News

• 27 July 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Bird flu alarm: European Union extends ban on Asia poultry and domestic birds Rome (Fides Service) - The European Union has decided to extend until December 15 its ban on poultry and domestic birds from Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, China, South Korea and Vietnam, countries ...
• 27 July 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Sacred Heart Missionaries mark 80 years of mission in Democratic Congo: an anniversary under the banner of hope Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Our place is with the people, sharing their poverty, helping to restore their hope, because life goes on”: this is how the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart see their mission in a booklet pu ...
• 27 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - President speaks on the state of the nation promising to fight corruption and poverty, boost the economy and show concern for every citizen Manila (Fides Service) - Cut red tape in public administration, help millions of poor to rise above the poverty line, care for each and every citizen: these were the promises made by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, re ...
• 26 July 2004
  VATICAN - “How can we remain indifferent?” : during his Sunday Angelus with regard to Darfur in Sudan the Pope makes urgent appeal to political leaders and international organisations Vatican City (Fides Service) - An anguished call to the international community to assist the suffering people in Uganda and Darfur (Sudan) was launched by Pope John Paul II on Sunday 25 July during his address before th ...
• 26 July 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Tomorrow funeral of Italian missionary stabbed to death in Santiago cathedral at the end of Mass Santiago (Fides Service) - The funeral of Italian missionary Father Faustino Gazziero, murdered on Saturday 24 July after saying Mass in Santiago cathedral, will be held on Tuesday 27 July at 10am. Father Faustino Gazzie ...
• 26 July 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - Darfur: situation ever more critical for refugees in Chad. “two refugees killed in camp in Chad ” says UN High Commission for Refugees Rome (Fides Service)- “The situation of Sudanese refugees in Farchana camp in east Chad is critical” United Nations High Commission for Refugees said in a statement dated 22 July. According to UNHCR two people were k ...
• 24 July 2004
  The Question of Arms in Africa The tragedy in Darfur re-proposes the question of the diffusion of arms in Africa. This is why we decided to issue the part relative to Africa of a dossier on arms in the world in preparation by Fides. In Darfur, as in ...
• 23 July 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Fides has received more details on the expulsion by the Angolan Authorities of illegal diamond seekers; a trade said to serve Muslim fundamentalist terrorists and greedy religious sects Luanda (Fides Service)- Fides has received more details on illegal diamond seekers expelled by Angolan authorities (see Fides 21 July 2004). Local Fides sources say “it has been confirmed that the Angolan police arrest ...
• 23 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Basic education and healthcare, feeding and vaccination programmes: service for 500 poor people in shanty towns in south eastern Bogota Bogota (Fides Service) - The situation of human rights in Colombia is one of the worst in all Latin America, although the country’s democracy is one of the oldest on the continent. Extra judicial executions, kidnapping ...
• 23 July 2004
  AFRICA/MALI - Rev. Clement Lonah, appointed rector of Saint Augustine Seminary Bamako Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has appointed 18 June 2004, rector of the Saint Augustine Inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Bamako, i ...
• 23 July 2004
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Feeding programme for children with a disability cared for by Camillians supported by the Fecupal Foundation Quito (Fides Service) - About 40-50% of the children in Ecuador suffers from under-nourishment, 20% is underweight smaller than average and 70% lives below the poverty line. About six million need all round assistance an ...
• 23 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Business man becomes a priest: the vocation of Philip Motha manager now a promoter of the Kingdom of God Colombo (Fides Service) - The Lord called him late in life: former Sri Lankan businessman Philip Motha was recently ordained a priest for Colombo archdiocese at the age of 72. The Ordination, held in Colombo Cathedral, ...
• 23 July 2004
  VATICAN - Meeting in Brasilia, Populorum Progressio Foundation examines situations in South American countries and 260 development projects elaborated by various countries Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Populorum Progressio Foundation, created in 1992 by John Paul II to help poor communities in Latin America, is meeting since July 20 at the Redemptoris Mater missionary seminary of the ...
• 23 July 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mission as pastoral exchange between local Churches: Italian National Director of PMS reports on meetings with local Churches where there are Italian missionaries Rome (Fides Service) - Albania, Lebanon, Philippines, Thailand, Argentina, Senegal, Kenya, Guinea Bissau: these countries have been the laps of the past two years of meetings between the Church in Italy and the Church in ...
• 23 July 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Disappointment and concern in Burundi after talks in South Africa between Burundian parties fail Bujumbura (Fides Service)- Disappointment and profound concern are the predominant feelings of reaction to the failure of talks between Burundi’s political parties held in Pretoria, South Africa (see Fides 19 July 2004 ...