News

• 22 August 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Salvation and liberty for Farah Hatim": NGOs appeal to UN Geneva (Fides Service) - Farah Hatim’s case, the Catholic girl kidnapped, forced into marriage and converted to Islam in Rahim Yar Khan (in Punjab) is not closed: some non-governmental Organizations in Pakistan and ou ...
• 22 August 2011
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Evangelization through mass-media: the initiative of young people in Singapore after World Youth Day Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The experience of World Youth Day as a source for renewing the mission: this is the intent of young people from Singapore, at the conclusion of the memorable World Youth Day in Madrid. The 200 ...
• 22 August 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Stop to the construction of churches in Orissa: religious freedom violated and Christians discriminated Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - As we approach the third anniversary of the massacres in Orissa (August 24 is Memorial Day), the local Christian community continues to face harassment and violence of all kinds, on a politi ...
• 22 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Conclusion of the Burundians youth Forum in communion with the 26th World Youth Day Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the young people in the world gathered around the Pope in Madrid to celebrate the 26th World Youth Day, the Episcopal Commission for the Apostolate of the Laity organized t ...
• 22 August 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Two thousand children gathered on the occasion of the Day of the Child which has just been celebrated Cañuelas (Agenzia Fides)-Approximately 2 000 children gathered to celebrate the "Festival Solidario de las Niñas y los Niños", which this year was entitled "Por el ángel que hay en cada niño". The Christian Church ...
• 22 August 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Law on reproductive health: the protest of the Church continues Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Filipino Catholics are outraged at the proposed law on reproductive health in the country presented by the Government in the country. Many protests and demonstrations by groups express disag ...
• 22 August 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Visit of the Secretary General of the PSHC in Argentina Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood (PSHC) Jeanne Baptistine Ralamboarison is in Argentina from 20 to 30 August to attend the First National Meeting of Holy C ...
• 20 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Augustinians and the mission of Tolé, in one of the poorest and most inaccessible areas Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of Jesus Obrero de Tolé, in Panama, was founded in 1969 by the Augustinians in the province of Madrid, and today is run by the Vicariate of Panama. Tolé is a district located near t ...
• 20 August 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The rebels intend to celebrate the end of Ramadan in Tripoli," say sources of Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The situation is calm but we know that the rebel forces are located 50 km to the east and west of Tripoli " local sources from Tripoli tell Fides, who have requested anonymity for security reaso ...
• 20 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "Every 11 weeks, ten percent of the under-5 population in Somalia is dying" says the Situation Report" of Caritas Somalia Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Health facilities in Somalia are trying to cope with the mass influx of internally displaced persons flocking to urban areas to seek assistance", says the "Situation Report" of Caritas Somali ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN - The letters of the first missionaries (SAM) who arrived in Dahomey in 1861 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The current April 21, which fell on the first Sunday after our arrival, a hundred people or more, between blacks and whites attended the first Mass that we publicly celebrated in the chapel of the ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops of Burundi express their concerns to the Head of State about the insecurity that plague some areas of the country Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Burundi expressed their appreciation for the good relations between State and Church to the head of State, but at the same time said they were concerned about the insecurity di ...
• 19 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Death of Father Tony Bellagamba, a Consolata missionary, postulator for the cause of beatification of the Servant of God, Cardinal Maurice Otunga Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Tony was a great missionary and a dedicated servant of the Catholic Church. May he rest in peace. He now makes his final journey to God our Father to meet the Servant of God Cardinal Ot ...
• 18 August 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Humanitarian Day: Caritas recalls the role of local partners Freiburg (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 August the United Nations celebrates World Humanitarian Day to honor the commitment of those who live to help others around the world. The day recalls in particular the bombing of the UN ...
• 18 August 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - In the Year of Voluntary, the National Missionary Days on "Voluntary work and Mission" Lisbon (Fides Service) – Voluntary work is one of the most evangelical expressions of Christian witness, and during the Year of Voluntary the Missionary National Days on the theme "Voluntary work and Mission", which wi ...