News

• 10 August 2010
  AFRICA - Over 700,000 people victim to counterfeit drugs each year, a large part are Africans Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fake tuberculosis and malaria drugs alone are estimated to kill 700,000 people a year. A large part of these victims are African. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 30 per ...
• 10 August 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Ad Gentes Missionary Training Course 2010: integral formation for missionaries Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, August 8, marked the opening day for the Ad Gentes Missionary Training Course 2010 being held at the Missionary Cultural Center (known as CCM) in Brasilia. The course is being attende ...
• 9 August 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Diocese of Corumba delves into the Continental Mission Corumba (Agenzia Fides) – 90 group leaders from the Diocese of Corumba (in the State of Southern Matto Grosso – MS) met last weekend to study, reflect, and deepen in the theme of the Continental Mission. The Secretar ...
• 9 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Dialogue between demonstrators and government opens today Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Council of Ministers, Javier Velasquez Quesquen arrives today, August 9, in the city of Quillabamba, province of La Convencion in Cuzco, to initiate a dialogue with leade ...
• 9 August 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Rwandans go to the polls for Presidential elections Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – 5.2 million voters will be able to cast their vote in the Presidential elections in Rwanda. The polls were opened at 6am today, August 9, in the 15,507 polling stations across the country, whil ...
• 9 August 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Brief Historical Overview of Rwanda Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – Rwanda, a landlocked country located in central Africa, has a surface area of 26, 338 km sq and 9.7 million inhabitants. It borders the countries of Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democrati ...
• 7 August 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops on the 185th anniversary of Bolivia: “Faced with the plague of corruption and drug trafficking we should promote a culture of life.” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, August 6, Bolivia commemorated the 185th anniversary of the founding of the Republic, in the midst of a complex process of transition and transformation into a multinational state. O ...
• 7 August 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Government Health Ministry on alert for new form of dengue San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Ministry of Health is on alert for the presence of "dengue 4", the only type of dengue not circulating in the country, but that has been found in Nicaragua and Honduras. The alarm of the ...
• 7 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops: “We respect the outcome of the referendum...reiterate the need to address the flawed moral issues in this proposed constitution” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We respect the outcome of the referendum, where the larger numbers of Kenyans have voted to accept this proposed constitution. However, truth and right are not about numbers. We therefore, as ...
• 6 August 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - In 52nd Funding Campaign, German HCA members raise second highest sum in history Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – The children of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany can boast of an excellent result in their fundraising event: this year they raised the second highest sum in their history: 40.6 millio ...
• 6 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - First National Coordinator of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Australian Bishops' Conference, in response to a request from Syro-Malabar Catholics, has appointed them their first National Coordinator. His name is Fr. Francis Kolencherry, Administrator ...
• 6 August 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A new culture of values for the fight against violence, religious leaders meet with Mexican government Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with religious leaders as part of a program of consultations with several social sectors in the country, to address the violence that plagues Mexico. ...
• 6 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - New Constitution in Kenya. Brief Overview Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The new Constitution of Kenya was approved in the referendum of August 5, with 67.2% of the votes cast, an amount equal to 5,954,767 votes. The new constitution retains the presidential syst ...
• 5 August 2010
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Worst cholera epidemic in 10 years: 30 cases a day Maroua (Agenzia Fides) – Cholera has killed at least 94 people in northern Cameroon and is spreading, in what health officials say is the most severe outbreak in 10 years. Moloko has had more than half the region's cas ...
• 5 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - UNHCR appeal for 2 million refugees from flooding Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Floods and landslides are hitting northwest Pakistan and have already killed 1,500 people and displaced two million people now in need of immediate help to survive. The United Nations High Commis ...