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• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “There have been violent explosions in the centre of Abidjan,” Archbishop Kutwa tells Fides, before communications are cut off Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I am in a hidden place. Violent fighting continues. We can hear massive explosions,” Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, says to Fides before he hangs up. He is in the centre of the ad ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishop of Sendai: “Thank you” to the Pope and the Universal Church for assistance to displaced people Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – Solidarity and support continues to rise for the Church and people in Japan, struck by the earthquake and tsunami: “The aid will help us to rise again after this tragedy,” says Bishop Marti ...
• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to continue to launch appeals for peace ...
• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The appeal by the Pope is encouragement not to give up on diplomacy,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a further boost to diplomacy to not give up strength and to act in a way that keeps the possibility of reconciliation alive. I think the appeal of the Holy Father, whom I offer my heart ...
• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - The Nuncio in Abidjan denounces the serious violations of human rights and gives witness to the aid to victims provided by the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Civilians are the first victims: they suffer serious violence,” says Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, to the French section of Aid to the Church in Need (Aide ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Oppression for Dalits in Orissa who come to the Christian faith; new Archbishop's hopes Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) – The tribal families of Dalits (the “untouchables”) in Orissa are subjected to constant harassment and oppression, based solely on caste discrimination. These dalits, deprived of land, owne ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN - Children the main victims of armed conflicts in Yemen Taiz (Agenzia Fides) – Many Yemeni children have been affected by the violence that has accompanied nationwide protests which began in February 2011 against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. A statement from UN ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti among the “new witnesses to the faith”, an example for “Christians in politics” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Shahbaz Bhatti has been named among the “new witnesses to the faith”, in a solemn prayer vigil last night in Rome in the church of St Bartholomew on Isola Tiberina, organised by the Sant'Egid ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Alarms for child marriage, despite various initiatives and laws Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - “Early marriage is a big problem for Bangladesh. We cannot reduce maternal mortality and morbidity if we do not stop early marriage,” Gias Uddin, a project manager for the Family Planning Asso ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - From 9 April - Year for Evangelisation by the Laity in the Diocese of Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Beijing will celebrate a special year, dedicated to promoting the formation and commitment of the laity in evangelisation – the Year for Evangelisation by the Laity – from 9 ...
• 6 April 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Michel Martelly, new President with 67 percent of the vote, makes appeal for national reconciliation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti officially has a new President, singer Michel Martelly, who won the election over moderate candidate Mirlande Manigat, with more than 67% of the preferences. It was a highly conte ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of Bishop of Chittagong Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 6 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Chittagong (Bangladesh), Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C, until now Bishop of Dinajpur. (SL) (Agenzia ...
• 6 April 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Alotau-Sideia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 6 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Alotau-Sideia (Papua New Guinea), Fr Rolando Santos, C.M., Provincial Superior of the Lazarist Fa ...
• 5 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Turkey's position on Libya is good,” Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “It seems to me that Turkey has taken a good position in the Libyan crisis,” Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, tells Fides alluding to the efforts of mediatio ...
• 5 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian threatened and accused of blasphemy, forced into hiding Mardan (Agenzia Fides) – “Convert or die”. Masih Gill, Christian from the city of Mardan, in the province of “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” (Northern Pakistan), was threatened with these words by a group of Muslims with ...