News
23 August 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Beware of false NGOs”: Msgr. Coutts warns donors
Faislabad (Agenzia Fides) – At this time of great effort in providing humanitarian aid, “it is of utmost importance that people be attentive to the institution they choose to send money to. In fact, there are false N ...
23 August 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Church in Jos on violence: “Religion alone should not be blamed”
Jos (Agenzia Fides) – The recent episodes of violence that have plagued the Plateau State (central Nigeria) in the past months (see Fides 17/3/2010 and 25/3/2010) were at the heart of the discussions at the 8th General ...
23 August 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops on child adoption: "What Mexico is experiencing now demands a dignified debate”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Responsibility and Free Expression, A Right of Every Person" is the title of the note that the Bishops' Conference of Mexico sent Fides, explaining the Catholic Church's position on recent ...
21 August 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missing children cases on the rise: NGOs warn of traffickers and abductors
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - “While the rescue workers' efforts are focusing on the movement and organization of refugees, whose number is continually on the rise, the number of missing children and mothers weeping for ...
21 August 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Hospital strike. Bishops: “We are horrified that care is being denied to the weakest and most vulnerable”
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “We are horrified that care is being denied to the weakest and most vulnerable," as a result of the doctors and nurses' strike, says a statement issued by the Southern African Catholic Bi ...
21 August 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Church calls for reopening murder case of Fr. Kaiser, Mill Hill Missionary who fought for the poorest of the poor
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Church of Kenya has requested the reopening of investigations into the murder of Fr. John Anthony Kaiser, the American Mill Hill Missionary, whose 10th anniversary of death was celebrated ...
20 August 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discriminations against minorities in distribution of humanitarian aid
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “While Caritas and the Pontifical Mission Societies are working on providing humanitarian relief to displaced persons without discrimination of origin, race, or religion, in other areas, the Ch ...
20 August 2010
ASIA/INDIA - Church launches “National Day for Indian Martyrs”
Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) – This coming August 29, all over India, faithful will be marking the anniversary of the massacres in Orissa, on the "National Day for Indian Martyrs." This is what Fides learned from the Ecumeni ...
20 August 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops of Kenya stress need to amend new Constitution as soon as possible
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – "We played our role of directing our flock along the road of proper choice. We have not shied away from stating unequivocally what are the tenets of our faith in regard to some issues in our n ...
20 August 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Is the murder of Indian UN troops a warning sign intended for those who oppose the partition of the Congo?
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "It is an unprecedented event that puzzles me," Fides was told by Fr. Loris Cattani, a Xaverian missionary with extended experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in commenting on ...
19 August 2010
ASIA/TURKEY - A Ramadan of “peace and brotherhood among religious communities”
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Muslim and Christian religious leaders in Turkey have called for a "Ramadan of love, peace, and brotherhood among religious communities," launching an appeal to all believers for tolerance an ...
19 August 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tshumbe clero: say no to divisions and yes to unity in respect for the wealth of diversity
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "No to divisions and violence; yes to unity in diversity." This is message behind the statement sent out by the clergy of the Diocese of Tshumbe in the Province of Eastern Kasai (since 2005, ...
19 August 2010
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 10 years of Muslim-Christian dialogue, to build peace
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – They have been coming together in the name of dialogue and reconciliation for 10 years now, for joint study and sharing, to build a future of peace and brotherhood in the southern Philippine ...
18 August 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Flood victims being subject to more than just rising waters
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The victims of the worst humanitarian tragedy in 80 years have now fallen pray to bandits and traffickers who have taken advantage of the flooding in Pakistan that is ravaging the fertile groun ...
18 August 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholics are giving “all they have” to flood victims
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “We are doing our best. Caritas and the Pontifical Mission Societies have been active and there is a great sense of solidarity. The Catholic faithful are giving all they have," Fides was told b ...
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