News

• 10 November 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI close to all those who have been affected by natural disasters Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time, various parts of the world, from Latin America - and especially Central America - to Southeast Asia, have been hit by floods and landslides which have caused many deaths and ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Sister Mabel Chan new President of the Association of Major Superiors of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Sr. Mabel Chan, General Superior of the Sisters of the Announciation of the Lord (SAL) was elected new President of the Association of Major Superiors of the Women's Institutes of Hong Kong, d ...
• 10 November 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY-The family, a solid presence in society: a pastoral letter is under review on behalf of the Bishops Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – The 192nd Assembly of the Bishops of Paraguay is being held, and among the various issues brought to the attention of the Episcopate, the Catholic University is dealing with preparing a pas ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN-Six thousand malnourished children admitted to hospital in Tanguiéta: Emergency in the country Tanguiéta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Department of Pediatrics at Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Tanguiéta, Benin, is literally bursting. In the past year, due to the worsening economic crisis that has hit the Country, the ch ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious Minorities are on hunger strike to protest the violence and the "paralysis of the government" Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu and Christian religious minorities have organized a hunger strike in Hyderabad to protest against the violence and to demand more protection to the government. The initiative was lau ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - In the face of threats on behalf of Hindu extremist groups "evangelization continues" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will have the strength from the Holy Spirit to resist the evil and destructive forces. The mission of the Church goes forward without fear " is what Fr. Babu Joseph Karakombil, SVD says to ...
• 10 November 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The young and the "Youth Mission" at the center of the next Assembly of the Episcopate Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The 102th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Chile will begin on Monday, November 14 till Friday 18 November in Punta de Tralca. 32 bishops currently in office will attend the Asse ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rapes and violence are not reported by victims for fear of being "labelled" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan, many rapes, considered a "brand", are unreported and, therefore, there are no precise data on the phenomenon. However, the Department of State of the United States in the 2010 Repor ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishops: "Stop to nuclear power, yes to alternative energy sources, a moral obligation for the future" Sendai (Agenzia Fides) - "We must look ahead and think with a sense of responsibility to future generations: we have an ethical obligation and moral duty to protect the environment and their own lives. For this reason it ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Medical Equipment from Italy to a hospital in Puntland Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Medical supplies sent by the Perigeo International People community Onlus has arrived in Somalia, as reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides. "Perigee is the first to have carried out an ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "I am not afraid to continue to give my testimony", says a missionary to Fides who has been working in a "difficult" area in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Security does not exist yet, but apparently the situation is calm", said Sister Rosaria to Fides, of the Sisters of the Holy Family, who works in the area of Abobo in Abidjan, among the most af ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A school for children of HIV/AID victims in Kibera slums Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - More than one million people live in Kibera, the slum communities of Nairobi, among them are 30,000 orphaned children due to the HIV/AID epidemic. The Jesuit Father Terry Charlton is the co-foun ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Christifideles Laity and the mission of the lay faithful in the 21st century Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - " Christifideles laity and the mission of the lay faithful in the 21st Century" is the theme of the Course organized by the Catholic Diocesan Catechetical Centre of the Diocese of Hong Kong t ...
• 9 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-To teach the values in order to put an end to violence: the Church's commitment to public education Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The 92nd Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM) is being held in Cuautitlan Izcalli. There are a hundred Bishops and 3 Cardinals attending this meeting: Juan Sandova ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "Forty Catholic buildings have been attacked in two and a half months", reports the spokesman of the Archdiocese of Abidjan, while robberies continue Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "In two and a half months, about 40 churches and religious men and women’s houses all over Abidjan have been attacked by armed bandits with the aim to steal" the complaint to Fides is by Fr. ...