News

• 19 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO- New ordinations in Burkina Faso, in the footsteps of St. Camillus Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 September in the scholasticate community of "San Camillo" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, seventeen young postulants and pre-novices entered the novitiate, eight of the Camillian Vice P ...
• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Epidemics of cholera and dengue after the floods in Sindh, children are the most affected Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Cholera and dengue, hemorrhagic fever, are the main dangers for the people in Sindh, South Pakistan, hit by severe floods that have caused about six million displaced persons (see Fides 13/9/2 ...
• 19 September 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The national consultation starts today "Education for a country without violence" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church strongly supports the national consultation titled "Education for a country without violence." This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, auxiliary Bishop of ...
• 19 September 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We demand security for the defenders of human rights": among threats and fears the Caravan of Peace arrives in the capital Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Movement for Peace with justice and dignity (MPJD), led by the poet Javier Sicilia, has asked the authorities to ensure the safety of activists that give life to the Caravan of Peace, wh ...
• 19 September 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - In her prophetic mission, the Church has a positive role to carry out in elections, for the good of all Accra (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Workshop on "The Role of the Church in supporting peaceful and credible elections in Africa", held in Accra, Ghana, from September 12 to 16 (see Fides 14/09/2011), organized by S ...
• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA -"Missionary John Paul II" finds his way in the Indonesians heart Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A young missionary community dedicated to Pope John Paul II finds its way into the Indonesians hearts: it is the "Missionary Community John Paul II", founded by the missionary of the Pontifical ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/SINGAPORE-The Christians to the new President: it is urgent to stop human trafficking Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Singapore is a hub for human traffickers. The fight against this alarming phenomenon must be a priority on the new President, Tony Tan’s agenda, who was elected two weeks ago. This is what t ...
• 17 September 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Caritas continues to distribute food, tents and medicine, despite the difficulties Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Though al-Shabaab has left Mogadishu, there are still pockets of resistance in the city, and Somalia continues to be a difficult operating environment for local and international NGOs", said ...
• 17 September 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA- Catholic radios are increasing: Radio Veritas also in Johannesburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - After waiting 11 years, the Catholic radio station Radio Veritas has received the license to broadcast. "The news has filled us with joy and we still receive congratulation messages", reads ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN-The Jesuits: no more cluster bombs, more hope for the country Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit missionaries in Afghanistan have welcomed the ratification, announced by the government in Kabul, of the International Convention for the banning of cluster bombs, which prohibits the u ...
• 17 September 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church asks for more guarantees for the safety of journalists, "the martyrs of communication" Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - Journalists are "courageous prophets", sometimes "martyrs of communication". The state needs to protect them, ensuring "the free practice and expression for those who carry out this profession", ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Poor farmers sell kidneys to pay off debts: the complaint of the NGOs Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – It is a growing practice that is becoming a real scandal: in the North of Bangladesh, the poor farmers, who are reduced to poverty, sell their kidney to pay off debts. The transplant is carried ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - New violence against Christians, "for political reasons", says a Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The new violence against Christians that takes place in Indian states like Madhya Pradesh or Karnataka (south-central India), are carried out "for political reasons," says. His Exc. Mgr. Ch ...
• 16 September 2011
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - Schools are closed for the orphans and the poor: the government does not pay fees Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - The vast majority of primary and secondary schools in Swaziland have not been able to start their school activities as the government has failed to solve the problem of the additional fees provi ...
• 16 September 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Campaign 2011: "Mission and Ecology" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary campaign for 2011 will officially be presented next Wednesday, September 21, at the national headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil, in Brasilia,. Accor ...