News

• 26 August 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A guide to the 130 shrines in the country, valuable assets of the local Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The publication of a guide which will illustrate about 130 shrines in Korea is scheduled for next September. According to information sent to Fides by the Episcopal Korean Conference, the brochur ...
• 26 August 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The tragedy of Monterrey: "innocent people, victims of the cruelty of organized crime", many priests threatened by drug dealers Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico through its Archbishop, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, condemned the cowardly attack which took place in the city of Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, which caused the de ...
• 26 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The population in eastern Congo protest for the violence committed by the military Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The population of the town of Kiwanja, in Rutshuru territory (North Kivu Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC), has decided to take to the streets to express their anger and p ...
• 26 August 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO - The majority of indigenous women still give birth without any assistance Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - While about 80% of Congolese women give birth in assisted health facilities, not even one out of four indigenous women benefit from health care throughout pregnancy until delivery included. ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of San José de Amazonas and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 8, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Apostolic Vicariate of San José de Amazonas (Peru), presented by His Exc.Mgr. Al ...
• 25 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Bishop of Port Elizabeth and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 20, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), presented by His Exc.Mgr. Michael Gow ...
• 25 August 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-The demand for Catholic education in the country is increasing: 13 more schools are being projected Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - To meet the increasing demand in the Australian region of Geelong, Victoria, 13 new Catholic schools will be built. The head of the Catholic Education Office of Melbourne said that there is th ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Continental Mission continues at various levels, throughout Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Permanent Secretariat of Bishops in Colombia met on August 22 for a training day on the Continental Mission. During this meeting the sense of mission and meaning of the symbols tha ...
• 25 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "There are only foreign nurses and volunteers left in the hospitals in Tripoli", say local sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "In the healthcare facilities that we contacted this morning, foreign workers, in particular Filipinos, are doing the whole job alone: recording, taking care and feeding patients, everything is ...
• 25 August 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-A year after the floods that devastated the country, women are still paying the heaviest toll Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the severe floods that hit the country, women continue to struggle to try to resume their lives and recover their livelihoods. According to a report by the Asian Human Rights Co ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The students' have suspended the hunger strike and demand a better education system Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The group of young students who have been on a hunger strike for 37 days to show their solidarity with all other students from Chile, have decided to suspend this action due to the present pre ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- The solidarity campaign "Compartir 2011" is dedicated to the young Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "The Young, committed to a new life" the Public Collection of Solidarity Campaign "Compartir 2011" will be held at a national level on Friday 26 and Sunday, August 28: solidarity a ...
• 25 August 2011
  VATICAN - The missionary mandate of Jesus theme of World Youth Day 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general hearing on Wednesday, August 24, held in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced the themes for the next t ...
• 25 August 2011
  AFRICA - What does the future hold for Gaddafi’s Libyan investments in Africa? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Gaddafi's Libya in recent years has been one of the biggest investors in sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to its currency reserves (100 billion dollars in 2009). According to an article in "Les Afriques" ...
• 24 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The hours of the attack on Bab al Aziziya were terrible," say local sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "People are venturing timidly in the streets which are patrolled by the men of the rebellion. There is lack of food, and fuel", say local sources in Tripoli to Fides, where the combined forces o ...