News

• 29 July 2010
  VATICAN - Comment on a Letter addressed to Catholics in China by Cardinal Ivan Dias Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Letter which Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has addressed to the bishops and priests of mainland China, stems from deep affection f ...
• 29 July 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A complex scenario appears behind the recent attacks in Kampala Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Investigations into the double terrorist attack on 11 July in the Ugandan capital continue. Responsibility for the attacks, which left 76 persons dead and hundreds injured, was claimed by Shabab, ...
• 29 July 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Cardinal Joseph-Albert Malula (1917-1989) proclaimed “national hero ” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, the Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa, has voiced the gratitude of the Catholic Church in Congo to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph K ...
• 29 July 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Flash floods in western and north eastern provinces leave a wake of dead, injured and homeless people Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA), sudden floods in various part of Afghanistan killed 20 people and destroyed dozens of homes. The north eastern provi ...
• 29 July 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - UN Women: new United Nations entity to deal with the protection and promotion of women all over the world New York (Agenzia Fides) – With an historic move, the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation has instituted a new entity for the protection and promotion of women all over the world. The entity will come i ...
• 29 July 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivarian Meeting of Holy Childhood in Bogota Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the slogan "Children are the hope of a Church renewed in its missionary commitment ", from 27 to 30 July the First Bolivarian Meeting for leaders of Holy Childhood and Adolescent Missionar ...
• 29 July 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Regional Meeting of Latin America Communications delegates Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Cochabamba in Bolivia, is hosting a meeting of Bishop presidents of Commissions for Communications -RIIAL, Area Sistemi, executive secretaries of Communications and Press of the Commissions ...
• 28 July 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - AU Summit focus on terrorists; children and mothers killed by disease and malnutrition forgotten Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- Every year in Africa 4.5 million children and 265,000 pregnant women die of disease and malnutrition. This drama was to be the focus of the African Union Summit in Kampala, in Uganda, which ende ...
• 28 July 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Civilians suffer increasingly because of fighting in Mogadishu Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting continues in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, where Shabab insurgents are in conflict with army soldiers loyal to the Transitional Federal Government backed by troops of AMISOM (Afr ...
• 28 July 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - The situation of Peru's poorest citizens should not leave the rest of the nation indifferent, Catholic Bishops say Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Peru has drafted a message for the country's Anniversary of Independence. A copy of the message was sent to Fides. Today, 28 July, Peru is celebrating 189 year ...
• 28 July 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Closed for five months, Concepcion Cathedral now open for worship Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Concepcion welcomed the news that the city's cathedral, seriously damaged in the earthquake which shook Chile on 27 February this year and closed for repairs for five months, ...
• 28 July 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - First convention for Catholic youth ministry leaders from all over Australia Sidney (Agenzia Fides) – Leaders of Catholic Youth Ministry from all over Australia will take part in the first Catholic Youth Ministry Convention ACYMC to be held in Melbourne 1 and 3 October, open to all involved in ...
• 27 July 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Summer serving others: young people and families on mission Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Gioventù e Famiglia Missionaria is an international organisation promoted by the Catholic Church Movement Regnum Christi, present in over 20 different countries. Each year in July and August it or ...
• 27 July 2010
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC DEMOCRATIC OF CONGO - Poverty and illiteracy worsen living conditions pushing minors to prostitution Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A dramatic and concerning situation emerges from an inquiry carried out by a don Guanella Mobile Team, involving 315 young girls living on the streets in the district of Tshangu, a district wh ...
• 27 July 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Task Force to combat spread of illegal weapons Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- According to the United Nations Organisation about eight million illegal weapons circulate in West Africa, a consistent percentage of these in Nigeria. This was affirmed by Gen. Aliyu Gusau, Nation ...