News

• 11 November 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - North and South Kivu experiencing instability caused by man and nature Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – "Instability in North and South Kivu continues and the signs we are seeing are not reassuring," Fides was recently told by a missionary from Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu (eastern Democrati ...
• 10 November 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Archbishop Matoka: Terror knocks at the door of the Christians; the government is paralyzed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – “What can we do, what can we say? A deep sadness envelops our community. The wave of attacks is increasing. Ten days ago, the carnage in our cathedral. Today, they've come to our doorstep. T ...
• 10 November 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishops' note on 35th anniversary of independence: “We recognize the progress made, however more needs to be done.” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, November 11, Angola will celebrate its 35th anniversary of national independence. "Of these 35 years, 27 have been spent in a climate of war and 8 in a climate of peace. In time of wa ...
• 10 November 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy, nothing changes: new cases of Christians under fire Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "Christians are under fire with the instrumental use of the anti-blasphemy law. The cases of false allegations continue and we are very concerned. There have been at least 5 in the last two mon ...
• 10 November 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Fr. Christian Mbusa Bakulene victim of a targeted killing Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – New details are emerging about the killing of Fr. Christian Mbusa Bakulene, pastor of Saint Jean-Baptiste de Kanyabayonga, south of Butembo, in the territory of Lubero, in North Kivu, eastern ...
• 10 November 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Archbishop of Mwanza appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on November 10, 2010, appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania), Bishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, OFM Cap., until now Bishop of Dodoma and President of ...
• 10 November 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Archbishop John Ha highlights importance of the Word of God on the eve of inauguration of seminar on Sacred Scripture in the Chinese language Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “The Word of God is at the heart of Christian formation and also promotes inter-religious dialogue.” This is how, on the eve of the ninth seminar dedicated to Sacred Scripture in Chinese ...
• 10 November 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church does not seek or demand privileges, but a juridical system that respects its mission; 90th Bishops' Assembly begins Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The 90th Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Bishops' Conference has begun. The opening ceremony was marked by an exchange of very significant messages. The presence of the constitutional Pres ...
• 10 November 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO - Polio cases continue after 15 years without vaccination campaigns Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - At least 94 people have died, with 201 cases of acute flaccid paralysis reported in the Republic of Congo (ROC), since 5 November (see Fides 6/11/2010). Four cases have been confirmed as wil ...
• 10 November 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and the environment, focus of Bishops' Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Education and the environment will be the themes that occupy the agenda of the Bolivian Bishops gathered for their 90th Extraordinary Meeting, from November 11 to 16 at the Clemente Cardina ...
• 10 November 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - “Signs of love”: a new magazine of the Guanellians, in Tamil Rome (Agenzia Fides) – It is called Anbin Suvadugal, or "signs of love," and it's the new magazine published by the Guanellians in India, entirely in Tamil. "The aim of the initiative - said a note from Father Rajesh, ...
• 9 November 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Corruption, intolerance, poverty: challenges in a nation hosting Obama Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – "President Obama knows Indonesia and has lived here. We are asking him to work, on an international level, to build peace and harmony with Islam." This is what Fides is told by Bishop Johannes ...
• 9 November 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Parish pastor in Kanyabayonga, eastern DRC, killed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Christian Bakulene, Pastor of the Parish of Saint Jean-Baptiste in Kanyabayonga, south of Butembo, in the territory of Lubero (North Kivu), eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was murde ...
• 9 November 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - 30 years of the Jesuit Refugee Service: "caring for those who have no one to care for them” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On November 14, 1980, the Father General of the Society of Jesus, Spaniard Fr. Pedro Arrupe, founded the Jesuit Refugee Service, inviting all Jesuits to "care for those who have no one to care for ...
• 9 November 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Is Darfur in dispute between north and south Sudan? Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The crisis in Darfur, in western Sudan, risks leading to new tensions between the central government in Khartoum and the autonomous administration of South Sudan (whose capital is Juba). The ...