News

• 5 August 2010
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops issue Pastoral Letter speaking out on national insecurity and violence Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Panamanian Bishops' Conference (CEP) has indicated through a document that Panama is going through a serious situation of insecurity and violence, and urged all sectors to contribute t ...
• 5 August 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - From Chile: “an open letter to workers and those involved in their pastoral care” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – Fides was recently sent the final document issued after the seminar entitled: "Pastoral Care in the Working World in a Global Economy: Organization and Prospects," which took place i ...
• 5 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Constitutional referendum showing large percentage in favor Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Signs show a nearly certain victory for those who voted “yes” in the constitution referendum that was held yesterday, August 4, in Kenya (see Fides 03/08/2010). After a reading of 75% of t ...
• 4 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Thousands registered from across the world for “Jesus the Christ” eConference Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the Broken Bay Institute are expecting thousands across the country and the globe to participate in an upcoming Jesus the Christ eConference on Se ...
• 4 August 2010
  VATICAN - Populorum Progressio Foundation finances 186 projects for 20 Latin American nations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Fides has been sent a statement from the Autonomous Foundation Populorum Progressio regarding their annual meeting of the Administrative Council of the Foundation held in Santo Domingo, D ...
• 4 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Catholic Relief Services and the American law on the certification of Congolese minerals Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Caritas in the United States, welcomes the approval by the U.S. Congress of the Law 111-203, whose Article 1502 establishes standards to prevent the marketing ...
• 4 August 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 60th anniversary of perpetual vows for 8 Medical Mission Sisters working in health assistance for the poor Philadelphia (Agenzia Fides) – On August 15, in Philadelphia, six Medical Mission Sisters (Medical Mission Sisters) from North America will celebrate their 60th anniversary of perpetual vows and another two, their 65th ...
• 3 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 12 million Kenyans to vote tomorrow in referendum on new Constitution Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Over 12 and a half million Kenyans will hit the polls tomorrow, August 4, to vote on the referendum on the new constitution. The text submitted to popular opinion calls for restrictions on pre ...
• 3 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishops: “Law on minerals is a sign of solidarity from the US towards the Congolese people” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Congolese bishops have welcomed the American Congress' adoption of a legislation to create an honest management in the marketing of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is ...
• 3 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Walking to spread the Word: 2,000 kilometer walk in Queensland Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) – Three friends plan to walk 2000 kilometres, from Cairns to Stanthorpe in Queensland to raise awareness that the Bible remains untranslated in 2000 languages - representing 350 million people. ...
• 3 August 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Auxiliary Bishop of Durango: “Poverty and unemployment promote violence and insecurity.” Durango (Agenzia Fides) – The situation is continually worsening in different parts of Mexico, creating great suffering. Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez, Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, has issued a letter to the commun ...
• 3 August 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Course for priests at Missionary Cultural Center focuses on the missions Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary formation today requires an intense human, spiritual, intellectual, and practical preparation. With this in mind, the Mission Cultural Center of Brasilia (CCM) held a course in mis ...
• 3 August 2010
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Sharp drop in tuberculosis rate, although disease remains very common among poor and illiterate Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The tuberculosis (TB) prevalence rate in Bangladesh has plummeted to 79 per 100,000 people from 800 in the 1990s, with the majority of cases among the rural, poor and uneducated, according to th ...
• 2 August 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Former President Moi campaigning against new Constitution Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of the referendum of August 4, for the approval of the new Constitution, former President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya has intensified his campaign against the new constitutional text a ...
• 2 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New American law on “conflict minerals” addressed by President of the Congolese Bishops' Conference Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the American Law on Conflict Minerals.” This was the title of a press conference held by Bishop Nicholas Djomo, Bishop of Tshumb ...