News

• 15 April 2010
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Earthquake in China: Caritas partners prepare first aid and provide immediate assistance Freiburg (Agenzia Fides) – After the April 14 earthquake that caused hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of injured or missing in western China, the network Caritas is providing immediate relief. Jinde Charities, ...
• 15 April 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - King inaugurates new wing of Catholic eye hospital in Takeo Takeo (Agenzia Fides) - The King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihamoni, came in person to preside the recent opening ceremony of the new wing of the eye hospital in Takeo (southern Cambodia), founded and maintained by the Church ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “We are Mexicans, not citizens of the Vatican! But, the real problems are poverty, violence, and drug-trafficking and we live this alongside the Mexican people,” so the Bishops in the Assembly Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – "We are Mexicans, not citizens of the Vatican! We are Mexicans like everybody else. We are immersed in our national reality, with its lights and shadows, and in communion with the joys and ...
• 15 April 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Polls close today; insecure climate following kidnapping of 4 Blue Helmets in Darfur and death of 9 members of Southern government party Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The voting process continues in Sudan, where the presidential election and local policies have been prolonged for two extra days (the polls should close tonight, April 15). However, there h ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - National Encounter on Climate Changes and the Rights of “Mother Earth” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The National Encounter on Climate Changes and the Rights of “Mother Earth” will take place on Tuesday, April 13 at the headquarters of the National Agricultural Confederation, in Lima. It has ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Don Bosco University inaugurates “Center for Integral University Development” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – In the course of a solemn ceremony on 8 April the Don Bosco University (UDB) of San Salvador inaugurated the “Center for Integral University Development” (CSIU). Thanks to the collabo ...
• 15 April 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Human life is a gift”: Church promotes adoption to prevent abortion Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church offers to accompany 17-year-old teenagers, victims of sexual violence, in order to prevent minors from having abortions, as is permitted by law in Río Negro. Bishop F ...
• 15 April 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - No framework agreement for joint management and allocation of Nile waters Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt has rejected a framework agreement that would call for the reduction of the Egyptian share of Nile water. Cairo, supported by Sudan, as opposed the other countries involved, directly or in ...
• 15 April 2010
  VATICAN - Clandestine Bishop recognized by Government: Bishop Mattia Du Jiang officially installed as Bishop of Bameng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Du, born in 1963, a native of Inner Mongolia, was ordained a bishop in 2004 with the approval of the Holy See. The civil authorities, despite having acknowledged his being chosen b ...
• 14 April 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian university to be named after Benedict XVI Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – The following news was announced at a press conference, through a letter sent by the Apostolic Nuncio: The Catholic University of Trujillo will take the name of Pope Benedict XVI. The proxi ...
• 14 April 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal of Monterrey insists on Church's role in fighting organized crime Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Monterrey, Cardinal Francisco Robles Berlanga, ensures that in the pastoral document "That in Christ, our peace, Mexico may have a decent life", the Church offers "concrete ...
• 14 April 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Expected publication of Bishops' document on Constitutional draft that could open the way for legalizing abortion Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The publication of a document from the Bishops, on the constitution draft, is expected to occur at the end of the Plenary Meeting of the Kenya Bishops' Conference. The Meeting is being held at ...
• 14 April 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Basilan issues appeal through Fides, says Cathedral is destroyed, people are terrified; asks for help from Universal Church Isabela (Agenzia Fides) – "It is terrible. The bomb that exploded yesterday destroyed 70% of the Cathedral of Isabela and is now unsafe for use. Thank God, there were no casualties. Today we celebrated Mass at the Cate ...
• 14 April 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Fear of coup following ultimatum presented by army to politicians Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Fears of a military coup have come following the ultimatum set by the Army Chief of Staff to the President of the High Authority Transition, Andry Rajoelina, requiring him to submit, by t ...
• 14 April 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Work underway for Don Guanella's Home for 20 disabled children Quezon City (Agenzia Fides) – Work has begun in Quezon City, Philippines, with the blessing of the foundation stone, on “Don Guanella's Home,” a home for 20 disabled children in “Harong Kan Sagrada Familia,” th ...