News

• 25 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - “Operation Contact” with over 500 missionaries working in the Diocese of Callao Callao (Agenzia Fides) – "Operation Contact" has begun in the area of La Perla, in the Diocese of Callao, in Peru. In Callao, "Operation Contact" is a celebration of the Catholic community of "Communion and Evangeliz ...
• 25 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Lima to host II International Congress on Holy Shroud Lima (Agenzia Fides) – National and international speakers will discuss themes surrounding the Holy Shroud from August 31 to September 2, at the University of Lima. The event is being organized by the Lima Catholic Stu ...
• 25 August 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Cardinal Napier sides with critics of new legislation aimed at restricting freedom of the press Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “It is hard to imagine how any person, group or organization, which only a few years ago was protesting so vigorously for the exposing of all injustice, all corruption, all favoritism and ...
• 24 August 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese encourages youth participation in WYD 2011 in Madrid Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – There is exactly one year left before the opening of World Youth Day 2011, scheduled to be held in Madrid (Spain) from August 16 to 21, with the theme will be "Rooted and Built Up in Jesus C ...
• 24 August 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church calls for justice for children suffering from lead poisoning San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador, on Sunday, called for an "effective response" to the case of a community in the north-east of the country that has been contaminated because of lead em ...
• 24 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Archdiocese of Bukavu center suffers severe damages; “We will rebuild what the fire has destroyed,” missionary tells Fides Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – "We will start over from the drawing board and rebuild what the fire destroyed," Fides was told by Sister Delia Guadagnini, regional superior of the Xaverian Missionaries in the Democratic Repu ...
• 24 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru delivers 15 tons of aid to inhabitants suffering cold wave Puno (Agenzia Fides) – The campaign of solidarity “Abriguemos a Mazocruz-Puno” (Let's Keep Mazocruz-Puno Warm) has ended. Mazocruz-Puno is a town in the Southern Andes of Peru. The campaign was organized by Carita ...
• 24 August 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - 30 victims, including 6 MPs, perish in hotel attack near Presidential Palace Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – "Thirty people were killed in the attack: six are members of Parliament and four are senior government officials. The other 20 victims are innocent civilians." This is the assessment followi ...
• 23 August 2010
  VATICAN - From the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in mission lands manages hundreds of centers for prevention and treatment of AIDS/HIV. Thanks to a generous benefactor, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has sen ...
• 23 August 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - "Mother Teresa, a miracle for the world" - Interview with Sister Mary, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) – It's Jesus who leads the steps of the Missionaries of Charity, who leads them in their missionary spirit and work: 100 years after the birth of Mother Teresa (an event which will be celebrate ...
• 23 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Beware of false NGOs”: Msgr. Coutts warns donors Faislabad (Agenzia Fides) – At this time of great effort in providing humanitarian aid, “it is of utmost importance that people be attentive to the institution they choose to send money to. In fact, there are false N ...
• 23 August 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Church in Jos on violence: “Religion alone should not be blamed” Jos (Agenzia Fides) – The recent episodes of violence that have plagued the Plateau State (central Nigeria) in the past months (see Fides 17/3/2010 and 25/3/2010) were at the heart of the discussions at the 8th General ...
• 23 August 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops on child adoption: "What Mexico is experiencing now demands a dignified debate” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Responsibility and Free Expression, A Right of Every Person" is the title of the note that the Bishops' Conference of Mexico sent Fides, explaining the Catholic Church's position on recent ...
• 21 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missing children cases on the rise: NGOs warn of traffickers and abductors Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - “While the rescue workers' efforts are focusing on the movement and organization of refugees, whose number is continually on the rise, the number of missing children and mothers weeping for ...
• 21 August 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Hospital strike. Bishops: “We are horrified that care is being denied to the weakest and most vulnerable” Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “We are horrified that care is being denied to the weakest and most vulnerable," as a result of the doctors and nurses' strike, says a statement issued by the Southern African Catholic Bi ...