News

• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - Support of the Church to train managers in small and medium enterprises and cooperatives La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has organized a course for the training of experts in small enterprises (PYMES) and cooperatives, already approved among the reforms expected by Cuban President Raul Castro ...
• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The necessary distinction between child labor and exploitation La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Statistics indicate that over 800,000 children have a full time job in Bolivia, one-fifth of the population in the age group between 5 and 14 years. Shoe-shine boys and girls work in La Paz, wear ...
• 24 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The first priest in the Latin American section of the seminary of the Missionaries of St. Charles Rome (Fides Service) - Patricio Hacin, 36 years of age, originally from Chiloé Island in Patagonia, who will be ordained a priest on Saturday, June 25 in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, is the first semina ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The "Project of the Builders of Peace" celebrates 25 years of path for peace Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The path of 25 years of commitment to peace, the reading of the letter of encouragement of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the testimony of the vocations awakened by the commitment to peace ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Bishops of Madhya Pradesh to the Prime Minister: "no to discrimination, yes to building harmony among religions" Bhopal (Fides Service) - To promote harmony between different religious communities, in respecting the prerogatives guaranteed by the Indian Constitution; to eliminate all forms of discrimination against members of relig ...
• 24 June 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA-The Vicar general of the Diocese of Mansa asks the authorities greater transparency Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar general of the Diocese of Mansa, Zambia, father Mambwe Mpas, said that failure to adhere to the present race in the country regarding the contract for road projects, could create a favor ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - War, violence and revenge: the plight of 10 thousand Christian refugees Kachin ethnic group Myitkyina (Fides Service) - " Fighting rages, the military governments do not hesitate to committing atrocities and revenge on the civilian population; there are over 10 thousand civil refugees of Kachin ethnic group, mo ...
• 24 June 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-"Only with effective changes to the prison system the country will be able to solve this problem", said Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The prison situation in Venezuela continues to be the focus of the general debate, this time it was the Catholic Church to ask the government for changes in the prison system. In the context of ...
• 24 June 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Even the feasts of Hispanic patron Saints in the U.S. Missal Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of the United States (USCCB) has approved the translation into Spanish of a series of additions to the Roman Missal to include the feasts of Hispanic and Spani ...
• 24 June 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Progress to unify the training of women's religious institutes Bissau (Fides Service) – To unify the formation of women's religious institutes present in Guinea Bissau: The proposal was made by Sister Laura Aguiar, Coordinator of the inter-diocesan Commission for Consecrated Life. ...
• 22 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Closing of the academic year: 110 major seminarians have completed the course of study in 7 major seminaries in the continent Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the academic year 2010/2011, 110 major seminarians of 7 Chinese major seminaries completed their cycle of studies in philosophy and theology. According to what Faith in He Bei rep ...
• 22 June 2011
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR-The missionaries working in the country have been recognized as "heroes" by Parliament Dili (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the National Day of the Country, the President of East Timor, Jose Ramos Horta, has praised the work of many Catholic missionaries who lived and worked with the local population ...
• 22 June 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-About 5,000 members of criminal gangs want to surrender and ask for the mediation of the Church Monteria (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of the Colombian city of Monteria, Mgr. Julio César Vidal, said that about 5,000 members of criminal gangs across the country are willing to surrender to authorities. "They contacte ...
• 22 June 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Islam, state religion and laity: the contradictions and the "back off" of the government Dhaka (Fides Service) -In recent days the Government of Bangladesh has "backed off", on the theme of the laity of the state, as reported by the Christian human rights activists who work on site to Fides. The Special Par ...
• 22 June 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Drug dealers organizations in West Africa are becoming more and more autonomous from the Colombian "narcos" Dakar (Fides Service) - The drug trade that passes through West Africa is undergoing an evolution that could have very serious consequences for the region. This is what emerged from the meeting on the West Coast of Afric ...