News

• 10 February 2011
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Houses destroyed, cemeteries and streets flooded: fears for health issues Chimoio (Agenzia Fides) – Five of the 23 districts of Manica province, in central Mozambique, have been seriously hit by heavy rains. Latest information gathered by Fides says that about 80 houses have been destroyed, ...
• 10 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Government protects a priest committed to helping Central American migrants Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Senator, at the request of the Federal Government and the state of Oaxaca, is prepared to act with all necessary measures to safeguard the physical integrity of Father Alejandro Sol ...
• 10 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Numbers rising in the protest movement, expectations for a huge demonstration tomorrow” Fr Verdoscia tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Tension is rising and we are awaiting tomorrow's protest, Friday of prayer for Muslims, when it is estimated that there will be a million people in the square,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Combon ...
• 10 February 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Archbishop of Cebu: “Catholic lay people, protagonists in pro-life demonstrations” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We trust in the laity, in their work and commitment, to oppose the laws that promote abortion, euthanasia, and anti-life population control policies,” said Archbishop Josè Palma of ...
• 10 February 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The mystery of the plane with the gold, stopped in Goma: a missionary speaks to Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “It is very likely a transaction, that for some reason, there has been a hitch and that has helped to confirm the involvement of the Congolese military in the illegal exploitation of Congoles ...
• 9 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches patrolled after the attacks, Christians are afraid Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Indonesian police officers patrol Christian churches to discourage further violence, following the aftermath of the attacks in Temanggung (Archdiocese of Semarang, in Central Java) (see Fides ...
• 9 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The work of fundamentalist Christian preachers at the root of inter-religious violence Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – At the root of the violence in Temanggung (three churches attacked) “there is discontent, disharmony, discomfort, and verbal violence coming from Christian fundamentalist preachers,” expla ...
• 9 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church calls for a Commission to monitor the status of Christians in India News Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church is calling the federal Government to establish a special Commission to monitor the numbers, social conditions, and the problems experienced by Christians in India. The C ...
• 9 February 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A “new wave of evangelisation” the focus of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Tai Nan Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) – A new wave of evangelisation is the focus of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Diocese of Tai Nan: the announcement was launched by Mons. Bosco Lin Chi Nan (Ordina ...
• 9 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - An important breakthrough: “now the press highlights the corruption of the regime,” Fr Verdoscia tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Yesterday we witnessed an imposing demonstration in Tahrir Square. The protest movement is gaining in numbers every day,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells F ...
• 9 February 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Alarm for chronic diseases: 4.2 million people a year at risk in South-east Asia Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Cambodian Government's statistics, one-third of the Country's population lives below the national poverty line on 75 cents a day. From information gathered by Fides, the ra ...
• 9 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - President of Colombia meets Bishops gathered for Episcopal Assembly Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, met the Country's Catholic Bishops, yesterday, 8 February, during the course of the 90th Colombian Episcopal Assembly. It was the first ...
• 9 February 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Creation of ecclesial province of Lilongwe and appointment of Metropolitan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 9 February 2011, created the ecclesial province of Lilongwe (Malawi), elevating the diocese of that name to the rank of Metropolitan Church and assigning ...
• 9 February 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives killed Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, Jimmy Lemi Milla, was killed in his office in Juba, the capital of the new state of Southern Suda ...
• 8 February 2011
  ASIA/INDOENSIA - Three churches attacked, a priest struck; for Bishop Pujasumarta it is “orchestrated violence” Semarang (Agenzia Fides) – Three churches attacked, a Catholic priest struck, clashes between protesters and police. This is the balance sheet following a day of tensions in Temanggung, a city in the Archdiocese of Sem ...