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• 17 September 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 5,000 faithful make pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Holy Cross in the Diocese of Zhou Zhi Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – More than 5,000 Chinese faithful on the mainland, from different dioceses, made a pilgrimage to the shrine dedicated to the Holy Cross, located in the district of Mei Xian, in the Diocese of ...
• 17 September 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - September 26 elections: “No one can abstain from voting. This is a chance to strengthen democracy and ensure the country's future,” says the Archbishop of Caracas Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, issued a statement on Thursday, September 16, highlighting the secrecy of the vote in the upcoming elections of September 26 and at the same ...
• 17 September 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombian Red Cross provides aid to 800,000 Haitian refugees Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Colombia's Red Cross has delivered aid to around 800,000 Haitians affected by the earthquake in January, which left over 200,000 dead and wounded, the news was released by the humanitarian orga ...
• 17 September 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Growing concern for security and human rights Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – "We are still concerned about the escalation of armed conflict in Darfur, the post-election violence in South Sudan, and the ongoing political oppression in northern Sudan," say 27 NGOs for t ...
• 17 September 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 12.8 million children under 15 living in poverty Manila (Agenzia Fides) – A new study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) [ ] and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), estimates that 12.8 million children under the age of 15 are living in poverty, a ...
• 17 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic organizations collaborate for aid for development in Timor and Pacific Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), Caritas Australia and Australian Catholic University (ACU) have established the Catholic Alliance for International Development (CAID). Sister Anne Derwin RS ...
• 16 September 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Missionary Workshops” continue to educate youth in Czestochowa, after 10 years Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – In 2000, exactly 10 years ago, at the request of the Archbishop of Czestochowa, Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak, the Archdiocese began the "Missionary Workshops.” Organized each month (specif ...
• 16 September 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO - Rector of the Interdiocesan Propedeutic Seminary of Ouesso appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on August 28, 2010, appointed as Rector of the Interdiocesan Propedeutic Seminary of Ouesso (Congo), Fr. ...
• 16 September 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan survey on spiritual life of the faithful for Year of the Laity (2011) Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the Year of the Laity 2011 organized by the Hong Kong diocese, the Diocesan Preparatory Commission is making a telephone survey to know the "current life of the faithful": their lif ...
• 16 September 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Our Catholic faith has been strongly present throughout the long struggle for independence" - Message from the Bishop of Mazatlan on the bicentennial celebration Mazatlan (Agenzia Fides) – "In this bicentennial celebration in the month of September, once again the entire nation can hear the tolling of the bells of the parish of Dolores, which recall the beginning of a new Mexic ...
• 16 September 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “I dream of a missionary Church that reaches out to those farthest away,” says new Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto El Alto (Agenzia Fides) – "Let me tell you my dream: I dream of a missionary Church that reaches out to those farthest away, capable of generating missionary vocations and send missionaries to other churches in Bolivia ...
• 16 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop of Islamabad: if it's not disinterested, it's not charity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The groups that give food with ulterior motives, "are not doing charity work; they are not acting according to God. That is not charity, or mercy. That is something else," said Bishop Ruf ...
• 16 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic extremists increase aid activity: civil society on alert Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Radical Islamic groups are taking hold and gaining ground in the aid operations among displaced persons: this is the alarming report that has reached Fides via the world of NGOs, Catholic vo ...
• 16 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic NGOs: amidst solidarity and extremism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – They are numerous, well organized, efficient, assisting only Muslim refugees; within them are hidden associations linked to Islamic extremism, banned by the government, “acting with ulterior ...
• 16 September 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Second round of presidential elections postponed due to organizational problems Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "We are still experiencing the growing pains of a young democracy that is trying to fulfill the population's desire to participate in credible elections," Fides was told by a source from the C ...