News

• 18 July 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Diplomatic relations with the Holy See get closer and closer: religious freedom and more rights for Christians Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - After this morning’s meeting between the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak and Pope Benedict XVI "I expect we will soon officially announce relations between the Holy See and the Rep ...
• 18 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA -Medicines have finished in the hospitals of the capital, epidemics are spreading throughout the country Mogadishu (Fides Service) - Over the past two months, following the arrival of many displaced due to the drought, the hospitals in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are short of medicines. Health care workers report that pa ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-270 000 Somali refugees in the largest camp in the world Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The largest agglomeration in the world for the displaced is in Dadaab, inhabited by about 270 000 refugees from Somalia. The camp, created in 1991 in Dadaab is located 500 km north of Nairobi an ...
• 16 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The seminarians of Shaan Xi Shang Hai in pilgrimage at the conclusion of their studies Shang Hai (Fides Service) - Giving thanks to the Lord because he has called them and accompanied them in their path in these formative years; to pay homage to Our Lady who has always assisted them, to thank all the gener ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-Inauguration of the second wing of the primary school and a new home in Cite Guanella in the middle of the savannah Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The second wing of the primary school "EP Santu Maria Mama wa Mosala" (Holy Mary, Mother of Labour) and a new home in Cité Guanella, in the plateau des Bateke in the rural areas of the city of ...
• 16 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - With regards to the Kachin war "the big powers close their eyes, for economic interests" Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "The civil war continues in northern Myanmar, with indifference on behalf of international community. The Kachin people suffer a lot and experience a great sense of abandonment": this is the c ...
• 16 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Autonomy and federal state : how the Burmese government betrayed the Kachin Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "The key point is the agreement of Panlung in 1947: the Kachin signed it, like other ethnic minorities, supporting the struggle of General Aung San for the independence of Burma from the Briti ...
• 16 July 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-30 years after the discovery of the virus about 25 million people have died of AIDS: the Sixth World Conference in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - After Buenos Aires, Paris, Rio De Janeiro, Sydney and Cape Town, Rome is to host from July 17 to 20, the VI World Conference on AIDS, organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS) and the Insti ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-Appointment of the Bishop of Ihosy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 16, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Fr. Fulgence Razakarivony, MS, Vice-Secretary of the Administrative Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Madagascar, Bish ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN- The Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari dies during Mass Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari, died this morning, July 16, at 8 am at the State hospital in Rumbek, where he was hospitalized after the illness that struck him while he was celebra ...
• 16 July 2011
  VATICAN-Declaration of the Holy See with reference to the Episcopal Ordination in the Diocese of Shantou (Province of Guangdong, Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The following clarifications are issued with reference to the episcopal ordination of the Rev. Joseph Huang Bingzhang, which took place on Thursday, July 14. l) The Rev. Joseph Huang B ...
• 15 July 2011
  AMERICA /UNITED STATES-Forgiveness and reconciliation are essential for durable peace in South Sudan and for the entire region New York City (Fides Service) - "Just days after the July 9 inauguration of the Republic of South Sudan, the new state was admitted as a Member State in the UN by acclamation of the General Assembly. The Delegation of th ...
• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - The first national office in Tunis for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The first national office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa (Hcdh) will open in Tunis: The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 July, by the Tunisian Foreign ...
• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR Congo - Hundreds of victims infected with cholera and measles, alarm for new cases of polio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lost their lives due to a serious outbreak of measles and cholera, as well as thousands of people who have been infected. Since Septe ...
• 15 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Last farewell to Fr. Franscesco Wei, 95 years old, more than 20 spent in prison Chang Sha (Agenzia Fides) - At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, July 14, the Church of Chang Sha, the capital of the Hu Nan province, was packed with people who wanted to give a final farewell to the 95-year old Franciscan ...