News

• 26 April 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA-The Bishops: "No to priests who want to enter politics" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Priests have to be close to the people, help them in the process of human, spiritual, cultural, social growth, and help them grow in holiness, but no to priests who want to enter politics: ...
• 26 April 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - 14 years after the murder of Mgr. Gerardi, Bishop Vian Morales supports the legacy: working for the weakest Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Guatemala, Never again" ("Guatemala, nunca mas") is the title of the report that laid bare the responsibility of the army in most of the crimes which occurred during the internal armed c ...
• 26 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The country with the highest number of child workers: 12.6 million New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the working children around the world are in India. According to the International Labour Organization, in the Asian country there are 12.6 million, between 5 and 14 years of age, of w ...
• 26 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Hypothesis of an ECOWAS military dispatch in Bissau, while civil servants do not receive their salary Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are thinking of sending a military force of 600 soldiers in Guinea Bissau. This is what has been circulating on the eve of the Summit of the Heads of ...
• 26 April 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Defending indigenous peoples and their land, it is a real genocide": say the Bishops Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) has sent to Fides the note presented to the press on April 24, concerning the defense of territories and the rights of indigenous people, of ...
• 26 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil Society: " We need a good law against religious violence" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - We urgently need a good law against religious and inter-communal violence in India, which ensures equality, the right to life, freedom to live with dignity and the right to justice to all citi ...
• 26 April 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Khartoum decrees war economy measures, China mediates to avoid a major conflict Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese government has launched austerity measures that are intended to finance a major war with South Sudan. Khartoum authorities have ordered the Civil Administration to reduce the consu ...
• 26 April 2012
  VATICAN-Statement from the press office of the Holy See on the plenary meeting of the Commission for the Catholic Church in China VATICAN-The Commission which Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study questions of major importance regarding the life of the Catholic Church in China met in the Vatican for the fifth time from 23 to 25 April. Wit ...
• 25 April 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR-Serious outbreak of malaria, cases have tripled since 2009 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Malaria is the leading cause of death in the Democratic Republic of Congo and every year kills about 300 000 children under five years of age. The cases in the country continue to rise and the ...
• 25 April 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Three years of Permanent Mission, a challenge to be welcomed still today with initial enthusiasm Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, President of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, on Sunday, April 22 presided at a solemn Eucharistic celebration, at ...
• 25 April 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Native Vocations Day: no vocation born in mission territories is lost Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, April 29, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Spain will promote the celebration of Native Vocations Day 2012, which has the slogan: "Mary encourages vocations in the mission." T ...
• 25 April 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "We are on the brink of an open war between Sudan that threatens to cause a catastrophe," says Caritas Internationalis Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Internationalis fears an imminent open war between Sudan and South Sudan with serious humanitarian consequences for both Countries, unless further military actions are stopped. This is ...
• 25 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocese of Shang Hai celebrates 450 years of the birth of the Servant of God Paul Xu Guang Qi Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides)-The solemn commemoration of 450 years of the birth of the Servant of God Paul Xu Guang Qi took place yesterday, April 24, in the diocese of Shang Hai, before his tomb and places linked to him. E ...
• 25 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - World Malaria Day: Successful prevention campaign for the people of Jharkhand Jharkhand (Agenzia Fides) - Today, April 25, World Malaria Day is celebrated. According to the Report 2011 of the World Health Organization on Malaria, in 2010 216 million cases worldwide were registered, with about 655 ...
• 25 April 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The report of the Council of Europe on the death of 63 migrants at sea in March 2011 confirms the information given at the time by Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Europe has recognized in its report the responsibilities of Italy, NATO, Spain and Malta, regarding the death of 63 people (including women and children), who died of hunger and t ...