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• 16 December 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Necessary to deepen the dialogue between Church and government Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the new Presidency of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, led by the President, His Exc. Mgr.José María Arancedo, Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, visited the Secreta ...
• 16 December 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-"Young missionaries from Brazil around the world, in the light of the II Vatican Council" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme "Young missionaries from Brazil around the world in the light of the II Vatican Council" and the motto "As the Father has sent me, so I send you (Jn 20, 21)" the fourth National ...
• 16 December 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH-Progress has been made in combating militant Islam Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Bangladesh seems to be "on the road to recovery" from militant Islamism. According to a Report of the Asian think tank "South Asia Terrorism Portal," sent to Agenzia Fides, in 2011 there were no v ...
• 16 December 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Diocese of Bafatá celebrates ten years: "the virtue of hope has always illuminated our diocesan path " Bafatá (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Carlos Pedro Zilli, Bishop of Bafatá, issued a pastoral Letter addressed to the entire diocese that this year 2011 celebrates its tenth anniversary, having been founded by Blessed John P ...
• 16 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - A Catholic leader, human rights activist, killed in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The catechist and Catholic activist Rabindra Parichha, 47, was killed in Orissa, a state in eastern India. Parichha worked in the famous district of Kandhamal, the scene of anti-Christian ma ...
• 16 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Publishing the minutes of the polling station to resolve disputes over the elections" a proposal from a missionary Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There are data that vary from one source to another. There are seats that have not been accounted for. The only way out of this situation is to publish the minutes of the individual seats", sa ...
• 16 December 2011
  ASIA/LAOS - The diocesan Process for the beatification of 15 martyrs of Laos is valid Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has judged the diocesan process for beatification of 15 martyrs valid, among religious and lay catechists, killed in Laos, "in hatred of the Chris ...
• 16 December 2011
  AFRICA/HAITI - Christmas also for the poor in Haiti, victims of the earthquake Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At last, even the many poor, victims of the severe earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, will celebrate Christmas through a program of government activity extended throughout the national ...
• 16 December 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Victory of the President’s coalition Abidjan (Agenzia Fides ) - The coalition led by President Alassane Ouattara obtained 80% of the vote in the parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire held on 11 December, according to official figures released today, Dec ...
• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 14, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Martin Darko, ...
• 15 December 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Chagas disease still infects 10 million people and kills about 12 000 Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - A new drug tested in Brazil will increase the chances of cure for more than 90% of infants who are infected by Chagas disease, parasitic disease, endemic in 21 Latin American countries, w ...
• 15 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - From history to current Catholic issues: the Fourth Forum of Catholic Studies has offered a space for "free, open, tolerant, pluralistic and open minded" study Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - It 'was' a space for study marked by a 'free, open, tolerant, pluralistic, and open minded spirit' offered to young scholars": this was the participants’ comment at the Fourth Forum of Catholi ...
• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Clashes and tension awaiting the final announcement of the presidential vote outcome Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Kinshasa continues to be heavily guarded by the police, while waiting anxiously for the final announcement of the presidential election results by the Supreme Court before December 20, the dea ...
• 15 December 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops recall moral duty to help protect "the lives and dignity of workers" in the context of a widespread economic distress Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States of America have urged the Congress to extend unemployment benefits, because there is "a moral duty to help protect the lives and dignity of workers". ...
• 15 December 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Christmas carols in homes only "if authorized by the police" Christians protest Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Two churches in Klang, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, have received a note on behalf of the police asking for names and details of people singing Christmas carols because, according to officials ...