News

• 8 August 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo celebrated its 500th anniversary Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) -With a solemn Eucharistic celebration, presided by the papal legate, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo yesterday concluded the ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Congolese Bishop denounces the attacks on behalf of monkeys: "Protect humans not only nature" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mokobé, Bishop of Basankusu, the capital of Equateur province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, protested against the insecurity caused by the Bono ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The situation is tragic but the media pressure recalls the one that preceded " Restore Hope", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I wonder if that of the Shabab is a strategic retreat to bring together humanitarian aid to Mogadishu and then suddenly come back and take a part, or their management has felt the strong inte ...
• 8 August 2011
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI launches a new appeal for peace and reconciliation in Syria and Libya Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am following with great concern the dramatic and growing violence in Syria, which have caused numerous deaths and severe suffering" - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI, yesterday, Aug ...
• 6 August 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The diaconate of communications as an instrument of evangelization and missionary action of the Church Warsaw (Fides Service) - "The mass media as an instrument of evangelization and the diaconate of social communications" was the theme of the meeting that was held on August 3 at the House of Light-Life Movement of the A ...
• 6 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church against death penalty: it does not solve the problem of violence in the country. Panama City (Fides Service) - Congressman Marcos Gonzalez, of the Democratic Change (DC) party, has introduced a bill to introduce death penalty in Panama, in cases of murder and femicide, crime against the collective ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Twenty people were killed in an attack by Ethiopian bandits in the area of Lake Turkana, severely drought-stricken Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On August 5, at least 20 people were killed by a group of Ethiopians who attacked the area of Todonyang, in the Turkana County , in northern Kenya, on the border with Ethiopia. This is what Hi ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Missionary experience for a group of young Portuguese for the whole month of August Bissau (Fides Service) - A group of young Portuguese havearrived in Guinea-Bissau to carry out a missionary experience at the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Hospital. According to a statement sent to ...
• 5 August 2011
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - 4.5 million sick people will benefit from the aid sent by the organization Missio Austria to fight leprosy Vienna (Fides Service) - For over 25 years the organization for the fight against leprosy (Aussätzigen-Hilfswerk) of the national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria (Missio Austria) is organizing a ...
• 5 August 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy celebrate the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan Rome (Fides Service) - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy will celebrate on August 11 the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan. According to a statement sent to Fides, the National Day of Minorities in P ...
• 5 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Balkanization of the DRC: an analysis of the real dangers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-In the colonial history two methods were used to conquer other territories and other empires or independent States. One is the "balkanization" which consists of replacing a large or medium-Stat ...
• 5 August 2011
  ASIA - "Caritas In Veritate in the Asian context": a meeting in Thailand sponsored by the Asian Bishops Pattaya (Fides Service) - Respect and solidarity towards immigrant domestic workers and indigenous people according to the teaching of Pope Benedict XVI in theEncyclical "Caritas In Veritate". This is the invitation to t ...
• 5 August 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The PMS inaugurate a new website Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brazil have launched their new Internet portal (www.pom.org.br). The site replaces the previous one that was online for four years. Completely redesign ...
• 4 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU-Missionary formation enters social networks Carabayllo (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Studies Center (MSC) in the diocese of Carabayllo, Peru, has made its entry into social networks, opening up a profile on Facebook. "The MSC has decided to venture into virtua ...
• 4 August 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishops of Inner Mongolia intend to promote evangelization through mass media Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - To encourage evangelization through mass media. This is the intention underlined by His Exc. Mgr. Mneg Qing Lu Bishop of the diocese of HuHeHaoTe and by His Exc. Mgr. Du Jiang Bishop o ...