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• 20 October 2010
  AFRICA/MALI - Disabled seek role in national economy, not just handouts Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – According to the NGO Handicap International (HCI), Mali's disabled have access to some free healthcare options, and are supported by a number of associations and charities, but what they really ...
• 20 October 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - As rest of the world grapples with largely elderly population and pension burdens, sub-Saharan Africa worries for unemployed youth Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Population Reference Bureau, for every person over 65 in sub-Saharan Africa, there are at least 10 aged between 15 and 65. This is a stark contrast to countries like Japan that ...
• 19 October 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Great Lakes Churches Conference working for a regional peace strategy Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Today, October 19, the Conference for the Catholic Bishops of the Great Lakes Region opened in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi. It will be dedicated to the issues of peace and justice. Accordin ...
• 19 October 2010
  VATICAN - Synod for the Middle East: “Our Churches need to reawaken our missionary zeal and to renew in us the meaning, significance, ardor, enthusiasm and dynamism of our being missionary.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus did not only command the apostles to proclaim the Gospel, but to proclaim it to the whole world. This is the Church’s mission. To be “Christian” is to be “missionary”. We ...
• 19 October 2010
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 11th Missionary Volunteer Day: fighting poverty to promote integral human development Leiria (Agenzia Fides) - 11th Missionary Volunteer Day to be held October 23 at Teatro Miguel Franco and Santana Mercado in Leiria, will reflect on the fight against poverty and social exclusion. "Against Poverty, You Ca ...
• 19 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Bao Ding prepares for World Mission Sunday Bao Ding (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn procession and Mass, Bishop An Shu Xin, coadjutor of the Diocese of Bao Ding, on Sunday, October 17, opened the diocesan path toward World Mission Sunday. According to information ...
• 19 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Increase in religious working against trafficking in human persons Salvador de Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting for religious working in the network “Un Grito por la Vida," which prepared 27 people from the regions of the north and northeast of Brazil to work to prevent traffickin ...
• 19 October 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Government operation against the Shabab, with the support of local militias Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The forces of the Transitional Government (TNG) of Somalia have gone on the offensive, capturing the town of Belet Hawo, on the border with Kenya. The locality has been subject to the contro ...
• 19 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Camillian missionary tells of desperation among Hindu families deprived of every assistance Multan (Agenzia Fides) – The mission of the Camillian Task Force (CTF) in Pakistan continues (see Fides 14/10/2010). Mustaq Anjum, a Pakistani-born member of the Order, currently on a mission on behalf of the CTF, has ...
• 19 October 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Disadvantaged children and families moved from detention to community homes: action plan by government and Catholic organizations Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 700 children in immigration detention in Australia. Catholic and other human rights organizations have welcomed the government's plan to move hundreds of asylum-seeker childre ...
• 18 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Authentic democracy implies a change in the prevailing mentality, affirms Archbishop of Conakry Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "On the eve of the second round of presidential elections, we must frankly ask ourselves: What do we want? Where are we headed, proclaiming slogans in the name of democracy? Are we sincerely w ...
• 18 October 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Church's commitment to pastoral ministry on the streets of Asia and Oceania, a continental encounter Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – From 19th to 23rd October 2010, the First Integrated Meeting on the Pastoral Care of the Road/Street for the Continents of Asia and Oceania will be held at the Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Training ...
• 18 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Two priestly ordinations and the laying of the cornerstone at the Camillian seminary in Indonesia on World Mission Sunday Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of World Mission Sunday, October 24, will have a historical significance for the Camillians in Indonesia with the ordination of two young priests in the Seminary of the Divine ...
• 18 October 2010
  VATICAN - Among 6 new saints is Australian Sister Mary of the Cross MacKillop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - It is clear, in fact, that prayer has to be an expression of faith, otherwise it is not real prayer. If one does not believe in the goodness of God, one cannot pray in a truly appropriate m ...
• 18 October 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “We give them hope”: message of Bishop John Tong for Caritas collection Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – "We give them hope": with these words Bishop John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, opened his letter to the entire diocese calling for a generous donation in the annual collection of Caritas. Acco ...