News

• 25 August 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-The demand for Catholic education in the country is increasing: 13 more schools are being projected Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - To meet the increasing demand in the Australian region of Geelong, Victoria, 13 new Catholic schools will be built. The head of the Catholic Education Office of Melbourne said that there is th ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Continental Mission continues at various levels, throughout Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Permanent Secretariat of Bishops in Colombia met on August 22 for a training day on the Continental Mission. During this meeting the sense of mission and meaning of the symbols tha ...
• 25 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "There are only foreign nurses and volunteers left in the hospitals in Tripoli", say local sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "In the healthcare facilities that we contacted this morning, foreign workers, in particular Filipinos, are doing the whole job alone: recording, taking care and feeding patients, everything is ...
• 25 August 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-A year after the floods that devastated the country, women are still paying the heaviest toll Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the severe floods that hit the country, women continue to struggle to try to resume their lives and recover their livelihoods. According to a report by the Asian Human Rights Co ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The students' have suspended the hunger strike and demand a better education system Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The group of young students who have been on a hunger strike for 37 days to show their solidarity with all other students from Chile, have decided to suspend this action due to the present pre ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- The solidarity campaign "Compartir 2011" is dedicated to the young Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "The Young, committed to a new life" the Public Collection of Solidarity Campaign "Compartir 2011" will be held at a national level on Friday 26 and Sunday, August 28: solidarity a ...
• 25 August 2011
  VATICAN - The missionary mandate of Jesus theme of World Youth Day 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general hearing on Wednesday, August 24, held in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced the themes for the next t ...
• 25 August 2011
  AFRICA - What does the future hold for Gaddafi’s Libyan investments in Africa? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Gaddafi's Libya in recent years has been one of the biggest investors in sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to its currency reserves (100 billion dollars in 2009). According to an article in "Les Afriques" ...
• 24 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The hours of the attack on Bab al Aziziya were terrible," say local sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "People are venturing timidly in the streets which are patrolled by the men of the rebellion. There is lack of food, and fuel", say local sources in Tripoli to Fides, where the combined forces o ...
• 24 August 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church is cautious with regards to Hazare: "the fight against corruption is right, but attention to exploitation. Let's go ahead with dialogue" Vasai (Fides Service) - "The fight against corruption is inviolable: the phenomenon is pervasive and a legislation to combat it is urgent. But with regards to the movement of Anna Hazare, caution is required, as Hazare, ...
• 24 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Farmers and local families distribute food to the starving East Pokot (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3.6 million Kenyans are in urgent need of food. According to the Kenyan Red Cross (KRCS), the farmers, who have a surplus of food production, have organized themselves to donate foo ...
• 24 August 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Fr. Pupiro Garcia was found dead, he had disappeared on Aug. 20 Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday Aug. 23, the Archdiocese of Managua confirmed that the body found in the morning, at kilometer 16 of the Old State Road in the direction of Leon, belongs to Fr.Marl ...
• 24 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Members of the South Sudan parliament call for immediate measures after the recent massacres in Jonglei State Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the south Sudan parliament have agreed on a series of resolutions which call for the urgent deployment of military forces and police in the State of Jonglei, reconciliation process and ...
• 24 August 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies respond to the call to welcome and support unaccompanied refugee children Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Several Australian non-profit organizations have renewed their appeal in favour of refugee children in the country pending the court decision on their future destiny. According to the information ...
• 24 August 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Church and NGOs: "No to anti-conversion laws, we need to protect religious freedom" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The necessity to protect religious freedom in Nepal and say "no" to measures such as prohibiting conversion from one religion to another is urgent, enclosed in the new Penal Code which will ...