News

• 25 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's address at Angelus on Mission Sunday: “The missionary task is not to bring about revolution in the world but to transfigure it, drawing power from Jesus Christ.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At his Angelus address on Sunday, October 24, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on the common ground between the theme for the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bi ...
• 25 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - 5 priests ordained in the Diocese of Ji Nan for World Mission Sunday Fei Cheng (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Ji Nan, in the Province of Shan Dong celebrated World Mission Sunday with a solemn ordination to the priesthood. According to “Faith,” the ordination took place Friday, Oc ...
• 25 October 2010
  AMERICA/GUYANA - Guyana's Parliament votes to abolish death penalty Georgetown (Agenzia Fides) – On October 14, 2010, Guyana's Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Lawyers for about 40 death row inmates have appealed to the officials to have the ...
• 25 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian leaders pray for the peaceful outcome of January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – An ecumenical prayer service for the peaceful outcome of the referendum on January 6, 2011, regarding the independence of southern Sudan was held October 23 in Rumbek (Lakes State capital in ...
• 25 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Khushpur: one of few Christian villages, over 1300 families without food, housing, medicine, and drinking water Khushpur (Agenzia Fides) – The live report continues from the two Camillian missionaries sent by Camillian Task Force for an initial survey of the needs of Pakistani flood victims. The missionaries told Fides that the ...
• 25 October 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - 11th Social Week: integral human development at the light of “Caritas in Veritate” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Today marks the beginning of the eleventh edition of the National Social Week, sponsored by the Catholic Church, which is characterized by the presence of important national and international gue ...
• 25 October 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - International community shows concern for death penalty in Guatemala Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The international community has expressed its concern at a resolution of the Guatemalan Congress which leaves the President to decide on the application of the death penalty by lethal i ...
• 25 October 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - War, lack of vaccine access, low awareness are main obstacles for ridding the country of polio Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – Hopes for a polio-free northern Afghanistan have been dashed after a case was reported in the northern Kunduz Province in August, almost a decade since the last one. The crippling virus has been ...
• 23 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Families on mission among refugees, discouraged, and those in debt Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic families are on a mission among flood victims: as the difficult phase of reconstruction and the return to normal life begins, "the Catholic community in Pakistan, in every diocese, ce ...
• 23 October 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “A new culture of transparency and accountability” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We acknowledge the democratic decision exercised by the majority of Kenyans in passing the new Constitution,” says Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of Kisimu, President of the Bishops' Commission ...
• 23 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the face of death threats received by some bishops, Episcopal Conference reaffirms that Church will always defend life, "in all its stages and dimensions" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, expressed his support for the Bishop of Guarulhos, Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini, who has received ...
• 23 October 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 10th South American Conference on Migration held in Bolivia Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The Tenth (X) South American Conference on Migration (XCSM) will analyze the South American Human Development Plan for Migration. The event will take place in the city of Tiquipaya, in Coch ...
• 22 October 2010
  AFRICA/GHANA - SECAM/SCEAM Permanent Committee Meeting Accra (Agenzia Fides) – A meeting of the thirteen-member Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will take place in Accra, Ghana from October 24- 27, 2010. Acco ...
• 22 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest chapel violently taken over by Muslims Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - A nonviolent protest and an outdoor Mass: this is how Christians in Pakistan intend to raise awareness in the national government and public opinion regarding the case of an illegal occupati ...
• 22 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Rumors expect decision on postponement of presidential ballot Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The Republic of Guinea is awaiting the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone (or not) the second round of presidential elections to be held Sunday, Octob ...