News

• 3 January 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR-New rules for the labour law, less military spending: Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - New rules concerning the labour law are urgent and are "strategically important" for Myanmar; the state budget should cut military spending and invest in employment, health, education: this is wh ...
• 2 January 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - More than one million child workers in the country Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest figures of the population census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), over a million children aged between 10 and 14 continue to wor ...
• 2 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA -Famine emergency is still far from resolved Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Somali Prime Minister denies that the population of Mogadishu is dying of hunger, contradicting the United Nations and the sad landscape of increasingly crowded fields of malnourished peop ...
• 2 January 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola invests in Portugal, despite concerns about the provenance of the funds Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola runs to the rescue of the ancient colonizer, Portugal, with ample liquidity on its domestic market. In 2012 the Portuguese economy is projected to record a contraction of 2.8% while the gr ...
• 2 January 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Erected the diocese of La Ceiba and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 30, 2011 The Holy Father Benedict XVI erected the new Diocese of La Ceiba in Honduras, with territory taken from the diocese of San Pedro Sula, making it suffragan of the Archdi ...
• 2 January 2012
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: "Educating men and women in peace is part of the mission received from Christ, it is an integral part of evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "For the ecclesial community, educating men and women in peace is part of the mission received from Christ, it is an integral part of evangelization, because the Gospel of Christ is also th ...
• 2 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The people behind Fr.Tentorio’s murder: investigation concerning the corruption of politicians and military Cagayan De Oro (Agenzia Fides) - The people behind Father Fausto Tentorio’s murder are to be found among corrupt politicians and officials of energy companies, responsible for the project of a dam on the river Pulangi; ...
• 2 January 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Appeal for peace in Caracas, where there were 623 violent deaths in December Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, celebrated Mass in the Cathedral of Caracas on January 1, launching an appeal for peace. In his message addressed to the Venezuelans, he asked ...
• 2 January 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Episcopal Conference has announced the program of the Pope's visit Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "On December 12, 2011, His Holiness Benedict XVI announced his intention to undertake an apostolic journey, before Easter, in Mexico and Cuba. After the consultations with the Government of ...
• 2 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians: "In the new year, justice for the victims of the massacres in Orissa are needed" Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - The new year should bring an important priority: justice for the victims of the anti-Christian massacres that occurred in Orissa: This is what the Indian Christians gathered in the All Indi ...
• 2 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Christmas celebrations are marked by the sacraments, and evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The mainland Chinese Catholics spent Christmas marked by the sacraments and initiatives related to evangelization. According to the information Fides received by Faith, the Catholic communities ...
• 30 December 2011
  THE NAMES OF PASTORAL WORKERS, BISHOPS, PRIESTS, MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND LAY CATHOLICS, KILLED IN THE YEAR 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again this year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner over the course of the last 12 months. According to information ...
• 30 December 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 200 victims on Christmas day bomb blast; the day of prayer and fasting on December 31st Jos (Agenzia Fides) - There are 200 victims, among people who died or are missing, due to the attacks directed at some Christian churches at Christmas in Nigeria. This is what said is read in a statement sent to Agenzia ...
• 29 December 2011
  "That the dedication of christians to peace may bear witness to the name of Christ before all menand women of good will" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for January 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Next to love, peace is perhaps one of the most frequently used and distorted words in our language. In a culture that tries to leave God out of any environment, peace is presented as a huma ...
• 29 December 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - New phase of the national campaign against child malnutrition Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese government closes 2011 promoting a national campaign against child malnutrition, which provides for the delivery of two liters of milk for 16 000 children in need. The Ministry of L ...