News

• 7 July 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Return of immigrants and insecurity among the problems of the new state of Southern Sudan, "but the hope is high", says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Khartoum (Fides Service) - One of the problems that South Sudan will have to face is the accommodation of hundreds of thousands of immigrant southern Sudanese who are returning from Khartoum and other areas of northern S ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The first Cultural Festival of the Cathedral of Bao Ding re-launches mission through the religious culture Bao Ding (Agenzia Fides) - The first Cultural Festival organized by the Cathedral of the Diocese of Bao Ding, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, took place on July 2, on the day of the 106th anniversary of the founding ...
• 7 July 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Assembly of the Episcopal Conference: waiting for the message at the end of the work Panama City (Fides Service) - The Ordinary Assembly of the Bishops of Panama, number 192 in the session, which began on July 4 is still in progress. The program provides for the conclusion of the work on the 8th of July, ...
• 7 July 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Appeal for the new state of Southern Sudan: hopes and anxiety about the future of this region Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the Archbishop of Adelaide, Mgr.Philip Wilson, has asked to respond with a spirit of solidarity to the appeal launched by Caritas Aust ...
• 7 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the Theological major Seminary "Paul VI" in the Archdiocese of Douala Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Benoit Kala, of the diocesan clergy of Nkongsamba, Rector of the inter-diocesan The ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu radicals want to enter (by force) their children to Catholic schools Belgaum (Fides Service) - A group of 50 militants of the radical Hindu groups burst into St. Joseph school, of the Sisters of Canossian in Belgaum, to impose on the religious women to enter their two boys in their schoo ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - APMA mediation fails in the case of Farah, the Catholic Islamized by force Lahore (Fides Service) - The first attempt of mediation by the "All Pakistan Minorities Alliance" (APMA) in the case of Hatim Farah, the kidnapped Catholic girl, married and converted to Islam by the Muslim Iliyas in Zee ...
• 7 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-"Respect for migrants' asked by the Bishop of Cordoba Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The safety and respect for life are necessary for Central American migrants who cross the lands of Veracruz, and it is our duty to give them hospitality to make their journey easier, although th ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN-Only 48% of the population has access to drinking water Kabul (Fides Service) - Only 48% of the Afghan population has access to drinking water and only 37% use reclaimed health services. This emergency situation reflected the serious health implications, particularly for ch ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A nun from Punjab: "Christians dehumanized, in a system that only protects the rights of the powerful" Lahore (Fides Service) - "We Christians are truly dehumanized, we are treated as objects and as goods to sell. We live in a system where only the powerful have rights. For us Christians, justice in courts is not guarante ...
• 6 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Final preparations for the first meeting of Childhood and missionary Adolescence in the state of São Paulo São Paulo (Fides Service) - Final preparations in sight of the 1st RMCMA (Regional Meeting of Childhood and Missionary Adolescence) which will take place on 16 and 17 July in the town of Embu (see Fides 03/25/2011) to ...
• 6 July 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-Appointment of the Rector of the major philosophical Seminary "Paul VI" in the diocese of Bafoussam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 27, 2011 Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Dominique Ndeh, of the diocesan clergy in Bafoussam, Rector of the ...
• 6 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Dioceses of Taiwan celebrates Sea Sunday for the first time Tai Chung (Fides Service) - For the first time, the local Church of Taiwan will celebrate Sea Sunday in communion with the universal Church, on Sunday, July 10. His Exc Mgr. Bosco Lin Ji Nan Bishop of Tai Nan and Presid ...
• 6 July 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Bishops ask for a serious structural reform of the health care system Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - During the second working day of the Plenary Assembly of the Colombian Bishops' Conference, being held in Bogota (see Fides 04/07/2011), the Bishops have strongly confirmed the complaints of the ...
• 6 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE- Cold polar wave: winter campaign to help earthquake victims and the weakest Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) –The Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomalí, has launched an appeal to the Chilean people so that they do not forget the poverty of those who still live in villages set u ...