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• 14 May 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-"A truce is necessary for the the civilian population to breathe again, " said Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "I repeat that I have never said that Gaddafi has been injured, or gone abroad, " Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli says to Fides, referring to some news rele ...
• 14 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Reconstruction of the churches, the Mass, prayer meetings: the Catholic community in Si Chuan recalls the three-year journey to rise from the earthquake Beijing (Agenzia Fides) –To always have a heart full of gratitude to the Lord, forgive and pray, to be ready to welcome the coming of the Lord, have the weak and needy at heart: these are the dominant feelings in the l ...
• 14 May 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-Violence in Santo Domingo: "One does not want to recognize the seriousness of this evil" complains Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, warned about the "seriousness and complexity" in which violence is manifested today in Dominican society and urged t ...
• 14 May 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-Food and security: the appeal of the Bishop of Lodwar to the local government Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Following the violent attacks of the Ethiopian Merille tribe against the population of Kenya, Archbishop Dominic Kimengich, Bishop of the Diocese of Lodwar, urged the Government to strengthen ...
• 14 May 2011
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - From Kingston an ecumenical appeal for peace-building in all environments Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 22 the Sunday World Peace will be celebrated in Kingston, Jamaica. Christians are particularly invited on this occasion to be peacemakers in their communities, including the of ...
• 14 May 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - "Worshipping Jesus for 24 hours in the Word": Ecumenical Bible Marathon in Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Marathon of the Bible which was held for 24 hours on days 13 -14 May in the church of the Holy Name of Mary in Czestochowa during the III Bible Week: one of initiatives of the Polish Chu ...
• 14 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope at the PMS General Assembly: "Everything in the Church is at the service of evangelization ... Everyone must be involved in the missio ad gentes" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning at 11:45 in Sala Clementina at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience the participants at the Ordinary Assembly of the High Council of ...
• 14 May 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT-The event of May 13: "It was important, but it certainly did not deal a heavy blow to extremism", says a missionary from Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - " Support for the Palestinian cause prevailed, although there was the call for national unity" says Fr. Luciano Verdoscia to Fides, a Comboni missionary who has lived and worked in Cairo for year ...
• 13 May 2011
  VATICAN- Assembly PMS: the Society of St. Peter the Apostle is taking root and slowly but surely consolidating in countries where it has started recently Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am happy to notice that the Society of St. Peter the Apostle is taking root and slowly but surely consolidating in countries where it has started recently," said Mgr.Jan Dumon, General S ...
• 13 May 2011
  VATICAN-Assembly PMS: give children even more space to speak, learn how to listen to them, because the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood is theirs! Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Give children even more space to speak, learn how to listen to them, because this Society belongs to them” It is the desire and commitment expressed by the new General Secretary of the ...
• 13 May 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-"I pray to Our Lady of Fatima to help us to free ourselves from the 'plague' of bombs and all sorts of violence, " said Bishop Martinelli from Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Today is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. May she help us free ourselves from the 'plague' of bombs and all sorts of violence. Blessed John Paul II suffered violence and Our Lady of Fatima save ...
• 13 May 2011
  VATICAN-Assembly PMS: without people motivated by faith and universal love, there can be no true and effective participation in evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in an important period of the Church that is strongly sending us back to the essentials of the Church and its evangelizing mission. This touches us deeply and personally. From the q ...
• 13 May 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-Food Programme to increase school children attendance Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty is a phenomenon that also affects the Democratic Republic of Congo, in both cities and the countryside. According to the United Nations Development Programme, 42.3% of the 3.8 millio ...
• 13 May 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The diocese of Hong Kong, warmly welcomes the newly baptized to continue the journey of training and testimony Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Continue the Christian formation, share one's faith with others, participate actively in community life: are the main commitments that Bishop John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, poi ...
• 13 May 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN-The Nuncio: "The visit of Cardinal Sarah is a boost of encouragement for stricken Japan" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "The visit of Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, will have a strong encouraging impact for the Japanese population hit by the earthquake and tsunami. I am sure th ...