News

• 17 September 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Pressure by public opinion is fundamental for solving the crisis” says a missionary commenting Darfur Day Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)-“Pressure by public opinion is fundamental for a positive outcome to the crisis in Darfur. The government of Khartoum cannot fail to take these demonstrations into account” Fides was told by ...
• 17 September 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Foundation helps destitute parents face expenses of baptism parties and schooling to guarantee children a more dignified life Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty prevents the parents of 10 million children in the Philippines, the largest Catholic country in Asia, from having their children baptised, according to Hulog ng Langit Foundation (Sent fr ...
• 17 September 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops Justice and Peace Commission calls on the Foreign Ministry not express abroad support for the country's anti-blasphemy laws Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Through its Commission for Justice and Peace of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference has called on the Foreign Ministry not to express abroad support for the country's 'blasphemy laws', espe ...
• 17 September 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Solidarity for the poor and commitment for peace: Caritas Jerusalem marks 40 years of service Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On September 15 and 16 Caritas Jerusalem celebrated forty years of activity in the field of schooling, healthcare, support for families in need on the one hand and promotion of reconciliation ...
• 17 September 2007
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Bishops say every effort must be made to end human trafficking “ a horrific crime against the basic dignity and rights of the human person” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Human trafficking is a horrific crime against the basic dignity and rights of the human person and all efforts must be expended to end it. In the end, we must work together---church, state, ...
• 17 September 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - 16th National Youth Meeting: young communities, privileged places for learning to live as disciples and followers of Jesus Christ Santiago del Cile (Agenzia Fides) - "Young communities, privileged places for living missionary discipleship" is the theme of the 16th National Youth Meeting which will bring together young leaders of youth groups from a ...
• 17 September 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Camillian Vice Province in Burkina Faso rejoices for religious profession of 14 young men Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On 8 September in the solemn liturgical feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Camillian Vice Province in Burkina Faso lived a day of great joy and hope and confidence in the ...
• 17 September 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Six thousand cases of cholera in northern Iraq where people live without clean water or adequate drainage system Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A outbreak of cholera has infected at least 6,000 people in the northern provinces of Iraq, where 3 million people live without clean water or adequate drainage system. In recent months ten deaths ...
• 17 September 2007
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Tacuarembo Hospital cares for 350,000 patients and is ready for a national health system Tacuarembo (Agenzia Fides) - Access to technology, swift service, sound local systems, economic-financial decentralisation, are key elements for a National Health System. These elements exist at Tacuarembo Hospital. Thi ...
• 15 September 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI receives President of the Republic of Sudan in audience: Holy See Press Office Statement Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 14 September at the Palazzo Apostolico in Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI received in audience the President of the Republic of Sudan (see Fides 14/9/2007). ...
• 15 September 2007
  VATICAN - Made public today response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to certain questions raised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning artificial nutrition and hydration Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today was a response from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to certain questions raised by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning artificial nu ...
• 15 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Made public acts of Continental Meetings for Italian Fidei Donum missionaries; to re-launch in Italy this missionary experience an official Study on 50 years of Fidei Donum in Italy will be presented at 4th National Meeting for Directors of Diocesan Mission Centres Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “To the ends of the earth. From fecund memories to bold prospects ”: is the title of a Paper issued by the secretariat of the Italian Bishops Conference CEI on three Meetings held respectively ...
• 15 September 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives Poor Clare Sisters: “The silent commitment of persons like you who strive to put into practice the Gospel ‘sine glossa’ with simplicity and joy, rarely causes a stir in public opinion, but - rest assured - the contribution you offer to the Church's apostolic and missionary activity in the world is truly exceptional ” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “This, dear Sisters, is what the Pope expects of you: be burning torches of love, ‘joined hands' that keep watch in unceasing prayer, totally detached from the world, to sustain the ...
• 15 September 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - National Meeting for diocesan directors of the PMS and mission delegates of various religious communities on the theme “Let us carry on the work of serving the Church ”, inspired by the Encyclical Fidei donum Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - From 16 to 18 September in Niepokalanów, Poland, some 120 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland, their collaborators and mission delegates of various religious communi ...
• 15 September 2007
  AFRICA/MALI - Attack on Mali army post re-ignites tension with Tuareg nomads Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- There is growing concern in Mali and Niger as tension rises with the ethnic Berber Tuareg nomads in the Sahel area. On September 14 a group of Tuareg rebels attacked a small army camp at Tinzaou ...