News

• 21 April 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The “blasphemy law” still enforced: a weapon against minorities? Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – "The danger is that the blasphemy law is used to hit some Islamic sects such as the Ahmadis. And, given the broad interpretation of the concept of blasphemy, it can be used in the future to ta ...
• 21 April 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Fighting child labor and promoting children's rights in Piduguralla Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Piduguralla is a region in the State of Andhra Pradesh that is characterized by a high number of child workers who are badly paid, without security, adequate housing, health services, and educati ...
• 21 April 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 3.1 million cases of malaria registered in 2009, versus 3.45 in 2008 Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Angola has two of the most violent species of mosquito of the world, the giant anopheles mosquito and the anopheles spontaneous mosquito, which can adapt to various circumstances living inside ...
• 20 April 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Three armed men attack Luanda Nunciature Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Apostolic Nunciature in Luanda, capital of Angola, was robbed last night, April 19. "Shortly before dinnertime, three people arrived at the Nunciature claiming they had the duty to deliver ...
• 20 April 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Malta: recalling the many priests and religious who imitated the missionary zeal of Paul, leaving the island “to bring the Gospel to distant shores” La Valletta (Agenzia Fides) - “The occasion of my visit to these islands is the nineteen hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Saint Paul’s shipwreck off the island of Malta,” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the ...
• 20 April 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayer and charitable works increase among Chinese Catholic community, in service to earthquake-stricken people of Yu Shu Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Initiatives of prayer and solidarity are increasing among the Chinese Catholic community, in service to the people of Yu Shu in the Province of Qing Hai, in mainland China, following the earth ...
• 20 April 2010
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand organizes first March for Life, in protest against RU 486 Christchurch (Agenzia Fides) – New Zealand has stood up in defense of life. As reported by local sources, in recent days the city of Christchurch - the third largest city in the country, with 360,000 inhabitants – he ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Episcopal ordination of new Bishop Jorge Vega of Illapel, former PMS National Director Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, April 17, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, the episcopal ordination of Bishop Jorge Vega was celebrated, presided by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Francisco Javier ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - World People's Conference gathers over 18,000 in Cochabamba: “The Church shares in the responsibility for creation and feels the need to carry this out in the public sphere.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Today marks the opening of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, in Bolivia, and already as of last Saturday, the number of people registered had ...
• 20 April 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Doubts and denials over alleged military coup in Madagascar Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "It's an episode that remains unclear and there is no doubt that twenty people were arrested and charged with planning a coup," Fides was told by a journalist at Don Bosco Radio from Antana ...
• 20 April 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - One year after the launch of the Permanent Mission: “We cannot let our guard down, lest this momentum die out.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - One year after launching the Permanent Mission, the experience can be described as positive. Now, all the ecclesiastical jurisdictions have launched the Permanent Mission in their local churc ...
• 20 April 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - A delicate balance in a divided society Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "The balance is very precarious and unstable. The country is divided; society is polarized into the factions of "the red" (anti-government) and "the yellow" (government). The army itself suffers ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Over 67,000 people assisted by SNPS/Caritas in Colombia, in 2009 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Fides has been sent the full report of the year 2009 from the National Secretariat of Pastoral Social Ministry (SNPS/Caritas Colombia), which offers a detailed report on the various activities ...
• 17 April 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Ecuadorian Bishops express need for “living in constant conversion along with priests” Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Ecuador concluded its semi-annual plenary assembly yesterday, Friday, April 16. The Bishops have issued a note to the press which said they had completed the work of d ...
• 17 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Victory for the Sudanese ruling party in elections Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Victory has been declared in the north of Sudan, by the National Congress Party (NCP), the ruling party, in presidential, parliamentary, and local Sudanese elections, which ended April 15 (se ...