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• 14 September 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New hopes for peace in Darfur: “We are willing to respect a unilateral cease fire in Darfur as soon as negotiations with the rebels commence” says Sudan's President on a visit to Italy and the Vatican Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “We are willing to respect a unilateral cease fire in Darfur as soon as negotiations with the rebels in Darfur commence”. This was announced by the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir at ...
• 14 September 2007
  AFRICA/R. D. CONGO - “I intend to restore state rule in north Kivu ” says president of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Joseph Kabila has said he intends to use 'all the necessary means' to restore government rule in north Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fierce fighting between the re ...
• 14 September 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Caritas ready to intervene to assist earthquake victims in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra aftershocks continue to follow the powerful earthquake which struck on 12 September - so strong that the local authorities issued a series ...
• 14 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Following governor's assent harsh anti-conversion law in Chhattisgarh State comes into force Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of India's central eastern Chhattisgarh State E.S.L. Narasimhan, has given his assent and signed an anti-conversion law approved about a year ago by the State parliament influenced b ...
• 14 September 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - A month after the earthquake Cardinal Cipiriani will celebrate Mass in one of the most affected districts. He will pray for the eternal repose of the dead and for the strength to start on immediate rebuilding Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 15 September, a month since the earthquake which affected a the towns of Ica, Chincha, Pisco, Cañete, Yauyos, Huaytara and Castrovirreyna in south Chico, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Th ...
• 14 September 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrant's Day "Emigrants are not tourists or holiday makers, they are persons who are desperate…”: the Church and families must be more welcoming Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - This week in view of 'Migrant's Day' 2007, the archdiocese of Mexico City, through its Commission for Pastoral Care of Migrants, has been holding a series of activities and events. The first ...
• 14 September 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Why protect marriage, cradle of life: Catholic Bishops issue booklet on why the Church says “no” to divorce, ever more frequent in Australia Canberra (Fides News Service) - Australia’s Bishops are reaching out to those who have suffered the distress of marital breakdown and divorce with a new easy-to-read booklet which outlines the Church’s teaching in th ...
• 14 September 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - An estimated 83,000 minors suffer from malnutrition and 13,500 are in danger of dying of hunger Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Hunger in central and southern Somalia, according to an alert raised by UNICEF, could kill at least 13,500 children. The UN delegate said the area, once the country's granary, has become impo ...
• 14 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Special interventions to eradicate tiger mosquito and its diffusion Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - Eradicate the virus before the area becomes endemic; intensify and update systems of warning, control and monitoring in view of possible danger of new infective diseases; drastically reduce the ...
• 14 September 2007
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - After hurricane Felix international aid campaign helps ruined town of Krukira Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Miskita Indians in Krukira, a locality on the north Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and one of the most affected by hurricane Félix, are fighting over the last food supplies and tryin ...
• 13 September 2007
  VATICAN - During his general weekly audience Pope Benedict XVI reports on his recent pastoral visit to Austria: “what we saw was the living, faithful and varied reality of the Catholic Church … a joyful and involving presence of a Church which, like Mary, is called always to "look to Christ" in order to be able to show him and offer him to everyone ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - His recent pastoral visit to Austria was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI's address at the Wednesday general audience on September 11 in St Peter's Square in the Vatican, which he reached ...
• 13 September 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - An urgent priority for bishops and priests should be to explain the Catechism, Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - School is once again to start with grammar, syntax, arithmetic tables: they have realised that boys and girls know little about elementary things. The Church too in the past used the Catec ...
• 13 September 2007
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Ethiopia celebrates Jubilee of the Year 2000 according to the Julian calendar. Sunday 16 September in the Catholic Cathedral solemn Eucharist: exposed for the veneration of the faithful a special Crucifix blessed by Pope Benedict XVI Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 12 September in Ethiopia marked the beginning of a new year and according to the Ethiopian calendar this is the year 2000. So Ethiopia's Orthodox Church is celebrating a Jubilee Y ...
• 13 September 2007
  AFRICA - Sharp rise of the Euro penalises exports from CFA African countries whose currency is tied to that of Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The sharp rise of the Euro compared with the dollar is causing concern among governments of the CFA franc area, a currency which is tied to the European common currency. The stronger the euro, the l ...
• 13 September 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Bishops say : “the conviction of former president is a warning for all corrupt officials”. Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against corruption in the Philippines has acquired a symbol event: former President Joseph Estrada, convicted of corruption, false witness and detraction of public funds - over 4 billio ...