News

• 19 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cordial meeting between the Bishops and President Kirchner Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting between the Executive Committee of the local Episcopal Conference and the President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took place in an atmosphere of harmony and since ...
• 19 December 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA - A new strain of cholera continues to increase infection Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - This year a new strain of cholera has infected more than 7000 people in Guinea. According to a group of epidemiologists it is an atypical variant of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor which secretes a to ...
• 19 December 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Khartoum has announced a major breakthrough in talks with Juba for border security Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese government has announced a major breakthrough in talks with South Sudan saying all obstacles facing the implementation of a border security deal they signed in September have been ...
• 19 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fr. Mendes: "Caritas volunteers and doctors are in danger because of the Taliban’s fury" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "All the volunteers, doctors, Caritas operators and NGOs are in danger and are potential victims of the Taliban": this is the alarm raised through Fides by Fr. Bonnie Mends, a Pakistani priest, f ...
• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Christ the King" in Karachi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 4, 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Benjamin Shahzad, of the clergy of the archdiocese as Rector of th ...
• 18 December 2012
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary of the "Holy Cross" in Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 17 December 2011 appointed Rev. Fr. Peter John Jeffrey, of the clergy of the Diocese of Sandhurst ...
• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Sexual exploitation, forced labor, poverty: cause of death for many children Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The fate of many girls in Southeast Asia is marked by poverty that leads to sexual exploitation. To cope with this emergency, periodically, the Spanish NGO Anesvad promotes a campaign to reco ...
• 18 December 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Let us welcome social justice, truth and peace": the invitation of Archbishop Chávez Botello Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - One of the Christmas traditions in Mexico which has an important role is constituted by the so-called "posadas", which in the days of the Christmas novena, from December 16 to 24, brings to life ...
• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/TURKEY - Catholic Bishops’ spokesman controverts the Turkish press on "Vatican Archives and the Armenian Issue" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The spokesman of the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of Turkey, Rinaldo Marmara, clearly controverts the statements attributed to him by the Turkish media about the existence of historical docume ...
• 18 December 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Let us live!" from the East of the DRC the cry of complaint, but also of hope, of Christians Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The plunderers have stolen God from too many children and women in this country because it is still possible to be silent." It is one of the provocations contained in a letter from the east of ...
• 18 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Priest threatened with death returns to the capital to continue to fight against drugs Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The priest José María "Pepe" Di Paola, who long ago left the neighborhood Barracas of the Argentine capital, because threatened by drug traffickers, will return to Buenos Aires to continu ...
• 18 December 2012
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Rebels of the coalition Seleka conquer Bria, an important diamond center Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The diamond center of Bria, at the center of the Central African Republic, was conquered today by the men of Seleka, a coalition of three rebel groups, who are looting it. So says an local army s ...
• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Still no food aid or medical care for undocumented Rohingya Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - In the month of August, the Bengali authorities blocked the delivery of humanitarian aid, including medicines and food, by the three NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Action Against Hung ...
• 17 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni closes the centenary of the evangelization of northern Uganda: "May the power of the Holy Spirit guide you in your Missio ad gentes for the benefit of the Church in Africa" Arua (Agenzia Fides) - "May the blessing of the our Risen Lord upon this country and those who govern it, both traditional and political leaders. May His Holy Spirit guide you towards the realization of the New Evangeliz ...
• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A delegation of Bishops meets the President to express the Church’s concern and for the Christmas wishes Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Bishops from Argentina, led by His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancedo, President of the Episcopal Conference, will visit the President of the Republic, Cristina Fernandez, a fe ...