News

• 23 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Unrest in Kenya seriously affects activity of Italian Amici di Raul Follereau Association partners Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Disorder in Kenya following political elections last December, has had serious effects in areas where partners of the Italian Association Amici di Raul Follereau operate programmes of social and ...
• 23 January 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - More than 70,000 children affected by floods in eastern regions; fresh warning of natural disasters due to climate change Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Days of torrential and uninterrupted rain in the districts Ampara and Batticaloa in Sri Lanka have forced about 30,000 people to abandon their homes to escape the flood waters. In the district ...
• 22 January 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Catholic Education: “teaching is an expression of the charity of Christ and it is the first spiritual work of mercy to which the Church is called” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 21 January the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI received in audience the participants at a Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Catholic Education and in his address he highli ...
• 22 January 2008
  VATICAN - “Everyone in fact must be offered, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, the opportunity to encounter the living Word, Jesus Christ ”: the Pope addresses the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The main duties of the ecclesial community in the world today - among many I underline evangelisation and ecumenism - are focused on the Word of God and at the same time are supported an ...
• 22 January 2008
  VATICAN - The Year of St Paul: programme of initiatives at the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls, presented the programme of initiatives planned by the Basilica for the Year of ...
• 22 January 2008
  VATICAN - Missionary activity and non Catholic Churches and ecclesial communities, Fr Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The title might sound strange and inadequate in the light of Vatican II which speaks of “various elements of sanctification and truth” present “outside her [Catholic Church] visible o ...
• 22 January 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Towards a divided Somalia? Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- While the crisis in central southern Somalia becomes ever more acute, Somaliland (northern region self-proclaimed independent in 1991) receives signals of possible international acknowledgement ...
• 22 January 2008
  AFRICA/KENYA - Clashes in Kenya continue, situation of displaced persons ever more serious, expectation for mediator Kofi Annan Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - While Kenya awaits the arrival of former UN secretary general Kenya Kofi Annan, charged by the African Union to head a delegation to mediate the political crisis, clashes continue between the p ...
• 22 January 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - International channel of national TV shows 15 minutes of life in a Catholic community Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On 21 January the international channel of national TV in China showed a 15 minute programme on life in Catholic communities in China, including part of a Mass. According to Faith bulletin publi ...
• 22 January 2008
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem: calls for an end to humanitarian crisis in Gaza and assistance for Palestinian children Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Jerusalem has called for the block of persons and goods which is causing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to be lifted. It joined major international humanitarian organisations in warni ...
• 22 January 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslims join Christians mourning missionary shot dead in Tawi-Tawi Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Muslims joined Christians on the island of Tawi-Tawi, to commemorate Fr. Jesus Reynaldo Roda, a member of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate shot dead by armed robbers on 15 January (see ...
• 22 January 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - OCSHA meeting for priests comes to an end: 103 Spanish missionary priests serving in 20 different countries of Latin America Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Last week some 103 Spanish priests working as missionaries in 20 different countries in Latin America gathered at the Casa San Juan María Vianney de Havana, for Meeting of OCSHA (Hispanic-Americ ...
• 22 January 2008
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Beatification of Mother Candelaria de San José “opportunity to strengthen the faith and defend it from deviations ” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Venezuela has announced the first beatification of a daughter of that local Church, Mother Candelaria di San José, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Vene ...
• 22 January 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Hope for dialogue between government and prefectures; Bishops say every effort must be made to reach positive results Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - “Dialogue for consensus” is the title of a statement issued by the standing council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bolivia, at the end of a meeting this week in Santa Cruz, in whi ...
• 22 January 2008
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - World Health Organisation estimates 1,000-3,000 cases of plague every year: a growing threat although still undervalued Liverpool (Agenzia Fides) - Plague is re-emerging in the world and according to a team of British researchers this growing threat is still undervalued. The warning was given in a report published by a group of scholars a ...