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• 1 June 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - Missionary Day for hundreds of boys and girls of the PSMC dedicated to Blessed John Paul II Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - There were about 1,700 children from different Polish dioceses, gathered in Warsaw for the ninth national Congress organized by the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (PSMC) in Poland. Th ...
• 1 June 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 60 years of Camillian mission in Taiwan, "so that the sick are assisted with compassion and professionalism" Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The 60-year mission of the Camillians (Ministers of the Sick) in Taiwan have been fully inspired by the spirituality of St. Camillus de Lellis: so that the sick are cared for with compassion and ...
• 1 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - No laws against immigrants, the Church has the right to help migrants Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American Catholic Bishops and the United States of America, after the meeting on migration and human mobility celebrated in Santo Domingo (see Fides 24/05/2012 and 31/05/2012) ha ...
• 1 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Magnificat "is the song that denounces the illusion of those who think themselves masters of the history and arbiters of their fate," recalls Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We all have something to learn from our heavenly Mother: her faith invites us to look beyond appearances and to believe firmly that the daily difficulties prepare a spring that has alread ...
• 1 June 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Youth in march to stop violence in the country Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - About 4,000 young Hondurans will participate in a march that will begin on June 8 from Tegucigalpa and will arrive in the town of Talanga on June 10, in the same central region of Honduras ...
• 1 June 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mother's Day: The Church pays tribute to women and defends "the true family" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "We Bishops of Nicaragua want to present, on behalf of the Catholic Church in our country, a sincere tribute of love for all the mothers of Nicaragua, and in particular to recognize how many hav ...
• 31 May 2012
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - "That Christians in Europe may rediscover their true identity and participate with greater enthusiasm in the proclamation of the and participate with more enthusiasm in Gospel" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for June 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In recent decades the countries of ancient Christian tradition in Europe are undergoing a severe crisis of identity. At a political level the demand was to eradicate Europe from its Christi ...
• 31 May 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 28, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Philippe Rukamba, Bishop of Butare, as Apostolic Administrator sede vacant et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese of G ...
• 31 May 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 28, 2012 appointed Rev. Sac. Leopold Ouedraogo, the current Vicar General of the archdiocese as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso ...
• 31 May 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The aging of society requires a further qualification of evangelization Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The latest census of 2011 commissioned by the Special Administration of Hong Kong, once again confirms the trend already recorded in previous years: the aging of society in Hong Kong. This rea ...
• 31 May 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - UN alert: Judges under pressure to apply the "blasphemy law" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The issue of "blasphemy" is a "black hole" for the judicial system in Pakistan. The Pakistani judges are under pressure to condemn to death those accused under the "blasphemy law", while lawye ...
• 31 May 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Fighting in North Kivu, causing 80,000 displaced people, the missionaries denounce the "lies of war" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - For two weeks the fighting between the national army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and rebels of the Movement of March 23 (M23) have been concentrated on three hills: Mbuzi, Chanzu ...
• 31 May 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church demands a stop to the conflict in the Espinar area that has caused deaths and injuries Espinar (Agenzia Fides) - The Prelature of Sicuani, Cusco, Peru has published a report on the current situation in the province of Espinar, of which a copy was sent to Fides Agency, where the following acts of violence c ...
• 31 May 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Eradicate Poverty, inequality and social exclusion that cause the forced displacement of population: the meeting on Migration in Central America has just concluded Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, issued yesterday, May 30, an appeal so that the Government of the Dominican Republic rectifies the situation (as reg ...
• 31 May 2012
  VATICAN - "Despite the weakness of man, the difficulties and trials, the Church is guided by the Holy Spirit" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The events of recent days involving the Curia and my collaborators have brought sadness to my heart, but I have never lost my firm certainty that, despite the weakness of man, the difficul ...