News

• 3 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Say a prayer, offer a hand, be in solidarity with the Haitians in any way you can,” Fr. Binet tells Fides Petite Riviere (Agenzia Fides) – The cholera emergency in Haiti continues, where hundreds of deaths have been confirmed by the severe infection that is affecting the country. This is what Fides learned from a source in ...
• 3 November 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Second Diocesan Synod of Makurdi: the final message Makurdi (Agenzia Fides) – The Second Diocesan Synod of Makurdi, Nigeria, has come to an end. In the final message sent to Fides, they give thanks to God for the benefits received since its creation: “In the fifty yea ...
• 3 November 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Human rights and reconciliation: civil society at odds with the government Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – A group of international NGOs and civil society sectors in Sri Lanka have refused to form part of the National Reconciliation Commission, established by the Government of President Rajapaksa ( ...
• 3 November 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - 185 kids at kindergarten run by Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart in Nanoro Nanoro (Agenzia Fides) – Nanoro's mission is the first built by the Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart in Burkina Faso, who have been in the country for over 20 years. It is home to a kindergarten and a school for se ...
• 30 October 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholic radio journalists of eastern Africa denounce government interference Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic radio managers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have decried increasing government harassment and interference despite constitutional guarantees on their freedom. This is what emerged fr ...
• 30 October 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Bishop of Ruyigi resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on October 30, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Ruyigi (Burundi), presented by Bishop Joseph Nduhirubusa, in accordance with ...
• 30 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Vicar of San Miguel de Sucumbios resigns Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI, on October 30, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbios (Ecuador), presented by Bishop Gonzalo L� ...
• 30 October 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catechetical radio program marks 500th episode on World Mission Sunday Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – It is considered the symbol of evangelization through mass media in Taiwan: Catholic catechetical radio program titled "Life is Beautiful," which celebrated its 500th episode on World Mission ...
• 30 October 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 3,000 youth preaching the Gospel door-to-door for close of Month of the Missions Granada (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Granada, Bishop Jorge Solórzano, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki, and the clergy of Granada, Rivas, and Boaco, will all be meeting today, October 30, along wit ...
• 29 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Funds dried up, refugees at risk say Oxfam and “Justice and Peace” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The funds are about to end and assistance to refugees is at stake: this is the alarm raised by Oxfam in Pakistan, which recalled how, three months after the floods, only 35% of the 2 billio ...
• 29 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 3,000 dengue cases, 29 resulting in death: testimony of a Camillian working on site Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – More than cholera (99 cases detected) it's the dengue fever that is worrying health professionals engaged in Pakistan among the displaced: "There are more than 3,000 reported cases with 29 d ...
• 29 October 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Mission Congress 2010 kicks off: “entrusted with a mission to bring all into the household of God” Albuquerque (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, October 28, marked the opening day for the US Mission Congress 2010 taking place in Albuquerque (New Mexico), October 28-31. A note sent to Fides by the United States Catholic M ...
• 29 October 2010
  VATICAN - “You must contribute to the purification of reason, and to the moral awakening of the forces necessary to build a just and fraternal society,” Benedict XVI tells Brazilian Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I wish to speak to you today about how the Church's mission to serve as the leavening of human society through the Gospel teaches human beings their dignity as children of God, and their ...
• 29 October 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Presidential elections: “no to violence, not to systematic lying,” says Archibishop of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Ivory Coast is preparing to vote, after several postponements, for the new head of state. The presidential elections, which were supposed to have taken place in 2005, will be held Sunday, Octo ...
• 29 October 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Pope's Intention for November 2010: “That the Churches of Latin America may move ahead with the continent-wide mission proposed by their bishops, making it part of the universal missionary task of the People of God.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From May 13-31, 2007, Aparecida (Brazil) hosted the Fifth General Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean, which was inaugurated by the presence and words of Pope Benedict XVI. Its th ...