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• 12 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Refugee Card” amidst chaos, corruption, nepotism, and favors Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Chaos and corruption are impairing the project of "Watan Card," the so-called "Refugee Card" assigned by the government to displaced people. This is what local NGOs engaged in the field for ...
• 12 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, broadcast on Internet worldwide Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – The Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida de Bauru today celebrates its feast with five Masses, a parade, and a procession, in honor of Our Lady, who is the patron saint of Brazil. October 12 mark ...
• 12 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Aparecida and its Shrine - Brief Overview Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – In 1717, the governor of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, Don Pedro de Almeida e Portugal, Count of Assumar, was passing through Guaratinguetá and was on his way to the city of Villa Rica. For t ...
• 11 October 2010
  VATICAN - Synod for the Middle East opens: “living in a dignified manner in one's own country is above all a fundamental human right: therefore, the conditions of peace and justice” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Despite the difficulties, the Christians in the Holy Land are called to enliven their consciousness of being the living stones of the Church in the Middle East, at the holy Places of our ...
• 11 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Wen Zhou's work with deaf persons, to bring the God's love to everyone Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - “The faith has brought me peace and happiness. The Church is like a united family. We all love each other. I am delighted to be able to be a member of this family." This was one of the reflec ...
• 11 October 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - October 21-24: 14th National Missionary Congress dating back to 1942 expects 4,000 participants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The month of the missions in Mexico is widely celebrated by the entire Catholic community. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) have organized a full calendar of events in various dioces ...
• 11 October 2010
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - “Too many” seminarians: a challenge for the month of the missions Dili (Agenzia Fides) – Vocations boom in East Timor: in the small Asian country with a Catholic majority, the local Church smiles for the exponential growth of seminarians, which goes beyond the most optimistic forecas ...
• 11 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian Churches working for peaceful January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Christian communities that form a part of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC, which is also part of the Catholic Church of Sudan) have reached an agreement with the government of Southern Sud ...
• 11 October 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Less military spending, more funds to fight hunger: the Church and the MDGs New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – "The Catholic Church in India will continue to work tirelessly and to make a specific contribution to achieving the Millennium Development Goals set by the UN." This is what Fides has been t ...
• 11 October 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - “There are so many expectations of the Synod for the Middle East," says Fr. Pizzaballa, Custodian of the Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "There are so many expectations for the Synod, and there will also end up becoming a great many disappointments. We must approach the complexity of the issues with humility and willingness to lis ...
• 11 October 2010
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Arab-African Summit opened, the second after 33 years Sirte (Agenzia Fides) - "Afro-Arab Cooperation: Towards a Strategic Partnership." This is the theme of the second Arab-African summit, which opened yesterday, October 10th, in Sirte, Libya, in the presence of 66 Heads of ...
• 11 October 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Prison conditions and respect for human rights among the Church's concerns San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church expresses its concern at the situation in the prisons of El Salvador and draws attention to the report prepared by the "Committee on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Li ...
• 11 October 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Only part of proven abuse cases are taken to court Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – “Child abuse is the greatest health crisis this country has to face,” says “Youth Off The Streets” coordinator Father Chris Riley who works with people who have been abused. A recent ar ...
• 9 October 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Commitment to increase agricultural production in Africa by 70% by 2050 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – African agriculture ministers, researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, and private sector members have pledged to increase agriculture productivity by 70 per cent by 2050. The resolution was made ...
• 9 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - 300 participants at Youth Missionary Congress in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "Building Ecclesial Communion, The Key to the Mission." This is the theme of the Youth Mission Congress, being held October 7 to 10 at the Shalom Center of the monastery of the Canons Regular ...