News

• 3 September 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church's efforts in educating the “untouchables” Bijnor (Agenzia Fides) – There were no Christians in the Diocese of Bijnor, in northern India, until three priests arrived in 1972. According to the provincial superior of the Congregation of Carmelites of Mary Immacu ...
• 3 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society groups protest diverted flooding Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Civil society, politicians, and the media in Pakistan are raising their voices against the phenomenon of "diverted flooding" that has caused suffering and displacement for millions of poor. ...
• 2 September 2010
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Local Church source in Maputo tells Fides about the “spontaneous uprising that took everyone by surprise” Maputo (Agenzia Fides) – "This has been a spontaneous uprising that took everyone by surprise - the government, the opposition parties, and the trade unions. The protest seems to have evolved 'from the bottom up'. SMS ...
• 2 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Hindu villages flooded intentionally Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – It is something that adds to the tragedy of suffering and frustration of the flooding: the poor villages, many of which are inhabited by Christian and Hindu citizens, are deliberately floode ...
• 2 September 2010
  VATICAN - Papal Message: “Vast horizons of mission are now opening up before the lay men and women of Asia in their efforts to bear witness to the truth of the Gospel” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The increasing numbers of committed, trained and enthusiastic lay persons is thus a sign of immense hope for the future of the Church in Asia,” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI in his ...
• 2 September 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic schools start academic year with a Mass Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic schools of the Diocese of Hong Kong have opened the new school year on September 1, with the celebration of Holy Mass. According to the results of a recent survey, the local Chu ...
• 2 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Diverted flooding”: poor and minorities suffer Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – "There are powerful and influential people with connections in government or who are in political parties: their territories have a 'priority' in being saved from the floods. The villages of t ...
• 2 September 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - III Latin American Youth Conference in Venezuela: “Missionary Disciples for the Life of Our Peoples” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Department of Youth and University Pastoral Ministry of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference has sent Fides their most recent news item on the III Latin American Youth Conference, which will ...
• 2 September 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Week for Peace 2010: “No Victim is Unknown to Me” Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference, through the National Secretariat of Pastoral-Social Ministry (SNPS/Caritas Colombiana) and Redepaz (National Network of Initiatives for Peace), has declared t ...
• 2 September 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic NGO working against trafficking in human persons Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Between 600,000 and 2,000,000 people each year are victims of human trafficking. Among the countries affected by this crime in Africa is Kenya. According to the Trafficking in Persons Report ( ...
• 2 September 2010
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Raising a child with disabilities, without suitable aid or facilities Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – In Senegal many women refuse to take mentally disabled children on public transport; families hide children with mental or neurological disorders, and some parents disown them outright. Accordin ...
• 1 September 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops: No to the law on the media, as it “violates the spirit of openness and accountability” of government officials Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of South Africa have “serious concerns about the wisdom and the constitutionality of the Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament, as well as about the nee ...
• 1 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas Pakistan: urgent appeal for “female doctors to treat women” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - “In the tragedy of displacement, women are among the most vulnerable victims. The danger of diseases and epidemics is growing. Women who become ill, however, are often not accompanied by doc ...
• 1 September 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Italian missionary Fr. Luigi Colombo passes away after 40 years' service in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Luigi Colombo, an Italian missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), greatly loved by the faithful of Hong Kong, has returned to the Father's house on August 22 ...
• 1 September 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Continental Mission Week: study of Aparecida Document and guidelines for Brazilian dioceses Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – "You are witnesses of these things" (Lk 24:48). This will be the theme for the Continental Mission Week to be held September 5 to 11 at the Mission Cultural Center (MCC) in Brasilia, Brazil. ...