News

• 5 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The “Day of red hands” to say “enough with child soldiers!” Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The recruitment of children for armed conflict has been banned since 12 February, 2002 by Protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children. However, adoption of this protocol has not s ...
• 5 February 2011
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - New secondary school opens dedicate to Don Bosco Nila (Agenzia Fides) – A new secondary school was recently opened in Nila, dedicated to Don Bosco, the “Saint John Bosco Senior Secondary School and Training Centre”. As it said in a statement issued by the “Nil ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Election of new Prime Minister: the hopes of Christians Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – After six months of stalemate, the political parties of Nepal have come to an agreement to elect the new Prime Minister. He will be Jhalanath Khanal, head of the Communist-Leninist Party of ...
• 4 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The opposition could talk with Suleiman if they want to assume power in the meantime,” missionary tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Country is expecting demonstrations after Friday's prayers,” Fides was told by Father Luciano Verdoscia, Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo among children who make a liv ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia's Bibi's lawyers: “Confidence in the retrial” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Confidence in the outcome of the retrial, confidence in Pakistani justice, confidence in being able to demonstrate the complete innocence of Asia Bibi: these are the premises and impressions wi ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's deposition at the first hearing Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In the testimony, received by Fides, which Asia Bibi gave at the first hearing in court in Nankana Sahib, she claims her innocence with the following words: “I am a married woman. My husb ...
• 4 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “At the heart of the revolt is also the divide between the consumerism diffused by the media and the poverty of the people,” Bishop of Luxor tells Fides Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is calm because everyone in Luxor, Christians and Muslims, work with tourism,” Fides was told by Bishop Joannes Zakaria of the Coptic Catholics in Luxor, Egypt. “Everyone has ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of Rector for inter-diocesan Seminary in Kwangju Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 28 May 2010 appointed as Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary in the Archdiocese of Kwangju (Korea), Fa ...
• 4 February 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appeal by Caritas Australia for solidarity towards the most vulnerable communities Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Australia launched an appeal to all Australians to demonstrate solidarity to the most vulnerable communities, reports the Australian “The Catholic Weekly”, published by the Archdioc ...
• 4 February 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Cholera continues to take victims and pops up in the neighbouring Dominican Republic Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The number of people infected by the cholera epidemic continues to rise that has been raging on the Caribbean island since last October: 215,956 infections and a total of 4,131 deaths. ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “God is Love” is the theme of the winter holidays youth camp Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “God is Love” is the theme of the winter holidays youth camp, organised bu the Youth Prayer Group for the Renewal of Spirit in Taiwan, to be held from 10 to 13 February at the Nazareth Spi ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PHILLIPINES - A dwelling worthy of the name for families with disabled in the slums of Manila Manila (Agenzia Fides) – There will be about 20 small houses for families with disabled children or disabled adults currently living in the slums of Tandang Sora, Quezon City. This is the Guanellian project to give dig ...
• 4 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The “new frontiers” for child labour at the World Social Forum in Dakar San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – The 11th World Social Forum (WSF) returns to Africa, in Dakar (Senegal), to be held from 6 to 11 February 2011. The presence at the WSF 2011 of associations working to combat the worst forms ...
• 4 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A communal strategy for peace: Mexican Bishops in Colombia Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of Mexican Bishops will travel to Colombia to learn about the activities that the Catholic Church in Colombia will hold for peace, against violence by organised crime and guer ...
• 3 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The climate has changed: foreigners are urged not to leave their homes. There are many Mubarak supporters”. Missionary in Cairo speaks to Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The climate has changed following the clashes yesterday, 2 February, among demonstrators in Tahrir Square and the supporters of Mubarak,” Fides was told by Father Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni ...