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• 6 May 2011
  VATICAN-Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies, May 9 to 14 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –With the welcome greeting of Archbishop Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, Assistant Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 6 May 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-A new school for Aboriginal children with problems or who have dropped out of school Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - After 60 years, the Jesuits will soon open a new school in Redfern, a suburb of Sydney. It will be a school that goes to the heart of the educational aim of the Society of Jesus, that is to say, ...
• 6 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-"The war has left the poor poorer," said Sister Rosaria from Abobo, after a month of fighting Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation seems calm after four weeks of intense fighting. There are still sporadic skirmishes, because situations like this cannot change from morning to night, " says Sister Rosaria, of t ...
• 6 May 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-Pastoral operators of the center north of the country engaged in examining the Continental Mission La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Days organized by the Episcopal Conference of Chile are being held in La Serena. From May 5 to 7 is the turn of the Centre North. The objective of this Second Regional Meeting of ...
• 6 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-At least 20,000 encephalitic children forced into begging Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan the worst form of child slavery in the name of religious tradition has become common practice. In the village there is no law nor authority to protect these slaves, mentally retard ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Bishop Peter Li Hongye, who died during the Easter Vigil, is remembered for his fortitude with which he lived his vocation and endured long periods of suffering Luoyang (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 April, during the Easter Vigil, while he was blessing the water before administering baptism, the Archbishop Peter Li Hongye, Bishop of the Diocese of Luoyang (Loyang) in the province of ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The Catholic communities opened the month of Mary with great devotion and missionary zeal Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn Marian pilgrimage, the Eucharistic celebration and the procession have marked the opening of the Marian month of May, the month of Mary, in the Chinese Catholic continental communitie ...
• 5 May 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-The three-year training for 200 young missionaries has been completed Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The middle school "Cardinal Spellman" in Quito was the scene of the presentation of diplomas to 200 young people from the Missionary Training School. The celebration was held Saturday, April 30, a ...
• 5 May 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA-The Bishops of the Mediterranean: "No to war in Libya, yes to the welcome of migrants and the development of their countries" Tunisia (Agenzia Fides) - "On the issue of migrants, Europe is trying to put into practice a drastic protection that does not always go in the direction of justice and often becomes a source of exclusion and discriminati ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Even a Muslim at the top of the Ministry for Religious Minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – There is also a Muslim, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada at the top of the Ministry for Religious Minorities, in which the government in recent days has given the new, permanent structure, after ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Christian schools reopen, between the anger of ordinary people and the risk of violence Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian churches and schools have reopened and the pastoral and social activities of the Christian community in Pakistan have returned to a normal pace, though, after the death of Bin L ...
• 5 May 2011
  AFRICA/R.D.CONGO-Measles: 21 000 deaths mainly among malnourished children Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to the constant drama of poverty afflicting Africa, the continent has always been involved in riots, clashes and epidemics. In Congo, for example, a country which historically has ...
• 5 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Ecology and social analysis of the country under the Bishops' review for the Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Bolivia are meeting in Cochabamba for the 91st Assembly for the episcopate. From May 2nd they are gathered in the House of Cardinal Maurer for the preparatory meetings in the ...
• 5 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-"The displaced are returning home, but their situation remains at risk," says a member of Caritas in Abidjan to Fides Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The displaced people are gradually returning to their homes. Fewer people are in emergency centers, " says Jean Djoman to Fides, Director of development and human promotion of Caritas Côte d ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA -Too many women die during childbirth Kraing Kaok (Agenzia Fides) - The women of the village of Kraing Kaok, Cambodia, fear of dying during childbirth. The Asian country records the highest maternal mortality rates in the region. According to UN estimates, f ...