Fides) – For the Christians living in the Northwest Frontier Province, fear is a part of everyday life. Threats, as well as physical and verbal aggressions continue, while Islamic fundamentalist groups, t ...
6 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “There are 1,600,000 people in North Kivu at risk for starvation in the coming months,” says a missionary in Bukavu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The humanitarian tragedy in North Kivu will last even longer. The rainy season has come and the fields that should be tilled and sown are abandoned. There are 1,600,000 people who rely on in ...
5 November 2008
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops’ Conference elects its President, Vice-President, and Secretary
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay recently celebrated their 183rd Plenary Assembly (November 3-7) in Asuncion, during which they elected as President Archbishop Pastor Cuquejo of ...
5 November 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mass celebrated on the border between Mexico and the United States in memory of the 337 illegal immigrants who have died trying to cross the border
Juarez City (Agenzia Fides) – In the presence of faithful, priests, and Bishops from either side of the border, a Mass was celebrated on November 2 in Juarez City, located between Nuevo Casas Grandes, El Paso and New M ...
5 November 2008
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Vocational Week 2008 to help all youth and adolescents to discern, decide, and assume their vocation as disciples and missionaries, following the example of Saint Paul
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Vocational Week 2008 in Santo Domingo was inaugurated on November 3, with a youth encounter with Cardinal Nicholas de Jesús López, Archbishop of Santo Domingo. The Vocational Week runn ...
5 November 2008
OCEANIA/TAHITI - Religious life is attracting new candidates in Polynesia
Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - “For youth today, the religious life seems to present difficult sacrifices which can certainly be a detriment for some who experience the call. They are called to renounce their independence, ...
5 November 2008
ASIA/INDIA - The Word of God brings new hopes to Orissa: campaign to distribute 1,000 Bibles
Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of Bibles have been burned, destroyed, or damaged in the wave of anti-Christian violence that has struck Orissa. Thus, Indian Christians have launched a campaign to collect 1,000 ...
5 November 2008
ASIA/HONG KONG - Two pilgrimages led by the Third Order Canossians, on the 200th anniversary of the Order, and in honor of the Year of St. Paul
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Two pilgrimages, in Italy and Hong Kong, are at the center of the celebrations being held by the Third Order Canossians, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Daughters of ...
5 November 2008
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic women in Asia and Oceania working for the family, society, immigrants, and equal opportunity
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic women in eastern Asia and the Pacific are making an effort to work in society, in defense of the family, of immigrants' rights, equal opportunity, to fight marginalization and pove ...
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