News

• 15 September 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops deeply concerned as growing violence takes over the country “We must kill hatred before hatred poisons and kills the soul of Chile”: Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement entitled “Educate to peace, a challenge for Chile” the Catholic Bishops of Chile express concern for “the violent episodes in Santiago during the night of 11 Sept ...
• 15 September 2007
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - San Pedro Apostol Diocese in critical situation due to prolonged drought and burning of thousands of hectares of forests and pastures appeals for help San Pedro Apostol (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement issued with the priests of his diocese Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, of the diocese of San Pedro in Paraguay, calls for help to face the "critical situation in the ...
• 15 September 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Salesian students plan to take an active part in World Youth Day Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - To live the event of World Youth Day 2008 to the full, take an active part, share with other young people the news of God's love for all peoples: it was in this spirit that a group of pupils ...
• 15 September 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO - Mobile laboratory to identify cases of Ebola in Congo Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - So far five suspected cases of Ebola in the West Kasai region of Democratic Congo have been confirmed and another forty are awaiting results. To test suspect cases and keep better control of th ...
• 15 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - Nyumbani Home celebrates 15 years of caring for children with AIDS Narobi (Agenzia Fides) - The most extensive Catholic programme to assist AIDS orphans in Kenya is celebrating 15 years of caring for HIV+ children. Nyumbani Home, opened by Italian Jesuit missionary Fr. Angelo D’Agost ...
• 15 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Government set to guarantee health insurance for the poor and eliminate social inequality New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian government is working on a health insurance model for the poor, so that they do not have to bear the high cost of medical care. After giving away the National Awards for Micro, Sma ...
• 14 September 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Associations promoters of conscience objection present list of practical criteria for parents who do not wish their children to attend lessons in Education to Citizenship Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the beginning of the school year, 31 associations and civil platforms, promoters of objection of conscience have prepared a Decalogue of practical criteria for parents in view of Ed ...
• 14 September 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New hopes for peace in Darfur: “We are willing to respect a unilateral cease fire in Darfur as soon as negotiations with the rebels commence” says Sudan's President on a visit to Italy and the Vatican Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “We are willing to respect a unilateral cease fire in Darfur as soon as negotiations with the rebels in Darfur commence”. This was announced by the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir at ...
• 14 September 2007
  AFRICA/R. D. CONGO - “I intend to restore state rule in north Kivu ” says president of Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Joseph Kabila has said he intends to use 'all the necessary means' to restore government rule in north Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fierce fighting between the re ...
• 14 September 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Caritas ready to intervene to assist earthquake victims in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra aftershocks continue to follow the powerful earthquake which struck on 12 September - so strong that the local authorities issued a series ...
• 14 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Following governor's assent harsh anti-conversion law in Chhattisgarh State comes into force Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of India's central eastern Chhattisgarh State E.S.L. Narasimhan, has given his assent and signed an anti-conversion law approved about a year ago by the State parliament influenced b ...
• 14 September 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - A month after the earthquake Cardinal Cipiriani will celebrate Mass in one of the most affected districts. He will pray for the eternal repose of the dead and for the strength to start on immediate rebuilding Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 15 September, a month since the earthquake which affected a the towns of Ica, Chincha, Pisco, Cañete, Yauyos, Huaytara and Castrovirreyna in south Chico, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Th ...
• 14 September 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrant's Day "Emigrants are not tourists or holiday makers, they are persons who are desperate…”: the Church and families must be more welcoming Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - This week in view of 'Migrant's Day' 2007, the archdiocese of Mexico City, through its Commission for Pastoral Care of Migrants, has been holding a series of activities and events. The first ...
• 14 September 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Why protect marriage, cradle of life: Catholic Bishops issue booklet on why the Church says “no” to divorce, ever more frequent in Australia Canberra (Fides News Service) - Australia’s Bishops are reaching out to those who have suffered the distress of marital breakdown and divorce with a new easy-to-read booklet which outlines the Church’s teaching in th ...
• 14 September 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - An estimated 83,000 minors suffer from malnutrition and 13,500 are in danger of dying of hunger Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Hunger in central and southern Somalia, according to an alert raised by UNICEF, could kill at least 13,500 children. The UN delegate said the area, once the country's granary, has become impo ...