News

• 20 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Church: "No" to nuclear power, solidarity with the nonviolent who fast in Tamil Nadu New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Immediate closure of the plant in Koodankulam (in Tamil Nadu) and the gradual disposal of all existing plants in India; a moratorium on all nuclear projects; a decisive shift towards alternati ...
• 20 September 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - African refugees ask the Brazilian government for asylum São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2010 about 30 displaced people from Africa have asked the Brazilian government for asylum. They live in the states of the Amazon jungle. They come from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Bis ...
• 20 September 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - ITNPIS: new appeal on behalf of the Bishops to "continue the path of dialogue, genuine and constructive" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of Bolivia has launched a new appeal to the areas in contention for the case concerning ITNPIS (Indigenous Territory National Park Isiboro Secure), calling for a sincer ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 13, 2011 confirmed Rev. Gaspard Mengata Nka, of the archdiocesan clergy of Yaounde as Nati ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Presidential elections in a climate of tension: the Christian Churches call for peace Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - About 5 million voters are called today, September 20, to elect the new President of Zambia. The contenders are the outgoing Head of State, Rupiah Banda, and the main opposition leader Michael Sa ...
• 20 September 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Exhibition in Belem: "Let’s open the windows of our faith to the world" Belem (Agenzia Fides) - From 24 September to 1 October, on the eve of the missionary Month, at a place adjacent to the Basilica of Nazareth in Belem (Brazil), the Diocesan Missionary Council of the Archdiocese of Belém, ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Thousands of children under 5 years of age will be immunized against polio epidemic Nakuru (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm on behalf of healthcare professionals following the confirmation of three cases of wild polio (caused by the virus present innature) of type 1 in western Kenya. The violence of this virus m ...
• 20 September 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - NGOs to the UN: President Rajapaksa ensure accountability for violations of human rights Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Ensure accountability for human rights violations and war crimes committed during the final stages of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka; and, in doing so, take the necessary measures so that the ...
• 20 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 142th Salesian missionary expedition; the first mission in South Sudan for the Caritas Sisters of Jesus Turin (Agenzia Fides) - 74 missionaries are leaving to reach the 5 continents where they will bring the Gospel, in the educational style of Don Bosco, thus giving rise to the 142th Salesian missionary expedition. Accordi ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Controversy over the decision to move the capital of the new State Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the Government of Southern Sudan (independent since July 9) to move the capital of the country from Juba to Ramciel is arousing controversy, especially on behalf of the inhabitants ...
• 20 September 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A nutrition program for children of the diocese of Hosanna Hosanna (Agenzia Fides) - In the Horn of Africa, the situation continues to deteriorate and thousands of people continue to die of hunger every day. Among the organizations that continue to intervene is, "Manos Unidas" w ...
• 20 September 2011
  AMERICA- Solidarity on behalf of LAMEC to the U.S. Bishops contrary to the anti-immigration law that threatens the Church's ministry Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Department of Justice and Solidarity of LAMEC (Latin American Episcopal Council) has expressed its solidarity to Mgr. José Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and President of the Migration Com ...
• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Spiritual retreat for priests of Feng Xiang on the importance and sacredness of the liturgy Xiang Feng (Agenzia Fides) - The Decree of the II Vatican Council "Presbyterorum Ordinis" and "The pastoral manual of parish priests" have been the subject of the annual spiritual Retreat for priests and religious women ...
• 19 September 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: "Vast horizons open to the proclamation of the Gospel" Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we live in an era of a new evangelization. Wide horizons open to the proclamation of the Gospel, while the regions of ancient Christian tradition are called to rediscover the beau ...
• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Hindu leader’s fast "is just a show": to build harmony, justice is needed Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu extremist leader Narendra Modi, head of the government in Gujarat and a member of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, launched a three-day fast to assert "his commitment to socia ...