News

• 23 June 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Disquieting attacks continue, but efforts are being made to clear the political picture Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “These episodes of violence are signs of the tension present in this country, however we have not yet reached the point of no return: we can still go back, violence can be stopped” Fides wa ...
• 23 June 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - 46th plenary meeting of Catholic Bishops focuses on fifty years of national independence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-“Losing one's life for others. This is the path which the local Church indicates to the Congolese people as they prepare to celebrate on 30 June, 50 years of independence. What is needed is sin ...
• 23 June 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Newly inaugurated Clinic offers medical, psychological and nutritional care, as well as micro-credit projects and basic education for children Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – In Burundi a small Clinic recently opened by the Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), a programme run by Jesuit Fathers, provides treatment for AIDS and preventative therapy against HIV. News of the in ...
• 23 June 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas and NGOs for humanitarian aid to the North: timid government opening Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Korea, the entire network of Caritas Internationalis and the Council of NGOs in Korea have made a united appeal to the government of South Korea for humanitarian aid to the North to resu ...
• 23 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of ten new deacons from 4 dioceses: Shang Hai, Wen Zhou, Tai Zhou and Shan Tou Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – “Pray for vocations incessantly, that the Lord may give us many priests to serve our Church” said Bishop Joseph Xing Wen Zhi, auxiliary of the diocese of Shang Hai, in his homily during ...
• 23 June 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Tons of foodstuff allowed to go bad: a “sin which cries to heaven”, Catholic Bishops denounce Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Venezuela have called for a "thorough and detailed" investigation into the scandal of thousands of tons of food products imported by the government and lost because they were al ...
• 23 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI: “With Mary, we share our faith with joy” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Mexico will celebrate the 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI in Lazaro Cardenas City, in the state of Michoacan, 21 - 24 October 2010. In a special statement Bishop Rafael ...
• 22 June 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Standing Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain CEE to discuss missionary cooperation Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – A statement from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain CEE, a copy of which was sent to Fides, said that the 216th Meeting of the CEE Standing Committee, a meeting of three days, will disc ...
• 22 June 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New handbook on promoting missionary spirit among children Valencia (Agenzia Fides) – The Missions Commission of the Archdiocese of Valencia has issued a new handbook to encourage the formation of more Missionary Childhood groups and offer existing groups guidelines for activi ...
• 22 June 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We condemn the attack on 13 June and the profanation of the Eucharist on 14 June. We shall not be intimidated” Bishops say Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “ It is with great shock and disbelief that we, together with the rest of the world, witnessed the ugly scenes that befell our Christian sisters and brothers on the evening of Sunday the 13th 2 ...
• 22 June 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Several motives behind the murder of Floribert Chebeya Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Several motives could be behind the assassination of Congolese human rights activist Floribert Chebeya, chairman of the NGO Voice for the Voiceless (VSV), who disappeared with his driver in the ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community coordinated by Jinde Charities organises aid for flood victims Nan Ning (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of mainland China is once again in front line to provide assistance for victims of recent floods on 13 June in various parts of southern China, which caused 199 deaths ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The government: Internet censure to protect young people from immorality Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – In the face of a “sexy-gate” which for the past month has stirred up the world of politics, the media, public opinion, and religious parties, the Indonesian government led by President Sus ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Rapid rise in number of Afghan migrant children: about 45% more than in 2008 Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – “Forced expulsion of Afghan immigrant children from the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe puts the children in serious danger and this must stop”: say human rights activists. The ...
• 22 June 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Human trafficking and drugs trade: major areas of transnational organised crime New York (Agenzia Fides) – Trafficking of human persons and the drugs trade, two major areas of transnational organised crime, were the subject of an intervention by the Holy See Permanent Observer to the United Nation ...