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• 13 July 2010
  VATICAN - "Religious freedom, the path to peace" theme for 44th World Day for Peace (1st January 2011) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – - "Religious freedom, the path to peace" is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the celebration of the 2011 World Day of Peace. A statement issued by the Holy See Press Office prese ...
• 13 July 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - “ The vast horizons of evangelisation and the urgent necessity to bear witness to the Gospel Message before all men and women, without distinction, are the field of your apostolate”: Rogationist Fathers 11th Chapter Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Work continues at the 11th General Chapter of the Rogationist Fathers which opened on Monday 5 July at the Centro di Spiritualità Rogate di Morlupo (Rome). Following the opening ceremony and the ...
• 13 July 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Who will help children victims of guerrilla warfare? Lira (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of children, victims of years of war in northern Uganda are denied urgent assistance because of lack of funds and adequate medical service, according to the Northern Uganda Transitional ...
• 13 July 2010
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Precarious healthcare system prevents reduction of mother-infant HIV transmission Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) – Swaziland has made great progress towards reducing mother-infant transmission of HIV, however local health workers fear this progress may be halted or even reversed unless local basic medical ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Interreligious dialogue at the service of civic communities Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Dialogue among different religions at the service of civic communities, can help avoid conflict and further reconciliation at all levels: this is one of the issues being discussed at a meeting ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: confidence in the new government and respect for life Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the Philippines is confident about the new government and calls on the new President Aquino to promote policies which “respect the sacredness of human life, human sexua ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Promoting community life in the Church: Kai Feng holds first Diocesan Meeting Kai Feng (Agenzia Fides) – Priestly Ministry and Spirituality, vocations, church administration, evangelisation and the Church's charitable activity were some of the questions discussed at the first Diocesan Meeting of ...
• 13 July 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - After tragic events in Changuinola, at last calm returns Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – After several days of unrest and angry discussion between workers and representatives of the government, at last calm has returned to Panama, and a call from many sides for the parties to ...
• 13 July 2010
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Greater faith in Christ and efforts for solidarity, but frightening spread of violence Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The 48th Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Dominican Republic, held in Santo Domingo 4 - 9 July, in a closing message, a copy of which was sent to Fides, expresses the ...
• 13 July 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Local Church backs law to punish participation in death gangs or death squads San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador has expressed support for a new law proposed by the government to punish members of death gangs or death squads. “I wish to congratulate President Mau ...
• 12 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “In Papua, the real problem is corruption,” says Bishop of Jayapura Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with street protests in recent days and requests for a referendum for independence from Indonesia, "we must make it clear that the real problem in Papua is corruption," says Bishop Leo ...
• 12 July 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Children from Hong Kong's parishes visit Seminary Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The 400 children in "Sunday Schools" at the 13 parishes of the Diocese of Hong Kong visited Holy Spirit Seminary on Sunday, July 4, to get to know the lives of those preparing for the priest ...
• 12 July 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 63rd Missiology Week begins in Burgos: Priesthood and Ecumenism for the Mission Burgos (Agenzia Fides) – Today marks the opening day at the 63rd Missiology Week in Burgos. The event is being held at the Archdiocese's Faculty of Theology. After words of greeting from the Archbishop of Burgos, Arch ...
• 12 July 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “We want to be missionary priests!” - Final Message for First National Missionary Congress of Seminarians Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The morning of Saturday, July 10, marked the close of the first National Missionary Congress of Seminarians in Brasilia, which addressed the theme of missionary formation of future priests (s ...
• 12 July 2010
  AFRICA/NIGER - Child malnutrition rate increases 42% Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 17 percent of Niger's children younger than five suffer acute malnutrition, a 42 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a national survey released by the government. ...