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• 24 April 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "We can live without gold, never without water" Bishops’ reflection on the exploitation of natural resources Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Through a document entitled "Let us take care fof our planet," the Bishops of Ecuador stressed that this issue constitutes a "major challenge" both for the government and for mining and oil compan ...
• 23 April 2012
  VATICAN - Meeting on the Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From April 23 to 25, the Commission Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study the issues of great importance for the life of the Catholic Church in China will meet at the Vatican. The ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Greater attention to the foreign Catholics culture for a better integration in society and in the local church Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Respect and sharing of culture and traditions of the Catholic foreign residents in Hong Kong so that they can fit in better in society and the church community and encouraging communion: this ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "With regards to forced conversions, the Supreme Court upholds human rights" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Forced conversions to Islam is a matter of such seriousness that it "requires immediate action on behalf of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a firm stance in defense of justice, human rights, r ...
• 23 April 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and technical formation for deaf children and young people: a new facility Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) –Laying the foundation stone of a new facility for the care of children and deaf young people in the city of Cochabamba has recently taken place. The new facility will be called "Don Bosco Sa ...
• 23 April 2012
  AMERICA/PERU-Caritas Peru will help over 5 thousand people with the promotion of local products Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Peru has signed a cooperation agreement with the company "Sierra Exportadora" to enhance and better commercialize the production of the inhabitants of the Peruvian highlands. The agreement ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN-The Christians of Khartoum concerned about the clashes between Sudan and South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting between northern and southern Sudan are having serious consequences on the Christian community living in Khartoum and other Sudanese areas. "Christians are afraid because two days ago, ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The President of the Episcopal Conference: "Equal rights for religious minorities" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians and as members of religious minorities in Pakistan we demand equal rights and opportunities, full dignity and freedom": is what Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi and Presi ...
• 23 April 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Year of Faith and the defense of life, two central issues for the Assembly of Bishops Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - From now until April 28, at the house of spiritual retreat "El Cenaculo", in Buenos Aires, the 103rd Plenary Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conferencewill take place, the first of 201 ...
• 23 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mother Maria Ines beatified, founder of a missionary institute present in 14 countries Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am pleased to recall that yesterday, in Mexico, María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament, foundress of the Clarissan Missionary Sisters of the most Blessed Sacrament was beatified. Le ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA-New manual for the early diagnosis of leprosy Rongo (Agenzia Fides) - The meetings for formation and distribution of a new manual for the medical staff of the Country, for the early diagnosis of leprosy has just concluded in Rongo, South Nyanza, Kenya. The text was ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The political turning point has taken place, now we are waiting for economic reforms," said Fr. Gamba Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - " A moment that was very negative at a political and economical level comes to an end" says to Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary who has been working in Malawi for 30 years, c ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Agreement between the Community of St.Egidio and the Islamic organization Muhammadiyah Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An important bilateral agreement will be officially signed tomorrow in Jakarta between the Community of St.Egidio and the "Muhammadiyah", an imposing Islamic organization in Indonesia which has ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - At Easter more than 22 000 baptisms were administered in the continental Catholic community Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics that the Study Center of Faith in He Bei managed to collect up to 19 April, which was sent to Fides, during Easter 2012, a total of 22,104 baptisms were administer ...
• 20 April 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Still serious humanitarian problems in the "forgotten areas" of the country: report of the ICRC Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia presented in Bogotá and in nine other Colombian cities where it works, its annual report containing serious reports on the growing ...