News

• 10 December 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Conference in Rome on the future of Sudan and the role of Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The complexity of the situation in Sudan, a Country that is preparing for the referendum on the independence of the south (to be held 9 January, 2011), has been the focus of the Conference “The f ...
• 10 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Story of a parish “disappearing” after the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - A parish has vanished into thin air. The story of Betticalla Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, the scene of anti-Christian massacres in August 2008, is a tragic sto ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Blasphemy law” at the centre of Human Rights Day Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - “Human Rights Day 2010 is an opportunity to focus attention on the sections of the Penal Code that constitute the so-called blasphemy laws. The law is a blatant violation of human rights, perm ...
• 9 December 2010
  AMERICA - Learning to listen to the voice of migrants: the conclusions of the Continental Meeting for Migrants' Pastoral Care Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The phenomena of emigration and immigration, the “feminization” of migration, massive deportations, migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons, are rising considerably in the geographica ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Looking for God in culture”: Jesuit Seminar in Hong Kong commemorates Fr Matteo Ricci Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Looking for God in culture” is the theme of the Seminar organized by the Jesuits in Hong Kong, from 2 to 5 December, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of their brother, mi ...
• 9 December 2010
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Reviving Biblical Pastoral Care in Africa in light of the Exhortation, “Verbum Domini” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – One recommendation is to promote the diffusion of the Divine Word in Africa through the use of both modern means of social communications and traditional means of communication in the promoti ...
• 9 December 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops renew proposal to urgently establish “a table for dialogue at the highest level to resolve the issue of Chilean prisons” Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, sdb, of Concepción, issued a public statement about the tragedy at San Miguel prison which resulted i ...
• 9 December 2010
  VATICAN - Inauguration of the Missionary Museum of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The new museum tour, in the place where it was created and for the contents of the works that are exhibited, certainly makes an important contribution towards the goal of broader dissemi ...
• 9 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Jesuit seminarian killed in Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A Jesuit seminarian of Togolese nationality, Nicolas Eklou Komla, was killed Sunday, 5 December on Belair Street, Mont Ngafula, on the outskirts of Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of C ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA - New Franciscan missionaries in the Far East Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the footsteps of great missionaries such as Friar John of Montecorvino, new Franciscan missionaries are taking routes to the Far East to preach the Gospel. Recently, in a solemn Eucharist presid ...
• 9 December 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Second year of National Mission begins Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Wednesday, 8 December, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, in the Basilica del Voto Nacional, in the presence of all the Bishops and with the participation of many lay people, the solemn Eucharist ...
• 9 December 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Thousands of people at risk due to severe drought in the central region of Mudug Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - At least 5,000 families (30,000 persons) in 13 villages north-east and south-east of the regional capital, Galkayo, in Somalia, have immediate need of assistance following the severe drought t ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Solidarity among different religious faiths for the International Day of Disabled Persons Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The International Day of Disabled Persons was celebrated on 3 December with special emphasis all over India. Among the initiatives, the Guanellian society celebrated from Bangalore to Poonamal ...
• 7 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded in Nan Chong Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) - The traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom the Cathedral of the Diocese of Nan Chong (province of Si Chuan) is dedicated, has spawned a new association of the faithful: the ...
• 7 December 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Elections 2011: “We must choose the one who works, not for self-interest, but for the good of the Country,” interview with Archbishop Brenes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano of Managua granted a telephone interview to the newspaper “La Prensa”, which contains a reflection for Christmas, but in which he also appeals to ...