News

• 28 October 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Rector of the Theological Major Seminary "St. Joseph" in the Archdiocese of Yangon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. John Saw Yaw Han, of the archdiocesan clergy of Yangon as Rector of the Theological ...
• 28 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The military offensive in Kenya aggravates the humanitarian situation of the Somali" denounces the head of Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent war events aggravate an already very difficult and complex situation", says Suzanna Tkalec to Fides, operator of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), head of Caritas Somalia, in Dad ...
• 28 October 2011
  AMERICA - Violent deaths: 9 out of 10 occur in situations that are not declared war Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Armed violence is both a cause and a consequence of underdevelopment says the report entitled "Global Burden of Armed Violence in 2011" published yesterday, 27 October, in Geneva, which was prepa ...
• 28 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Torit sends a delegation to resolve the community conflict in Magwe County Juba (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Akio Johnson Mutek, Bishop of Torit, in Southern Sudan, has announced that he has sent a delegation to mediate in the conflict between two communities in Magwe County, in the Easter ...
• 28 October 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - Imminent and inevitable disaster in the capital because of heavy monsoon rains Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The National Rescue Centre in Thailand has predicted that four hundred million cubic meters of water will flood the capital, where the system is able to drain only small fractions of daily water ...
• 28 October 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - More than 5 000 teachers at the Forum of Education sponsored by the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The ninth Public Education Forum has just been celebrated, organized by the Vicariate of Public Education of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, attended by 5,523 teachers of 250 schools. The ...
• 27 October 2011
  VATICAN - Pope's Appeal for victims of earthquake in Turkey Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the general audience on Wednesday, October 26, the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched an appeal for people affected by the earthquake in Turkey. These are his words: "Dear brothers an ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The Fourth Forum on Catholic Studies for Chinese scholars to be held in December Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to information provided by Sapientia Press House of the diocese of Beijing, the Fourth Forum on Catholic Studies for Young Chinese Scholars, 2011, organized by the "Beijing Institute f ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Rector of the philosophical Major Seminary "St. Joseph " in the Archdiocese of Mandalay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Paul Pepper, of the diocesan clergy of Loikaw as Rector of the philosophical Major ...
• 27 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - In Somaliland children are detained and prosecuted, even for minor offenses, together with adults Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - The children's rights activists are concerned about the stagnation of a law on juvenile justice in the independent Republic of Somaliland in Somalia, where it is estimated that about 200 childr ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "May the spirit of Assisi blow in Pakistan: religious leaders united for peace" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "I am convinced that the meeting in Assisi between religious leaders of the world is very useful as a symbolic and concrete experience: it is the witness that religious leaders can unite and ...
• 27 October 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Work integration is necessary, in respect of the autonomy of each diocese": Meeting of Bishops of the border dioceses of Colombia and Venezuela Ureña (Agenzia Fides) - As in the past, the Bishops in charge of the border area between Colombia and Venezuela have held a work meeting. The meeting was held on October 25 in the town of Ureña (Venezuela) and was atte ...
• 27 October 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Let us trust the new leaders in Tunisia," says the National Director of the PMS Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "The elections were held in an atmosphere of joy, peace and emotion. There was a very consistent participation on behalf of voters", says to Fides Fr. awad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifi ...
• 27 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Libya has a tradition of a balanced Islam", said Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Libya has a tradition of being a balanced country, religious, and that has never been fundamentalist" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli. On ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY - "A testimony of Christian love towards the earthquake victims of Van", said Archbishop Franceschini Smyrna (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a terrible human tragedy. The population of Van is devastated, especially because there are hundreds of children and mothers in need and at risk of survival. Caritas Turkey has moved swift ...