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• 11 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A pilgrimage for father Tentorio and against human rights abuses in Mindanao Davao City (Agenzia Fides) - A great pilgrimage will be held in Mindanao, from November 26 to 29, to remember Father Fausto Tentorio, PIME, the missionary who was killed in Arakan a month ago, and to demand an end to hum ...
• 11 November 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Important to re-establish a peaceful climate immediately": an appeal on behalf of Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya against electoral violence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are daily witnesses to incidents that are astonishing on how frequent and repeated they are: they cause victims, people arm themselves with machetes and sometimes with guns, they destroy an ...
• 11 November 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops call for end to violence in Papua, which affects women and children Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Stop to violence, which affects mostly women and children; it is necessary to immediately start dialogues regarding reconciliation; to pray ceaselessly: this is what the Indonesian Bishops ask, ...
• 10 November 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI close to all those who have been affected by natural disasters Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time, various parts of the world, from Latin America - and especially Central America - to Southeast Asia, have been hit by floods and landslides which have caused many deaths and ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Sister Mabel Chan new President of the Association of Major Superiors of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Sr. Mabel Chan, General Superior of the Sisters of the Announciation of the Lord (SAL) was elected new President of the Association of Major Superiors of the Women's Institutes of Hong Kong, d ...
• 10 November 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY-The family, a solid presence in society: a pastoral letter is under review on behalf of the Bishops Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – The 192nd Assembly of the Bishops of Paraguay is being held, and among the various issues brought to the attention of the Episcopate, the Catholic University is dealing with preparing a pas ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN-Six thousand malnourished children admitted to hospital in Tanguiéta: Emergency in the country Tanguiéta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Department of Pediatrics at Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Tanguiéta, Benin, is literally bursting. In the past year, due to the worsening economic crisis that has hit the Country, the ch ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious Minorities are on hunger strike to protest the violence and the "paralysis of the government" Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu and Christian religious minorities have organized a hunger strike in Hyderabad to protest against the violence and to demand more protection to the government. The initiative was lau ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - In the face of threats on behalf of Hindu extremist groups "evangelization continues" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will have the strength from the Holy Spirit to resist the evil and destructive forces. The mission of the Church goes forward without fear " is what Fr. Babu Joseph Karakombil, SVD says to ...
• 10 November 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The young and the "Youth Mission" at the center of the next Assembly of the Episcopate Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The 102th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Chile will begin on Monday, November 14 till Friday 18 November in Punta de Tralca. 32 bishops currently in office will attend the Asse ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rapes and violence are not reported by victims for fear of being "labelled" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan, many rapes, considered a "brand", are unreported and, therefore, there are no precise data on the phenomenon. However, the Department of State of the United States in the 2010 Repor ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishops: "Stop to nuclear power, yes to alternative energy sources, a moral obligation for the future" Sendai (Agenzia Fides) - "We must look ahead and think with a sense of responsibility to future generations: we have an ethical obligation and moral duty to protect the environment and their own lives. For this reason it ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Medical Equipment from Italy to a hospital in Puntland Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Medical supplies sent by the Perigeo International People community Onlus has arrived in Somalia, as reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides. "Perigee is the first to have carried out an ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "I am not afraid to continue to give my testimony", says a missionary to Fides who has been working in a "difficult" area in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Security does not exist yet, but apparently the situation is calm", said Sister Rosaria to Fides, of the Sisters of the Holy Family, who works in the area of Abobo in Abidjan, among the most af ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A school for children of HIV/AID victims in Kibera slums Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - More than one million people live in Kibera, the slum communities of Nairobi, among them are 30,000 orphaned children due to the HIV/AID epidemic. The Jesuit Father Terry Charlton is the co-foun ...