News

• 9 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-Consolata Missionaries(male and female): general Superiors have been elected Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Consolata (male) Missionaries (ICM) and the Sisters of the Consolata Missionaries (ISCM), held a general Chapter meeting on May 9, respectively, in Rome and Nepi (VT), and elected the new gene ...
• 9 June 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-An exhibition recalls the missionary Fr. Chini, American evangelist Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The exhibition dedicated to Father Eusebio Francesco Chini, entitled "bold minded missionary, indomitable spirit and adventurous heart" will be open until June 30, at the Library "Francisc ...
• 9 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Fear for Farah, Catholic girl drugged and forced to sign the conversion to Islam Lahore (Fides Service) - There are fears for the life of Farah Hatim, the Catholic girl kidnapped and forced into marriage and conversion to Islam in the city of Rahim Yar Khan in southern Punjab (see Fides 08/06/2011 7 ...
• 9 June 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Churches of Papua to the government: revision of mining companies contracts Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The contracts signed by the Indonesian government with big multinational companies for the exploitation of mineral resources in Papua (or Irian Jaya) do not give any benefit to indigenous peop ...
• 9 June 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Women and Development: 70% of the poor worldwide are women Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - According to recent statistics, women account for 70% of the poor around the world. They are disadvantaged in many aspects and are subjected to the risk of poverty and hunger because of the syste ...
• 9 June 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The March for Peace "an expression of weariness on behalf of society" Cuernavaca (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an expression of weariness on behalf of society" and that, therefore, must result in a conversion of the heart: this is how Mgr. Alfonso Cortes Contreras, Bishop of Cuernavaca expresse ...
• 9 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"The humanitarian tragedy of thousands of displaced persons from Abyei continues", says the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal to Fides Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Abyei are still missing in the cease-fire area and in need of assistance. The humanitarian crisis continues", says Mgr. Roko Taban Mousa, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in sout ...
• 9 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-Intense fighting in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan; the testimony of the Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid to Fides Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The fighting continues, the entire population has fled from the city", says His Exc Mgr Michael Didi Adgum Mangora to Fides, Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid, and South Kordofan (in South Sudan) is p ...
• 9 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINAThe Diocese of Han Zhou comes back to life after the 2008 earthquake Han Zhong (Agenzia Fides) - Three years after the earthquake, the diocese of Han Zhong in the province of Shaan Xi, which was strongly hit by the earthquake on May 12, 2008, is regaining its pastoral and missionary ac ...
• 9 June 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA-A new home for children and youth at risk in Luanda Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – For almost a month the poor and abandoned children in Luanda can count on the support of a welcoming house for minors "Zeferino Namuncurá", renovated and run by NGO Salesian volunteers "Inter ...
• 9 June 2011
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Honiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 9, 2011, the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Honiara (Solomon Islands) His Excellency Mgr. John Doaninoel, SM, transferring him from the ...
• 8 June 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Registrations are about to close for the Youth Day in Taiwan, from July 14 to 17 Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "Rebuild everything in Jesus Christ" is the theme of the World Youth Day in Taiwan in 2011 to be held in the diocese of Kao Hsiung, from July 14 to 17. According to information gathered by F ...
• 8 June 2011
  AMERICA-The Latin American countries celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American nations are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, according to the custom of that continent, its reference point is the Solemnity of the Pentecost, followi ...
• 8 June 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Commitment to recognizing the rights of child workers La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The International Catholic Organization for the Rights of Children (BICE) has announced the commitment of the "Comisión de Naciones y Pueblos indígenas, Originarios, Campesinos, and Intercultur ...
• 8 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-"Truth and Justice" for Farah, Catholic girl, kidnapped and converted to Islam Lahore (Fides Service) - "On the case of Farah Hatim, we are seeking truth and justice": this is what Paul Bhatti tells Fides, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the affairs of religious minorities an ...