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• 11 August 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Neo Jesuit priest encourages young people: "Do not be afraid to respond to the Lord because His plan for you is always the best" Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not be afraid to respond to the Lord because His plan for you is always the best." This is the exhortation that Fr. Pedro Chia Sze Siong sj., newly ordained Jesuit priest on August 4, address ...
• 11 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 16,000 returnees at risk for lack of funds on behalf of humanitarian organizations Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 16,000 southern Sudanese returnees stuck in the Upper Nile State are at risk after the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced its intention to suspend operations for ...
• 11 August 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Uncertain situation in Bamako while in the north the population suffers the oppression of Islamists Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The political crisis continues in Mali with the return of President ad interim Dioncounda Traore. As Don Edmond Dembele, Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference in Mali reports to Fides, th ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Transfer of power from the CNT to the National Assembly which elects its President Mohamed al-Magariaf Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - Mohamed al-Magariaf was elected President of the National Assembly, the body that on August 8 represents the legitimate power in Libya. The National Transitional Council (CNT), the body which ha ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Green light to the transfer of the Seminary of Theology from Khartoum to Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See has given the green light to the transfer of the Seminary of Theology of St. Paul from Khartoum to Juba after consultations with the Bishops of Sudan and Southern Sudan. The announceme ...
• 10 August 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Addis Ababa and Nairobi work together to avoid new tribal clashes along the common border Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Ethiopia and Kenya have agreed to work together to reduce tribal clashes along the common borders. A delegation from Kenya originally from the Turkana region went to Ethiopia this week for ...
• 10 August 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG- Charitable service and community life in view of the UN Youth Day Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In view of Youth Day organized by the UN which has the theme Building a better world, partnering with youth, young Catholics of Hong Kong are preparing an educational activity with focus on ch ...
• 9 August 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pastoral care and summer service for the youth of the parishes help integral growth of children Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Pastoral care and summer service for the youth of the parishes in the diocese of Hong Kong help the integral development of children, regardless of their creed. According to reports from the ...
• 9 August 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - 130 priests call for the revocation of Fr.Viateur’s deportation Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The government is taking into serious consideration the withdrawal of Fr. Viateur Banyangandora’s deportation, the priest of Rwandese origin expelled by the authorities of Zambia at the end of ...
• 9 August 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 16 Coptic families return home after the recent clashes in Dahshur Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the cooperation between the security forces and the elders of the village of Dahshur (in Giza in Egypt), 16 Coptic families have returned to their homes, they were forced to leave the vi ...
• 9 August 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Over 800 child beggars receive an education thanks to the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 813 children who have been educated in schools run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul near a small cemetery in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. According to ...
• 8 August 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The UN condemns the recruitment of child soldiers in Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-The United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) has condemned the forced recruitment of civilians, among whom there are several children, on behalf of guerrilla groups (especially the M23) operatin ...
• 8 August 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram threatens Christians and Muslims," said Mgr. Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The attack on the mosque Okene shows the true nature of Boko Haram " says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, commenting on the assault waged against the main M ...
• 8 August 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo: fears a massacre, a growing fear for the presence of foreign mercenaries Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We fear a massacre if the army were to attack in large numbers in districts in opposition hands. The army is still strong, even though it has lost a plane, and the opposition is increasingly arm ...
• 8 August 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The formation of the laity of the province of Zhe Jiang for a better understanding of faith Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "To study, learn and apply the Scriptures" was the theme of the course of formation of the laity of the Catholic community in the province of Zhe Jiang, held from July 31 to August 4. Accordin ...