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• 13 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Pentecost in the communities of the continent: prayer for world peace, for the Church, for priests and assignment of the Christian initiation to the catechumens Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic communities celebrated the Solemnity of Pentecost in communion with the universal Church, invoking the descent of the Holy Spirit for world peace, for the Church, for priest ...
• 13 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-Caritas South Sudan: Working to give birth to a country where access to basic necessities like drinking water, health, education are assured Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - After decades of conflict, natural disasters and unstable governments, on July 9, 2011 Southern Sudan officially becomes an independent state. The inhabitants of this new African country are st ...
• 13 June 2011
  AFRICA/MALI-Resignation of the Bishop of Kayes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 11, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kayes (Mali), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Dao, in accordance with ...
• 13 June 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN-Resignation of the Bishop of Hiroshima and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Diocese of Hiroshima (Japan), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Atsumi Misue, in a ...
• 11 June 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY-Legal recognition of religious communities: a challenge for the new Turkey Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - A crucial step in modern Turkey is the legal recognition of religious communities; it is an essential right, which is also the prerequisite for the full exercise of religious freedom: this is wha ...
• 11 June 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The 24th camp of children and young people`s faith life of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) - "When Love arrives" is the theme of the 24th camp for children and young people`s faith life of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, organized by the Catechetical Centre of the archdiocese. According to ...
• 11 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Christian Minister presents the budget law, citing the Gospel, but radicalism is growing in Punjab Lahore (Fides Service) - The Minister for Minorities in the Province of Punjab, the Christian Kamran Michael, had the delegation for finances and yesterday presented the budget law in the Punjab Provincial Parliament. In ...
• 11 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"I have no news about the sisters who are in Kadugli, the situation of displaced persons is critical", said the coadjutor bishop of El Obeid Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The telephone network has been disabled and is therefore very difficult to obtain information from the area" His Excellency Mgr. Michael Didi Adgum Mangora says to Fides, coadjutor Bishop of El ...
• 11 June 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-After the hunger strike of the indigenous Mapuche people, now it is up to the state to resolve the issue once and for all Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - After the protest of the Mapuche workers, who were on hunger strike for 86 days, "now it is up to the state to fully resolve the conflict. The solution should begin with the modification of the ...
• 11 June 2011
  AFRICA/REP. CENTRAL-"The widespread insecurity, forcing the population to live in despair", appeal to the international community of the Justice and Peace Commission Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in Central African Republic and, particularly, in the north and north-east, where raging armed gangs clearly identified sow desolation with total impunity, forcing populat ...
• 11 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Farah, Catholic Islamized by force, risks being sold abroad Lahore (Fides Service) - Farah Hatim, 24 years old, Catholic, kidnapped by a Muslim family, converted by force and forced to get married to a Muslim, "is likely to disappear or be sold abroad": This is what Fides sources ...
• 11 June 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-Aica Agency: 55 years of information at the service of the Church in Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Information Agency Católica Argentina (IACA) celebrates today, June 11, 55 years of existence: since it was established it has not stopped its information service. Established by the ...
• 11 June 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Overcrowded prisons: "disciples and missionaries who can help people in prison" are needed Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest statistics from the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute(NPAPI), the Colombian penitentiary infrastructures have a capacity of 72,785 prisoners but currently there ...
• 11 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-Together with "Heroes of Health " for the right of health for all Padova (Agenzia Fides) - Every three seconds a child dies from easily preventable causes; every day 1,000 women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth; each year HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria k ...
• 11 June 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Catholic Charities of Illinois have filed a lawsuit against the state for violation regarding the rules on adoptions Chicago (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of three Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Illinois (Springfield, Peoria and Joliet) have filed a lawsuit against the state, at the court of Sangamon County, following the ena ...