News

• 7 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - On the eve of elections, support of religious leaders is tempting Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Support from the leaders of religious movements and sects in the Philippines may be determinant in elections on 10 May: Fides Agency learns from local sources that candidates are doing their be ...
• 7 May 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The tensions and complex challenge of the vote in Mindanao Cotabato city (Agenzia Fides) – Tension and great expectation on the eve of the vote on the island of Mindanao, in southern Philippines, the home of ancestral disputes and old conflicts with Muslim movements: local Fi ...
• 7 May 2010
  AFRICA/TOGO - The Order of St John of God Hospitaller Brothers in Afagnan, nominated “Ambassador of Health ” Afagnan (Agenzia Fides) - The World Health Organisation has chosen the Order of St John of God Hospitaller Brothers in Afagnan as Ambassador of Health. The title was presented to Brother Pascal Ahodegnon, general directo ...
• 7 May 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - A special pilgrimage: Catholics from Yi Bin accompanied by the Bishop visit neighbouring diocese of Nan Chong, rocked by an earthquake 2 years ago Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics from the diocese of Yi Bin in the Chinese province of Si Chuan recently made a "special" pilgrimage. A group of the faithful accompanied by the 95 year old Bishop Mgr Chen Shi Zhon ...
• 7 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - “Ocopa Mission Spirituality Centre”: concludes Friary's 285th anniversary celebrations Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) – The Franciscan Friary of Santa Rosa in Ocopa, a Franciscan Centre in the Andes mountains of Peru recently concluded celebrations to mark the 285th anniversary of the building. For decades the Ce ...
• 7 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Bishops disapprove 'Arizona immigration law' Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Trujillo, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Peru, Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM., said the so called 'Arizona' Law on immigration is an attack on human dignit ...
• 6 May 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Misso Munich inaugurates new premises; an Exposition on the peoples and countries which benefit from PMS projects Monaco (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of the Second Ecumenical Church Day in Germany (13-15 May) the Archbishop of Munich, Mgr Reinhard Marx, inaugurated with a special Mass on 5 May the new premises of missio München w ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “I am deeply saddened by the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua. I sincerely hope the new Head of State will guarantee free and fair elections ” the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “I am deeply saddened by the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua, I offer my condolences to the family, especially to the deceased President's mother who is still alive ” Archbishop John Olorunfe ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Child sorcerers: Care Centre in Soyo run by a missionary keeps going despite difficulties Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- In the Angolan city of Soyo a Care Centre for children accused of sorcery is running out of space and medicines, the director of Kikudo Centre Fr. Eduardo Matumona told to the local Catholic newsp ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Schools and training for teachers in Daadab refugee camp, one of the largest in the world Daadab (Agenzia Fides) - In 2009, at the request of Cooperazione Italiana, an Italian association of volunteers AVSI, (Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale), achieved an educative intervention inside Daa ...
• 6 May 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - New model of development in Kenya promoted through community spirit Nyhaururu (Agenzia Fides) - Nyahururu, situated on the equator, lies 280 km north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. It is here that we find Saint Martin, a community based organisation with 1,300 local volunteers involved ...
• 6 May 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - “ Social injustice and corruption at the root of the crisis”: President of Thai Bishops' Conference tells Fides Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Social injustice felt by a greater part of the people and corruption are the principal factors to explain the present political and social crisis in Thailand: Archbishop Louis Chamniern Santis ...
• 6 May 2010
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Missionary impulse with new priests, two years since cyclone Nargis Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – A great source of hope for the Catholics and indeed all the people of Myanmar: the recent ordination of four priests in the archdiocese of Yangon, two of whom will be missionaries ad gentes, lo ...
• 6 May 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New Bishop of Ba Meng ordains two new priests and urges the people to show concrete solidarity with earthquake victims Ba Meng (Agenzia Fides) – More than 1,500 people attended a solemn Mass with the ordination of two new priests, presided by Bishop Mattia Du Jiang, only recently installed as Bishop of the diocese of Ba Meng in Inner M ...
• 6 May 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A priest, headmaster at San Rafael Technical School in Manizales, seriously wounded Manizales (Agenzia Fides) – The headmaster of San Rafael Technical Institute in Manizales (about 200 km from Bogotà) was attacked by robbers in the evening of 4 May. Fr Carlos González, aged 47, was stabbed and serio ...