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• 30 December 2011
  THE NAMES OF PASTORAL WORKERS, BISHOPS, PRIESTS, MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND LAY CATHOLICS, KILLED IN THE YEAR 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner over the course of the last 12 months. According to information ...
• 30 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 200 victims on Christmas day bomb blast; the day of prayer and fasting on December 31st Jos (Agenzia Fides) - There are 200 victims, among people who died or are missing, due to the attacks directed at some Christian churches at Christmas in Nigeria. This is what said is read in a statement sent to Agenzia ...
• 29 December 2011
  "That the dedication of christians to peace may bear witness to the name of Christ before all menand women of good will" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for January 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Next to love, peace is perhaps one of the most frequently used and distorted words in our language. In a culture that tries to leave God out of any environment, peace is presented as a huma ...
• 29 December 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New phase of the national campaign against child malnutrition Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese government closes 2011 promoting a national campaign against child malnutrition, which provides for the delivery of two liters of milk for 16 000 children in need. The Ministry of L ...
• 29 December 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN-Thousands in Madrid to demand respect for the rights of the family Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - For the fifth consecutive year, many Spanish Bishops will be in Colon square in Madrid, on Friday, December 30, the liturgical feast of the Holy Family, to accompany thousands of families from al ...
• 29 December 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The situation for the population affected by Tropical Storm Washi gets worse Manila (Agenzia Fides) - After two weeks since the passage of Tropical Storm Washi, which struck the central archipelago of Visayas and Mindanao, in the Philippines, there are more than 1,200 victims, 400 000 IDPs and st ...
• 29 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - 2012 in Huancayo will be the "Year of Reconciliation, for the new evangelization" Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Huancayo, His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Barreto Jimeno, Bishop, SJ., has called for 2012 the "Year of Reconciliation, for the new evangelization." The announcement was made during the ...
• 29 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The deep roots of the Boko Haram sect Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Boko Haram sect, author of numerous attacks that have recently caused deaths and injuries in Nigeria, has its origins in the colonial and post-colonial history of the North African nation. "B ...
• 29 December 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - From Australia aid for the education of children of "forgotten people" Vagiput (Agenzia Fides) - About five years ago the project to support the parish of St. Ignatius Toowong, Queensland (Australia) was launched, in favor of Vagiput Unity School, in Vagiput, in Papua New Guinea. The latte ...
• 28 December 2011
  VATICAN - Christmas Message: " May the Lord come to the aid of our world torn by so many conflicts which even today stain the earth with blood" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "On this Christmas 2011, let us turn to the Child of Bethlehem, to the Son of the Virgin Mary, and say: 'Come to save us!' Let us repeat these words in spiritual union with the many people ...
• 28 December 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation of the Bishop of Nyahururu and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 24, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Nyahururu (Kenya), by His Exc. Mgr. Luigi Paiaro, in accordance wit ...
• 28 December 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Sibu and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 24, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Sibu (Malaysia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Dominic Su Haw Chiu, in ...
• 28 December 2011
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Resignation of Archbishop of Port of Spain and successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 26, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), presented by His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 28 December 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Every year 22 000 working children die and many other fall ill or suffer serious accidents Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Of the 215 million working children throughout the world, more than half, 115 million, work in dangerous conditions for their health, safety and emotional and moral development. This is what emer ...
• 28 December 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - A Christmas in poverty, the only hope for the population is the lottery Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The corn just sprouted up waited the dew of the night in vain to survive a few more days. Then everything dried up. Some more robust seedlings of cotton survive here and there, the rest has be ...