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• 31 May 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-Millions of children forced to flee from their homes due to violent conflicts Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - In northern Ethiopia, in the town of Adigrat and in its vicinity, due to the last border war that ended in 2000 ,many people deported from neighboring Eritrea live, a country that has yet to rea ...
• 30 May 2011
  VATICAN-Benedict XVI at the Regina Caeli, "Even today, the vocation of the Church is evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The preaching of the deacon Philip in the city of Samaria was accompanied by numerous healings and, as narrated in the Acts of the Apostles, "there was great joy in that city" (Acts 8.8). F ...
• 30 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO- The priest kidnapped last week was found dead Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican priest Salvador Ruiz Enciso, who disappeared from his parish in the city of Tijuana, northern Mexico, near the border with the United States, was killed as informed by the Archbishop ...
• 30 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The result of collective mobilization for evangelization: 243 adults newly baptized in the parish of the Cathedral of Xi Kai, diocese of Tian Jin Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - "Put the Word of God in the center of life and put it into practice in life" is the exhortation to 243 catechumens who received Baptism, Confirmation and first Eucharist at the solemn celebrat ...
• 30 May 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI-As a protest for 100 days no lessons at the University of Malawi, waiting for "the wind of North Africa" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "one hundred days have passed since 12 February, when the police arrested Blessing Chinsinga, a professor who had spoken about events in North Africa, creating a similarity with the situation ...
• 30 May 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM-More space to privates in terms of education; the Bishops to the government: the Church is ready Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Vietnam is ready to contribute to the development of the country working in the field of education - a key sector for the training of young people and of the conscience- and ...
• 30 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Law to protect minorities: urgent after 3800 cases of inter-community violence in five years New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Indian Union government has finally decided to act, bringing forward a Bill to prevent minorities and inter-community violence. In particular, in the last 40 years, Christians have been ...
• 30 May 2011
  AMERICA/URUGUAY-The XXVI Meeting of the border Dioceses with regards to the plague of drugs Rivera (Agenzia Fides) - From May 31 to June 2 the XXVI Meeting of the border Dioceses will be held in the Uruguayan town of Rivera, on the border with Brazil. The Diocese of Tacuarembó was asked to organize this year's ...
• 30 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-New ransacking and arson in Abyei, thousands of refugees still without any assistance: The complaint on behalf of the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - The Northern Sudan troops have occupied Abyei since May 21 and have once again burned several houses of the inhabitants fled before the offensive military. The complaint comes from Mgr.Roko Taba ...
• 30 May 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA-The Catholic Church is not a political party " but "is in the service of the people " La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 33rd General Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops, which has just ended in Montevideo (Uruguay), two Cuban Bishops, Monsignor Emilio Aranguren, bishop of Ho ...
• 28 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope at the General Assembly of Caritas: Caritas Internationalis is different from other social agencies because it is a body of the Church, which shares the mission of the Church " Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank God for the many graces poured out on the Church in the sixty years since the foundation of Caritas Internationalis," was the primary reason cited by the Holy Father Benedict XVI i ...
• 28 May 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM-The Catholics “ are called to contribute to justice and peace in the nation” Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnamese Catholics intend to commit themselves in building justice and peace in Vietnam, starting from their daily lives, so as to contribute to human and social development as well a ...
• 28 May 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA-After the attacks on behalf of the media to the Church, the Bishops appeal for calm and reconciliation against any form of provocation Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Zambia Episcopal Conference, His Exc Mgr. George Lungu, Bishop of Chipata, sent a letter to all Catholics in the nation, which will be read in all the parishes on Sunday, Ju ...
• 28 May 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Eucharistic Congress in Taiwan in the Year of the Laity and in preparation for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress 2012 Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) – The spring Assembly of the Regional Episcopal Conference in Taiwan, held in recent days in the Diocese of Tai Nan, launched the Eucharistic Congress in Taiwan. According to reports from the ...
• 28 May 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-The Congolese Bishops trained in the media culture Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - From June 15 to 20 the internal team of trainers of CREC (Centre de Recherche et d'Education en Communication) will be in Kinshasa for a training session on media culture for the Congolese Bish ...