News

• 30 September 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Thousands of people infected by an epidemic of dengue Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Over one thousand people have been infected by an epidemic of dengue outbreak in the town of Mandera, in northeastern Kenya, near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia. The Ministry of Public He ...
• 30 September 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Insufficient resources for drug addict children in Dharan Dharan (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50% of children in Dharan, one of the largest cities of Nepal bordering India, is involved in drug use. Most of these children’s parents are away for work and then left alone, unsuper ...
• 30 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - "Justice for the martyrs of Orissa": Christians' appeal to the National Commission for Human Rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The suffering of Christians must not disappear from the national political agenda and can be the drive to approve the bill on violence against minorities: this is why Indian Christians have wr ...
• 30 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - "A Word of God a day" for the year 2012 has been published Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "A Word of God a day" for 2012 has been published by Faith of He Bei. According to information received by Fides, Faith has been publishing "A Word of God a day" for 4 years, with great ...
• 29 September 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Solidarity, forgiveness, sharing: fourth national meeting of young people sponsored by the SVD Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - To reflect on how, inspired by faith, we can be an example of solidarity, forgiveness and sharing is the aim of '"Encontro Verbum Jovem" to be held in October from 7 to 9 at the parish of St. Pet ...
• 29 September 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops ask to actively participate in the referendum on October 9 Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay invite all Catholics and citizens in general, to participate with their vote in the referendum scheduled for Sunday, October 9. The Superior Court of the Electoral Just ...
• 29 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics led by Jinde Charities are always ready to help the people affected by natural disasters Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Do not make distinctions of religious denomination, to work for humanitarian reasons, to bring the love of Catholics: these are the characteristics that distinguish Catholic aid and relie ...
• 29 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - V Intercontinental Meeting of the witnesses of "Solidarity Italy - World Solidarity" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The V Intercontinental Meeting of the witnesses of "Solidarity Italy - World Solidarity" will be held in Nago (TN), from October 5 to 11, the association founded by Father Angelo Benolli, O.M.V., ...
• 29 September 2011
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Christians' fears and hopes of a new era of democracy and freedom Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians from the Middle East we would like the countries where there are dictatorships or theocratic regimes to have a genuine democracy based on respect for others and respect of human ri ...
• 29 September 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "There are too many injured people in hospitals, the situation is tragic": Archbishop Martinelli’s appeal Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in hospitals is tragic, because there are still many injured people and the staff cannot take care of all the emergencies", says Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli to Fides, ...
• 29 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "It is forbidden to print Christian images", religious prejudice and intolerance continues to spread Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days ago I went to have some holy images and photographs portraying Jesus’ face and the Cross printed. The staff of the print shop after seeing the religious images refused to do the job ...
• 29 September 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Even the Archbishop of Bouaké among the members of the Ivorian "Truth and Reconciliation" Commission Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Even the Archbishop of Bouaké, His Exc. Mgr. Paul-Simon Ahouanan Djro, is among 11 members of the " Commission Dialogue, Vérité et Réconciliation" (CDVR) established on September 28 by the ...
• 29 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches shut down or demolished: the subtle pressures on Indonesian Christians Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010, 47 churches were shut down in Indonesia and in the first 4 months of 2011 9 Christian places of worship have been shut down or demolished: this is what "Jakarta Christian Communication ...
• 28 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The fourth Camillian priest and 17 Divine Word missionaries have been ordained in Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 25, at the Theological Seminary of the Divine Word in Maumere, on the island of Flores, the Bishop Emeritus Mgr.Anton Pain Ratu, DWS, ordained the fourth Camillian priest ...
• 28 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of St. Vincent de Paul would like to thank Our Lady for her protection and the Lazarist missionaries who brought the Gospel Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "Give thanks to Our Lady who protected and ensured us the success of the mission, tribute to the Lazarist missionaries who brought us the Gospel, invoking the Lord for a better future of the Ch ...