News

• 25 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "It is necessary to accompany political action to humanitarian action" says the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu to Fides Mogadishu (Fides Service) - "I would not want the race to meet the humanitarian emergency, necessary to save millions of people, however, hides the root problem, which is the lack of state structure", says His Exc. Mgr ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Those who govern should ask for the wisdom to distinguish between good and evil: this is Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval's appeal Santa Cruz (Fides Service)- Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval has urged government authorities to set aside punishment and to ask God for wisdom to distinguish between good and evil. The Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU- A new canteen for malnourished children in the suburbs of the capital has been inaugurated Lima (Agenzia Fides)- As part of the celebrations for the 21 years of their arrival in Peru, the nuns of the “Little Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi” have opened a new canteen for malnourished children in the area ...
• 25 July 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Presence, participation and co-responsibility of women in society and in the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) -Among the various Catholic groups which for some time have been engaged in the promotion of women at all levels, the Catholic Women's League Australia (CWLA) is an NGO that defends the dignity of ...
• 23 July 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND-50th anniversary of the Secular Institute of the Scalabrinian Missionaries (1961-2011) Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2011 the Scalabrinian will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their Secular Institute of the Scalabrinian Secular Missionary women. The Institute was founded in Solothurn, Switzer ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN-Due to the armed conflict in the country the number of child soldiers is increasing Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - In Yemen, the three main military groups which are currently active (pro-government Republican Guards and the Central Security, and the First Armoured Division of opposition), have among their ra ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious freedom "under the shadow of Islamic extremism": what happened to the promise made by the Ministry for interreligious relations? Lahore (Fides Service) - Religious freedom in Pakistan is conditioned by "the dark shadows of Islamic extremism", but also by intolerance, lawlessness and the increasing impunity in the country. This is what is said in t ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-To the young: dedicate the time you spend surfing on the internet to God, to transmit it to your peers Kao Hsiung (Fides Service) - With the blessing by His Exc. Mgr. Peter Liu, Archbishop of the diocese of Kao Hsiung, the delegation of the Catholic community in Taiwan on their way to World Youth Day to be held in Madrid, ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Three years after the anti-Christian massacres: " Light sentence, injustice is done" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is the triumph of injustice and "the failure of the rule of law" - say the local faithful – this is what is happening in Orissa, as we approach the anniversary of the 3rd anti-Christi ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - SOS of the Protestant Church in Bogor: Christians risk "mass persecution" Jakarta (Fides Service) - "The Indonesian Christian Church" (Gereja Kristen Indonesia, GKI) - denomination of the Protestant Church with a strong community presence on the island of Java - continues its fight for law and ...
• 23 July 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - The shadow of the failed coup looms up behind the assault on the presidential palace Conakry (Fides Service) - Forty soldiers were arrested in connection with the July 19 attack against the residence of the President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Condé (see Fides 20/07/2011), while the reasons of thi ...
• 23 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO- Assaults and threats against defenders of immigrants in the country are increasing Mexico City (Fides Service) - According to the report of the Commission of the pastoral care of human mobility of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (MEC), in recent years aggressions, threats and harassment against defend ...
• 23 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-The Bishops ask President Jonathan vigorous action to stop the Boko Haram sect Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has ruled out the imposition of a state of emergency in the State of Borno, shocked by the violence of the Boko Haram sect. The Nigerian Head of State ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Diamonds and tensions between Hindus and Muslims behind the attacks in Mumbai Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The diamond industry and tensions between the Muslim militant community and the Hindus: these are the two key elements to understand the reasons and responsibility for the recent bomb attacks ...
• 22 July 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL-Voluntary Missionary: 1,130 Portuguese around the world, many will spend their holidays in mission lands Lisbon (Fides Service) - More than 1,130 Portuguese youth and adults will dedicate themselves this year in carrying out voluntary missionary projects in developing countries and also in Portugal, about half of them will ...