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12 June 2006
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Appeal from NGOs: more funds needed to assist displaced persons
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - NGOs operating in East Timor say more funds are needed to face the present emergency. The UN High Commission for Refugees, the Jesuit Refugee Service and the Italian NGO International Volunteers fo ...
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12 June 2006
EUROPE/RUSSIA - 250 million dollars for programmes in poor countries of Africa to fight infective diseases and promote energy infrastructures
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Russia and the World Bank have agreed to supply 250 million dollars for development in some of the poorest countries in Africa. The news was announced during the recent G8 Meeting Saint Petersbur ...
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12 June 2006
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Italian Amici di Raoul Follereau and new NGO Idea adopt programme for prevention and treatment leprosy in Mozambique
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty five years have passed since it became possible to treat leprosy: it suffices to take medicine for a year and in most cases the bacillus disappears completely. Nevertheless today leprosy is ...
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12 June 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Lay members of Charismatic Renewal in Korea awaken the faith: survey in the archdiocese of Seoul
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Charismatic Renewal is a movement which uses prayer to heal hearts with the power of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and of every Christian and is helping to rekindle and st ...
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12 June 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Ambikapur Diocese committed to fighting trafficking of human persons mostly Tribals
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) -Ambikapur diocese in the central eastern State of Chhattisgarh is deeply committed to fighting human trafficking involving mainly poor Tribal people. This sad phenomenon abuses women and childr ...
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10 June 2006
INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS MAII PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM
Pope’s Benedict’s month of May culminated with his memorable visit to Poland, his second apostolic journey outside of Italy. A journey which was “a pilgrimage to retrace the steps of John Paul II, a pilgrimage of f ...
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9 June 2006
EUROPE/ALBANIA - Two thousand Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim children take part in Holy Childhood festivities in Tirana
Tirana (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 3 June at least 2,000 Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim children gathered in central Tirana for a party to mark the end of the school year. The children came from schools all over Albania ...
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9 June 2006
AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Rector appointed for inter-diocesan propaedeutic philosophy seminary in Port Louis
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on June 2 appointed rev. p. Marc Whelan, of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit CSSp, Rector of the inter-diocesan propaedeutic philosoph ...
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9 June 2006
ASIA/INDIA - The Catholic Church in India “all you ever wanted to know”: Bishops give new look to information web site
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The information web site belonging to the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has been updated in design, functionality, contents and links with the motto “The Church in India: all you eve ...
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9 June 2006
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Blessed Marcoantonio Durando Orphanage in Fianarantsoa, run by the Nazarene Sisters is the only point of reference for 382 children victims of urbanisation
Fianarantsoa (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing urbanisation in Madagascar as more and more individuals and whole families move from rural areas to towns and cities in search of a better life and future. However these ex ...
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9 June 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Jesus Christ is Lord: Sonson-Rionegro Diocesan Mission in preparation of 50th anniversary of foundation
Sonson-Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - Sonson-Rionegro diocese in Colombia is preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2007, we are informed by Mgr. Iván Cadavid head of diocesan pastoral care. To prepare well for this ...
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9 June 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Agencia Informativa Catolica Argentina (AICA) marks 50 years of service to the Church in Argentina and the world
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Sunday 11 June, the 50th anniversary of the Agencia Informativa Catolica Argentina (AICA) will be a day to thank God for illuminating the bishop founders and for allowing this work whic ...
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9 June 2006
AMERICA/PERU - In Lima COOPI (International Cooperation) provides milk powder to save babies born of HIV+ mothers
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - NGO COOPI has started a programme in Peru in collaboration with Hogar San Camillo now a point of reference in the capital for 6,000 patients and their families.
The aim of the programme is to prev ...
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9 June 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate receives award for outstanding work to promote peace and inter-religious dialogue
Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Eliseo Mercado, an Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate has been awarded the prestigious Bukas Palad Prize assigned by the Jesuit University in Manila.
The award in memory of Jesuit Fr Ma ...
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9 June 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas Korea now referent for humanitarian aid to North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Korea, sponsored by the Korean Bishops’ Conference is now the official referent for humanitarian aid to North Korea with regard to programmes undertaken by Caritas Internationalis.
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