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• 24 January 2012
  VATICAN - Out of contemplation springs forth, with all its inner power, the urgent sense of mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Learning to communicate is learning to listen and contemplate as well as speak, and this is especially important for those engaged in the task of evangelization: both silence and word are ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP), Archbishop Filoni, to the Bishops of Western Africa: "to live fully, and in truth, an effective and affective pastoral solidarity" Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) -Congratulations with particular satisfaction and gratitude on this most significant advancement "towards an affective and effective pastoral solidarity among the Bishops of Western Africa" w ...
• 23 January 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope’s best wishes to the Countries which celebrate the Lunar New Year: "May the new year be marked by justice and peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In these days, various countries of the Far East will celebrate the Lunar New year with joy - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the Angelus on Sunday, January 22 -. In the present world ...
• 23 January 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-"To become a fraternal and fair Nation" Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez at the feast of the Virgin of Altagracia Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, has asked the Dominican people to join efforts and determination to overcome the situation of violence and moral ...
• 23 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - "One Hundred Years of Grace" for the Diocese of Tian Jin Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn Mass celebrated on January 18 in the parish dedicated to Mercy, the celebrations for the centenary of the founding of the Diocese of Tian Jin opened. On April 27, 1912 the Apostol ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Challenges and threats that the women in the South of Sudan face every day Juba (Agenzia Fides) - According to the "Small Arms Survey," an annual study that provides information on the spread and use of weapons in the world, the main threats for women in the South of Sudan derives from multiple ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The attackers wore police uniforms", says to Fides the Bishop of Kano, some structures of the Church have also been damaged Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Kano is still in shock. The coordinated series of attacks in different parts of the city lasted about three hours", said to Fides His Exc. Mgr. John Namazi Niyiring, Bishop of Kano, the largest c ...
• 23 January 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN-"There is much talk of numbers and not of people," Cardinal Carlos Amigo on economic crisis Sevilla (Agenzia Fides) - In a long interview with "Diario de Sevilla", Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop emeritus of Seville, expressed the concern of the Church for this period of severe crisis. The Cardinal wi ...
• 23 January 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Gunmen burst into a chapel and shoot against the faithful: 7 people died, 5 were injured Corral Falso (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday night, January 21, a group of armed men burst into a chapel in the community of Corral Falso, in the municipality of Atoyac de Alvarez, and opened fire on the faithful who had ...
• 23 January 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA-The Day for interreligious dialogue in Semarang has been established Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue among religions "is a challenge and an opportunity to create peace and harmony in Indonesia": So says His Exc. Mgr. Johannes Pujasumarta, Archbishop of the diocese of Semarang and Secr ...
• 23 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The kidnapping of the two aid workers: some arrests, but the government withdraws the NGO WHF license Multan (Agenzia Fides) - Police in Multan arrested 12 people suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of Giovanni Lo Porto and Bernd Johannes, the two German NGO "Welthungerhilfe" (WHF) ("Help to world hunger") aid ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Jos, "they are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and of the only Nigerian people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and the only Nigerian people," said in an interview with Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, who launches an alarm on th ...
• 21 January 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Peru, will have a new president Lima (Agenzia Fides) -With a Mass concelebrated by all the Bishops of Peru, on January 23 the 99th Plenary Assembly of Peruvian Bishops will begin. The event, which ends on January 27, will be held at the headquarters of ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Catholic Church condemns the recent attacks on the stripping of women off their clothes Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The stripping off of women’s clothes in Lilongwe and Mzuzu is unbecoming and unacceptable", is what is said in a statement sent to Fides by the Gender and Civic Education Desk in the Catholi ...
• 21 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christian leaders and Muslim "at the school for dialogue" Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - It is a widespread need, reaffirmed at an international and local level: Christian and Muslim leaders of Mindanao go to "the school for dialogue" in a formation program organized by the I ...