News

• 18 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Our mission with migrants: 3.3 million internally displaced persons: a situation demanding attention Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – On 24 June the Major Seminary of Bogota will host a national Forum “Assistance and solidarity, our mission with migrants”. In a statement sent to Fides, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of ...
• 18 June 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Aboriginal Australians to travel to Rome for the canonisation of Blessed Mary MacKillop Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – They will thank the Lord for the gift of Mary Mackillop who did so much to improve the life of the Indigenous people of Australia: about 30 young Indigenous Australians and elders will travel t ...
• 17 June 2010
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Missionary Childhood marks 90 years since the arrival of the relics of the Chinese martyr Saint Paul Chen at the Cathedral of Notre Dame Paris (Agenzia Fides) – Recently in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood or Holy Childhood celebrated the 90th anniversary of the arrival in the Cathedral of the relics o ...
• 17 June 2010
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “People feel very strongly about the Day of the African Child in Sierra Leone where the majority of the population is under 25 years of age” Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- “People in Sierra Leone feel very strongly about the Day of the African Child. It is a national celebration involving schools of all grades” Fides learns from Xaverian Missionary Fr Gerardo ...
• 17 June 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Disabled children in the region of Somaliland deserve more attention Hargesia (Agenzia Fides) – A call for more attention to be given to disabled children in the Somaliland region of Somalia was made on the occasion of the Day of the African Child, marked yesterday June 16. These childr ...
• 17 June 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - World Football Cup: local Catholic Church in South Africa busy with initiatives involving fans from all over the world Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- While football fans around the world sit with eyes glued to television sets to follow the World Cup games being played in South Africa, the Catholic Church in that country is busy with spir ...
• 17 June 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Members of parliament threatened, held hostage by extremists: so blasphemy law stays in place Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Pakistan's blasphemy law is a violation of fundamental human rights, it is unjust and it is continually misused: we firmly support national and international petitions for the law to be r ...
• 17 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Consolidate the faith and nurture pastoral zeal: Theology Seminar for priests in Feng Xiang Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) – Consolidate the faith and nurture pastoral zeal were the main goals of a Theology Seminar organised for priests in the diocese of Feng Xiang, Shaan Xi province of mainland China, and held a ...
• 17 June 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - After 20 years of service to the needy: Caritas activity receives new impulse Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – More than 16 million dollars to be spent over the next five years for programmes of solidarity, cooperation and development for disadvantaged people and poor communities: this was announced ...
• 17 June 2010
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Rigoberta Menchú and the Bishop of San Marcos call on President Colom to guarantee security for the people and respect for the environment Guatemala City(Agenzia Fides) – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1992, and Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), have asked President Colom ...
• 17 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “ Inculturated Catechesis”: ability to be, to live and to accompany the people to encounter Christ Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “We reaffirm the importance of culture in the life of our peoples, encouraging incarnated pastoral care, which understands and uses symbolic language to make room for God in the life of ...
• 17 June 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Bishop of Berberati presents resignation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 17 June 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Berbèrati (Central Africa), presented by Bishop Agostino Delfin ...
• 16 June 2010
  VATICAN - To effectively reduce the tragic rates of maternal mortality respect for the right to health and access to medications must not only be spoken about, but also put into action Geneva (Agenzia Fides) –. The 'shocking' number of 350,000 maternal deaths that continue to occur every year – most especially among the poorest and most marginalized and disenfranchised populations, the 3 million ba ...
• 16 June 2010
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - UNHCR Report: Some 43.3 million people forcibly displaced worldwide flee conflict and persecution Gineva (Agenzia Fides) - Some 43.3 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number of people uprooted by conflict and persecution since the mid-1990s. At the same time, the number ...
• 16 June 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Poverty and illiteracy produce child labour throughout Angola Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- The President of the Angolan Association for Disadvantaged Children speaking on a local Catholic media, Radio Ecclesia, said the Association had registered a steep increase in the number of cases ...