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• 13 February 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Erection of the Apostolic Prefecture of Robe and the appointment of the first Prefect Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February 11, 2012 erected the new Apostolic Prefecture of Robe, in Ethiopia, with territory taken from the Apostolic Vicariate of Meki. The Holy Father appoi ...
• 13 February 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A project in 4 countries to combat child labor through education has been launched New York City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) 152 million children between 5 and 14 years of age are victims of child labor. Most belong to the most marginalized social groups ...
• 10 February 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "There is an ongoing forgotten massacre on the Nuba Mountains " complaint on behalf of the Bishop of El Obeid; priests and religious sisters are not abandoning the camp Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "On the Nuba mountains people are dying of starvation and bombings" this is the complaint on behalf of His Exc. Mgr.Macram Max Gassis, Bishop of El Obeid, the diocese which straddles Sudan and ...
• 10 February 2012
  VATICAN - The story of Jesus of Nazareth, in whose name even today many believers face suffering and persecution, cannot remain confined in a distant past Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The story of Jesus of Nazareth, in whose name still many believers in different countries of the world face suffering and persecution, cannot therefore be confined in a distant past, but i ...
• 10 February 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Mgr. Tong to the religious: "Everyone has his/her own charisma, but we are all instrument of evangelization" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Each with his/her own charisma, but we are all instrument of evangelization of the Lord: so this is how His Exc. Mgr. John Tong , Bishop of Hong Kong, who will be created cardinal in the next ...
• 10 February 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - Carrying out missionary animation in the heart of a metropolis: 50 years of the PIME centre in Milan Milan (Agenzia Fides) - For fifty years the "Center of culture and PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) missionary animation" in Milan proposes itself as a place of meeting, exchange, reflection and planning ...
• 10 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 20, 2011 appointed Father Godefroid Manunga, of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) as National Director of ...
• 10 February 2012
  AFRICA - On February 13 the Second Symposium of the European and African Bishops opens in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On February 13 the Second Symposium of the European and African Bishops opens in Rome, which has the theme "Evangelization Today: Communion and pastoral cooperation between Africa and Europe. The ...
• 10 February 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - For Cardinal Urosa Savino every presidential candidate must possess the values of love, justice and freedom Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, said that the Catholic values that every presidential candidate must have are love, justice, freedom, respect for people and for the people in ...
• 9 February 2012
  AMERICA/REP. DOMINICAN - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 10, 2011 appointed Rev. Anselmo Alejandro Peña Sanchez , of the diocesan clergy of Mao-Monte Cristi as National D ...
• 9 February 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 16, 2011 appointed Father Fausto de Carvalho Rosado , of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ( ...
• 9 February 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Church of Taiwan is preparing for the International Eucharistic Congress Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The National Eucharistic Congress, a special site has been created, full of pages dedicated to the theme, the publication of books and teaching aid on the Eucharist, awareness of the faithful, t ...
• 9 February 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Year of Faith, the year of the missionaries who proclaim it Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "A year dedicated to faith is a year for those who preach it. Because faith, as St. Paul taught, comes from hearing, preaching. This is why a preacher is necessary and can educate in this faith t ...
• 9 February 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Muslim Study Centre: "To save the churches from radical Islamic groups is possible" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – To save the Christian churches in Indonesia from the influence and attacks on behalf of radical Islamic groups is necessary and possible, according to a new Report published by the "Paramadina ...
• 9 February 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Winds of war between Sudan and South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "In Khartoum, the population follows through the media the war of words between the Government of Sudan and Southern Sudan. For the moment, the situation is calm, but it is unknown whether the ...