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• 30 August 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Church asks the new Prime Minister Noda "more collaboration between state and religions" Niigata (Agenzia Fides) - Yoshihiko Noda, the newly elected Prime Minister of Japan, "is a young politician, and this gives us much hope, especially in the present difficulties", says His Exc. Mgr. Isao Kikuchi, Svd , B ...
• 30 August 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "A disturbing and embarrassing situation," says the Archbishop of Jos after the latest violence Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again a dispute between two groups which erupted into violence and this is worrisome, sad and even embarrassing". These are the words His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos (N ...
• 30 August 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Despite the progress, HIV continues to increase Busan (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2001, new HIV/AIDS infections have declined by 20% in 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific area. However, the prevalence rate among drug users who inject drugs is increasing dramatically in Pak ...
• 30 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We must shun tribalism to establish a united nation in order to live in peace", says the Archbishop of Juba Juba (Agenzia Fides ) – We must shun tribalism if we want to build a united nation. This is the meaning of the appeal launched on Sunday, August 28 by His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lokudu Loro, Archbishop of Juba, capital of ...
• 30 August 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - The new Premier "guarantees a secular state and rights for Christians" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "The main challenge for the new Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is to unite and pacify the country. We have good hopes for the plight of religious minorities (and Christians), and regarding r ...
• 29 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-One hundred thousand meals a day for the most needy: the Food Bank of the Archdiocese of Bogota celebrates 10 years of service Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the 10 years since the founding of the "Banco de Alimentos" of the Archdiocese of Bogota, more than 400 nonprofit organizations that assist the most vulnerable and are on the books of ...
• 29 August 2011
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Emergency Campaign to immunize 10 thousand children against measles which is spreading in the archipelago of Zanzibar Stone Town (Agenzia Fides) – After five years, a new measles epidemic is spreading in the archipelago of Zanzibar. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, health workers are ready for a ...
• 29 August 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Preaching and formation of local vocations: the Dominicans in Hong Kong celebrate 150 years of mission Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The preaching and training of local vocations continue to be the Dominicans’ priority, and celebrate 150 years of mission in Hong Kong. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese ...
• 29 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - New hospital structure to give assistance to women in the Diocese of Isiolo Isiolo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Diocese of Isiolo in Eastern Province of Kenya, is building a new hospital structure to reduce the incidence of maternal deaths in the district. It will be the second mission hospita ...
• 29 August 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The government will release 10 thousand prisoners. A Bishop: "One thinks of those who struggle for freedom, Justice, Democracy" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang, has ordered the release of 10,000 prisoners on the basis of an amnesty, granted annually on the occasion of National Independence Day, which is celebrat ...
• 29 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The feeling is that there is some effort on behalf of the rebels for pacification", says Mgr. Martinelli Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The feeling is that there is some effort on behalf of the rebels for pacification", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to Fides, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, who is in Italy for medic ...
• 29 August 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - After Father Pupiro’s assassination: "We will continue to denounce injustice, corruption and violence, although we put our lives at risk", says Mgr. Baez Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary Bishop of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, said that the Catholic Church will not remain silent before the abuses and illegality that occur in Nicaragua, although priests put th ...
• 29 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Catholic University of Southern Sudan: an important reality for the newborn state Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic University of Southern Sudan attracts an increasing number of students due to the quality of its teaching. This is what Richard Mirigga, academic Institute administrator told Radio Bak ...
• 29 August 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christian Martyrs Day celebrated with prayer meeting and blood donation Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - At least 60 of the "Indian martyrs" in the last century can be commemorated and their faith can be remembered. But there are many others, if you scroll through the history of Christianity in Indi ...
• 27 August 2011
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO- The Bishop of Arecibo appeals for the victims of Hurricane Irene Guaynabo (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Daniel Fernández Torres, Bishop of Arecibo in Puerto Rico, has launched an appeal for solidarity to the victims of Hurricane Irene, which has hit so far Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, ...