News

• 22 August 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Visit of the Secretary General of the PSHC in Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood (PSHC) Jeanne Baptistine Ralamboarison is in Argentina from 20 to 30 August to attend the First National Meeting of Holy C ...
• 20 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Augustinians and the mission of Tolé, in one of the poorest and most inaccessible areas Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of Jesus Obrero de Tolé, in Panama, was founded in 1969 by the Augustinians in the province of Madrid, and today is run by the Vicariate of Panama. Tolé is a district located near t ...
• 20 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The rebels intend to celebrate the end of Ramadan in Tripoli," say sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The situation is calm but we know that the rebel forces are located 50 km to the east and west of Tripoli " local sources from Tripoli tell Fides, who have requested anonymity for security reaso ...
• 20 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Every 11 weeks, ten percent of the under-5 population in Somalia is dying" says the Situation Report" of Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Health facilities in Somalia are trying to cope with the mass influx of internally displaced persons flocking to urban areas to seek assistance", says the "Situation Report" of Caritas Somali ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN - The letters of the first missionaries (SAM) who arrived in Dahomey in 1861 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The current April 21, which fell on the first Sunday after our arrival, a hundred people or more, between blacks and whites attended the first Mass that we publicly celebrated in the chapel of the ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops of Burundi express their concerns to the Head of State about the insecurity that plague some areas of the country Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Burundi expressed their appreciation for the good relations between State and Church to the head of State, but at the same time said they were concerned about the insecurity di ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Death of Father Tony Bellagamba, a Consolata missionary, postulator for the cause of beatification of the Servant of God, Cardinal Maurice Otunga Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Tony was a great missionary and a dedicated servant of the Catholic Church. May he rest in peace. He now makes his final journey to God our Father to meet the Servant of God Cardinal Ot ...
• 18 August 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Humanitarian Day: Caritas recalls the role of local partners Freiburg (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 August the United Nations celebrates World Humanitarian Day to honor the commitment of those who live to help others around the world. The day recalls in particular the bombing of the UN ...
• 18 August 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - In the Year of Voluntary, the National Missionary Days on "Voluntary work and Mission" Lisbon (Fides Service) – Voluntary work is one of the most evangelical expressions of Christian witness, and during the Year of Voluntary the Missionary National Days on the theme "Voluntary work and Mission", which wi ...
• 18 August 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "You cannot suffocate civil society and democracy", warns the President of the Episcopal Conference Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The police have intensified controls in the major cities in Malawi although the protest planned for yesterday, August 17 was postponed (see Fides 17/8/2011). Opposition parties have given the g ...
• 18 August 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic girl, kidnapped and falsely converted to Islam, death threats after her escape from her torturer Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Another case of a Pakistani Christian girl kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam was reported to Fides by the Pakistani Christians Association in Italy. Alfred Arifa is a 27-year old Cath ...
• 17 August 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - World Youth Day is also a missionary event Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - This week Madrid is "the world capital for the youth" gathered from all over the world to attend World Youth Day and to show their love to God and the Church. If most of them come from countries ...
• 17 August 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The national demonstration of protest planned for today has been called off Lilongwe (Fides Service) - The demonstrations planned for today, August 17, in Malawi have been called off. The organizers have announced that "demonstrations have been postponed and not canceled to allow the High Court ...
• 17 August 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Rabaul and appointment of successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), on behalf of His Excellency Most Reverend Mgr. Karl Hesse, MSC, in A ...
• 17 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Golden Jubilee of the Shrine of Mugera and the consecration of Burundi to the Virgin Mary Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Burundi coincided with the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Marian Shrine of Mugera, located in the Arc ...