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• 17 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sherry Rehman, promoter for amending the blasphemy law, incriminated for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Sherry Rehman, Parliamentarian from the Pakistan People’s Party, the woman who presented the motion to the Pakistani Parliament to modify the blasphemy law has been formally charged with blas ...
• 17 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The days of the Egyptian revolution according to a missionary's testimony Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Fr Renzo Mandirola, SMA missionary (Society of African Missions) sent Fides his testimony on the recent events in Egypt, which occurred from 24 January to 12 February. “I am in Egypt to run a s ...
• 17 February 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 14 million Ugandan voters: Bishops hope for “a proper electoral process” Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – About 14 million Ugandans will vote tomorrow, 18 February, in the presidential and parliamentary elections. The outgoing President, Yoweri Museveni, is the favourite going up against seven can ...
• 17 February 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Visa restrictions for Christian missionaries who want to go abroad Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The South Korean Government has imposed limits on issuing visas for Korean Christian missionaries who want to go abroad, especially to countries in the Middle East and Central Asia, which are mo ...
• 17 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian civil society: a “house of lies” to expose corruption and abuse Semarang (Agenzia Fides) – It's known as a “house of lies” and is, in fact, a new Observatory to expose corruption, lawlessness and abuses by the Government and public administration at the expense of Indonesian ci ...
• 17 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 29th Missiology course concludes Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – With a shared Eucharist the XXIX Missiology course concluded in Argentina. The closing ceremony took place on 12 February with Mass and with the issuing of certificates to the 14 particip ...
• 17 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - We must continue with the San Andres accords: appeal by Bishop Arizmendi San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de las Casas, launched an appeal to continue on with the accords of San Andres Larrainzar on indigenous issues, a problem t ...
• 16 February 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Resignation by Bishop of Mongu and appointment of his Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 15 February 2011, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mongu (Zambia), presented by Bishop Paul Duffy, O.M.I., in conformity ...
• 16 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits: new website for the Italian Province with areas for social work, missions, culture Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Within the restructure of the communication area, the Italian Province of the Society of Jesus reports to Fides that their new website is now live: www.gesuitinews.it, a website where it is poss ...
• 16 February 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Continuing commitment by Taiwanese dioceses to promoting vocations Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Diverse dioceses on the island of Taiwan are vigorously promoting vocations among youth, says the Vocational Service of the Regional Seminary of Taiwan. According to information gathered by F ...
• 16 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 25th anniversary for Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo, present in 16 countries around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its foundation. From its creation with seven priests and first mission in Brazil, in 25 y ...
• 16 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - the cowardly assassination of Father Orozco “shows the serious crisis of human and Christian values” Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) – Father Luis Carlos Orozco Cardona, 26 years old, was killed in Rio Negro (Antioquia) on the evening of Saturday, 12 February: the news was confirmed in a message sent to Fides by the Colombia ...
• 16 February 2011
  Africa/Malawi - “Bicycle protest” prohibited; “an event that still stirs the conscience,” says a Monfort missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “It is difficult for a protest, even a peaceful one, to be held in Malawi. At least for now the silence holds. The organisers of the march were arrested, the bikes have gone back to their vil ...
• 16 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The debate begins now on Egypt's future, and there may be some surprises,” Comboni missionary, Fr Luciano Verdoscia, tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt is currently facing a series of economic and and wage demands that are affecting different economic sectors. Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells Fides: “T ...
• 16 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Confirming the identity of the missionary vocation of the priesthood: conclusions from the first Meeting of the European Fidei Donum priests in America Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – “Grateful to God for our vocation to mission ad gentes - 52 diocesan priests, based in our dioceses in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland and Spain - we attended the 'First Continental ...