News

• 15 November 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Links between the Boko Haram sect and Al Qaeda: "confirms our suspicions", says the Archbishop of Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian Boko Haram sect has ties with the group Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). This is what Abdelkader Messahel, Deputy Foreign Minister of Algeria said, citing the existence of intellig ...
• 15 November 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Afropaz Project: to change the situation of 4 million Afro-descendants excluded from society Bogota (Agenzia Fides ) - The Afropaz project has started a new phase in Colombia, an initiative coordinated by the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral/Caritas and the National Association of Mayors of the Municipali ...
• 15 November 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Food Security, prices increase and obesity endangers the Brazilian population Salvador de Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - The Fourth National Conference on Food Security has just ended, in the State of Bahia. Organized by the Conselho Nacional de Segurança Alimentar and Nutricional (CONSEA), 2 000 partic ...
• 15 November 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Recognizing the limits and demonstrating without violence": the President of the Episcopal Conference after the elections Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, the Archbishop of Managua, Mgr.Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano said there was a lack of transparency in the elections held on November 6, ...
• 15 November 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Use oil proceeds for the common good": appeal on behalf of the Bishops of Ghana Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Good governance involves the judicious use of national resources," say the Bishops of Ghana who ask the oil proceeds to be used, recently discovered in the country, for the good of the whole popu ...
• 15 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Minister of State for Harmony, who meets the Pope: "Dialogue, education, religious freedom: UN Observer come to Pakistan" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Rebuilding a Pakistan according to the original, secular and tolerant inspiration of Ali Jinnah, the father of the country; working tirelessly for interreligious dialogue and harmony, royal ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Sacred Scripture texts and the history of the Madonna have been discovered in Tibet dating back to the 30s in the only parish in Tibet Tibet (Agenzia Fides) - Sacred Scripture texts and the history of the Madonna in Tibetan have recently been discoverd, which are in excellent condition, in the only Catholic parish in Tibet, the parish of Mang Kang (or ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - Alert for floods continues: risk of diseases and attacks from the reptiles escaped from farms Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The state of alert caused by the severe floods that are hitting Thailand since the month of July continues. This is the worst recorded in the last 50 years and have so far caused 562 deaths in 2 ...
• 14 November 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Ecology and environment: the Bishops are preparing a pastoral letter La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The 92nd Bolivian Episcopate Assembly has been on since Thursday 10 November and has three important issues on its agenda: the permanent diaconate, the statutes of the Bolivian Episcopal Conferen ...
• 14 November 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Solidarity Campaign promoted by the PMS for the victims of the volcanic ash Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the national secretariats of the four Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) gather in the region of Patagonia-Comahue with PMS Diocesan Directors to evaluate and propose lines of ac ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pop music and literature to say "No" to Islamic extremism Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign of civil society in Pakistan to curb Islamic extremism in Pakistan is also supported in the world of art, music, literature. A song titled "Aalu Anday" ("Potatoes and eggs") releas ...
• 14 November 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - What formation for priests? Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi confront each other Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "What formation do we need for priests in major Seminaries?". This is the title of the reflection of the Plenary Assembly of the Association of the Episcopal Conferences of Rwanda and Burundi ...
• 14 November 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Indigenous Women: the poorest of the poor, marginalized and discriminated Antigua (Agenzia Fides) - "Creating Opportunities" is a program launched by the international American NGO concerning public health, Population Council, in the Guatemalan province of Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Sololá, ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - "Proclaiming the Gospel, to build peace": the commitment of a "missionary Bishop" after 56 years of religious life Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - "To be a missionary who proclaims the Gospel, build peace and act for reconciliation and brotherhood among people": this is the spirit of His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Menamparampil, Salesian Archbishop ...
• 14 November 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Strong tensions between North and South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Tension rises between North and South Sudan, that continue to accuse each other of destabilization attempts. The Minister of Defense in Khartoum, Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has accused the go ...