News

• 8 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro and Caritas launch a campaign to help homeless from torrential rains Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2009 ended with a heavy rain, which hit many regions of Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, many people have died and thousands of families have been left homeless. The solidarity of the ...
• 8 January 2010
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - New Salesian Primary School in Bootle, open to international relations Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) - The new Bootle school, “All Saints RC Primary”, based in the Salesian parish of St. James was officially opened recently. The school offers a state of the art educational and community fac ...
• 8 January 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Peace at risk in South Sudan say 10 NGOs working in the country Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Peace is at risk in southern Sudan. This it was has been revealed by a report submitted by 10 NGOs, including some Catholic ones, working in the region. According to the report, entitled "Res ...
• 7 January 2010
  VATICAN - Pope at Angelus on the Epiphany, greets “affectionately all the little missionaries present in the five continents” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the feast of the Epiphany, on January 6, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the day for the Holy Childhood Association at the Angelus, expressing his greeting and encouragement to a ...
• 7 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Heavy snows hasn't kept Catholics from flocking to churches for Epiphany Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Despite its being a working day in China and even with the obstacles created by heavy snowfall in recent days, it was with great devotion that Chinese Catholics celebrated the Solemnity of the ...
• 7 January 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - “Houses of Hope” at Our Lady of Mercy Mission offers aid to orphan and needy children and their families Nonthaburi (Agenzia Fides) – The activities of the Saint Martin Center at the mission of Our Lady of Mercy, in Nonthaburi (Thailand) continue. Fides learns of their situation from two PIME (Pontifical Institute for For ...
• 7 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Over 30,000 people in urgent need of aid due to flooding in the country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Kenyan Red Cross Society (KRCS), some 30,000 people are in urgent need of shelter, water, food and healthcare after heavy rainfall caused massive flooding, forcing thousands t ...
• 7 January 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Missionaries for peace in two Kivus say no to military solution and yes to export control of Congolese minerals and dialogue with local peoples Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "After the November 2009 report of the Group of United Nations experts on the situation in North and South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the great powers of the earth can no ...
• 7 January 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Balaka Mission begins year of preparation for its Golden Anniversary on Epiphany Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Parish of St. Louis de Montfort in Balaka has chosen the feast of the Epiphany to begin the year in preparation for the Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of the mission of Balaka. "This ...
• 7 January 2010
  ASIA/MYANMAR - 2010: a year of hope for Myanmar Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The year 2010 for Myanmar will be "a year of hope, full of gratitude to the Lord and full of expectations for the Catholic community in the country." This is what Fides was told by Archbishop C ...
• 7 January 2010
  AMERICA - January 9 marks beginning of Year dedicated to Pauline Marie Jaricot, in the spirit of Aparecida Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the American continent have decided to celebrate a year dedicated to Pauline Marie Jaricot, January 9, 2010 to January 9, 201 ...
• 7 January 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - National Shrine of Aparecida works to bring aid to flood victims in São Paulo São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - The National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, in São Paulo, has begun a solidarity campaign for the victims of recent floods in São Luiz do Paraitinga (SP). Three shipments of food supplies ...
• 5 January 2010
  AFRICA - 50 years since the “Year of Africa,” the continent is increasingly urbanized Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 1960, the "Year of Africa," when most African states became independent, there was only one city in sub-Saharan Africa with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants (Johannesburg, South ...
• 5 January 2010
  AFRICA - A brief analysis of the urbanization of Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 1950, only 14.5% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa lived in the city. In 1980, this percentage increased to 28% and in 1990 to 34%. It is expected that by 2020, 50% of the population in ...
• 5 January 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Following the Maguindanao massacre, “culture of peace is urgently needed” Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – The Maguindano massacre has highlighted very clearly that on the island of Mindanao, the priority is "to build a culture of peace, in contrast with the culture of violence" as was state ...