News

• 3 September 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombia, a priest was killed in the mining town of Marmato Marble (Agenzia Fides) - The priest from the mining town of Marmato, in the department of Caldas in the west of Colombia, Father Jose Reinel Restrepo Idárraga, was killed by unknown assailants, according to information ...
• 3 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Unhygienic ancient cultural traditions endanger the health of millions of people, especially children Pene (Agenzia Fides) - Some aid workers engaged in the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), one of the least developed in Indonesia, have registered that infant mortality rate is almost twice the national average and a ...
• 3 September 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - 100 years of the Maryknoll missionaries, the celebrations in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The task of the missionary is to go where there is need, to be loved, but not to become necessary." This was James Anthony Walsh’s motto, a member, now deceased, of the Society of the Maryknoll ...
• 3 September 2011
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Despite the country's reconstruction after the war that was rampant for decades, there is lack in the assistance for victims who have suffered violence Lira (Agenzia Fides) – After five years of civil war that devastated the country there are still so many physical and psychological repercussions that many Ugandan women are facing. Tortured, forced to join the rebel g ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-The United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) celebrates 30 years Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Catholic Mission Association celebrates 30 years of promoting mission and global solidarity. "The 30 years anniversary of USCMA is a celebration of loyalty and radical commi ...
• 2 September 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Rosary for missions is said in the editorial office Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - From 1 September, the editors of the Catholic Weekly "Niedziela", based in Czestochowa, after the morning Mass which is celebrated in the chapel dedicated to Mary Mater Verbi, on the premise ...
• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church establishes a fund-deposit destined to Catholic families to encourage births Thiruvananthapuram (Agenzia Fides) - The Kerala Catholic parishes have organized themselves to provide incentives for families who commit themselves to having more children. What is feared is that the Catholic population ...
• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Year of the Laity has been extended: commitment of the lay within the basic ecclesial communities Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - After a year of positive experience, His Exc. Mgr, John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, has extended the celebration of the Year of the Laity until December 31, 2012, "because with the guidance of ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-There is lack of information and protection to ensure proper health care to women Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - After one and a half years since the terrible earthquake that devastated Haiti, women and girls of the island are still heavily exposed to maternal and child deaths due to lack of access ...
• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A Bishop on a mission to North Korea: "We want to reopen the door to dialogue and peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Iginus Kim Hee-jong, Archbishop of Kwanju, is visiting North Korea next September 21, and will be the head of a delegation of seven religious leaders, members of the "Korean Confer ...
• 2 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities "ready to take to the streets for the Muslim Shahbaz Taseer" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The religious minorities of Pakistan are "ready to take to the streets for the salvation of the Muslim Shahbaz Tasser", kidnapped a week ago. This is what is reported to Fides by Paul Bhatti, ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The pilgrimage of the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux in Peru have started Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebrations for the centenary of the presence of the Discalced Carmelites in Peru (1911-2011), the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux arrived in Peru. According to the program pre ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First national meeting of "Juntos por Mexico": 8 million Mexicans demonstrate in favor of the family Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - More than eight million between adults and young people who are part of the lay movements and organizations grouped in the Association for Episcopal Laity (DELAI), celebrated their first nat ...
• 2 September 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The Peruvian Bishops express support for the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops present at the Special Meeting of 98th Peruvian Episcopal Conference, taking place in these days, have decided to publicly support His Exc. Mgr. Francisco González Hernánd ...
• 1 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Firm commitment on behalf of the Diocese of Yan An to promote priests’ vocational and spiritual formation Yan An (Agenzia Fides) - The ordination of three new deacons, celebrated on August 30, concluded the annual retreat of the clergy of the diocese of Yan An (Yulin), in the Shaan Xi Province. According to information gathe ...