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• 17 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-Seven people killed in a raid in Isiolo, among them two children; the condemnation of the Church Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least seven people were brutally murdered on October 14 during an assault in Ngaremara, in the Isiolo County, in northeastern Kenya. Among the dead there were two children. During the raid no ...
• 17 October 2011
  VATICAN-The Prefect of the Missionary Congregation invites the Sisters of Mater Ecclesiae College to "open their hearts to a greater love for the mission, in which the first place belongs to Jesus" Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary College of Mater Ecclesiae, in Castel Gandolfo, celebrated with joy on Saturday, October 15 for three reasons: the visit of the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
• 17 October 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church assists more than 3,500 people affected by torrential rains San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - It has been raining constantly for 8 days and this phenomenon has devastated El Salvador causing 32 deaths so far. The danger now is landslides in areas of low mountains, floodings in citi ...
• 17 October 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Aborigines and immigrants are the heart of the mission", says the Archbishop of Canberra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the Gospel to the Aborigines remains "the heart of the Church’s mission in Australia", which confides in the young and is now engaged in the difficult task of "humaniz ...
• 15 October 2011
  VATICAN-"The Holy Spirit is the driving force of evangelization": interview with Fr. Vito del Prete, General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelization today must rely on the Holy Spirit, which is the driving force of the mission, and not so much on human resources like money. If, in the mission, the prevailing mentality re ...
• 15 October 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - The future of the country between reconciliation and amnesty for Thaksin Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - As the North of the country and also the capital city have been hit by powerful floods, what is attracting the attention of the public is the tricky question of national reconciliation and a pos ...
• 15 October 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Fraud and buying votes": Bishops alert the population and the authorities Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the Church is present even in the farthest corner of Colombia, we know of vote buying, voter migration, counterfeit ballots and the fact that even the dead start to vote. We stress that no ...
• 15 October 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - After 50 years, trade unions are legal again: for Bishops it is "an important step" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In a further move of opening up to more democratic forms of government, the Burmese regime give legitimacy and legality to trade unions, that have been banned since 1962. President Thein Sein si ...
• 15 October 2011
  AFRICA/HAITI - The Archbishop of Haiti: calls for more government commitment for the rebuilding Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need to put order in the administration in Haiti" because, "if the country were well organized in ten years it would be rebuilt": This is what the Archbishop of Port-au-Princ ...
• 14 October 2011
  AMERICA - "The Church in Latin America is alive, despite the difficult situation in different countries": interview with His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Aguiar Retes, President of CELAM Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From October 6 to 12, the members of the Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), led by their President, His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Missionary Month Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the parishes of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Month Missionary, Sunday, October 2, waiting for World Mission Day to be held on Oct ...
• 14 October 2011
  VATICAN -The crypt of the Pontifical Missionary College of St. Peter’s was blessed by the Prefect of the Missionary Dicastery at the end of the restoration Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With great joy the Pontifical Missionary College of St. Peter welcomed the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Filoni, in the afternoon on Octo ...
• 14 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - "We will continue to work in Dadaab following the highest security protocols", says the responsible of Caritas Somalia to Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas follows the highest security protocols and will continue to work in Dadaab", said Suzanna Tkalec to Fides, operator of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), responsible for the operation ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Qadri’s lawyer is the former judge who denied Asia Bibi forgiveness Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The story that binds the lives of Asia Bibi, Salman Taseer and Mumtaz Qadri, is shaking the country, generating a heated debate and protests, while Qadri’s appeal is in progress, the governor o ...
• 14 October 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Possible arson destroys Malawi’s Bishops’ headquarters Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – An arsonist may have started a fire that destroyed theoffices of the Malawi Catholic bishops’ Conference, in the capital Lilongwe. A source provided reports to "Aid to the Church in Need", ...