News

• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - War, violence and revenge: the plight of 10 thousand Christian refugees Kachin ethnic group Myitkyina (Fides Service) - " Fighting rages, the military governments do not hesitate to committing atrocities and revenge on the civilian population; there are over 10 thousand civil refugees of Kachin ethnic group, mo ...
• 24 June 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-"Only with effective changes to the prison system the country will be able to solve this problem", said Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The prison situation in Venezuela continues to be the focus of the general debate, this time it was the Catholic Church to ask the government for changes in the prison system. In the context of ...
• 24 June 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Even the feasts of Hispanic patron Saints in the U.S. Missal Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of the United States (USCCB) has approved the translation into Spanish of a series of additions to the Roman Missal to include the feasts of Hispanic and Spani ...
• 24 June 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Progress to unify the training of women's religious institutes Bissau (Fides Service) – To unify the formation of women's religious institutes present in Guinea Bissau: The proposal was made by Sister Laura Aguiar, Coordinator of the inter-diocesan Commission for Consecrated Life. ...
• 22 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Closing of the academic year: 110 major seminarians have completed the course of study in 7 major seminaries in the continent Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the academic year 2010/2011, 110 major seminarians of 7 Chinese major seminaries completed their cycle of studies in philosophy and theology. According to what Faith in He Bei rep ...
• 22 June 2011
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR-The missionaries working in the country have been recognized as "heroes" by Parliament Dili (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the National Day of the Country, the President of East Timor, Jose Ramos Horta, has praised the work of many Catholic missionaries who lived and worked with the local population ...
• 22 June 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-About 5,000 members of criminal gangs want to surrender and ask for the mediation of the Church Monteria (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of the Colombian city of Monteria, Mgr. Julio César Vidal, said that about 5,000 members of criminal gangs across the country are willing to surrender to authorities. "They contacte ...
• 22 June 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Islam, state religion and laity: the contradictions and the "back off" of the government Dhaka (Fides Service) -In recent days the Government of Bangladesh has "backed off", on the theme of the laity of the state, as reported by the Christian human rights activists who work on site to Fides. The Special Par ...
• 22 June 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Drug dealers organizations in West Africa are becoming more and more autonomous from the Colombian "narcos" Dakar (Fides Service) - The drug trade that passes through West Africa is undergoing an evolution that could have very serious consequences for the region. This is what emerged from the meeting on the West Coast of Afric ...
• 22 June 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - " Imitate the martyrs evangelize" the path for Vietnamese Catholics Hanoi (Fides Service) - " Imitate the martyrs and evangelize": these are the main points suggested by the Vietnamese Catholic Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, during his recent visit to North Vietnam (5-18 J ...
• 22 June 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO-Measles outbreak: 32 deaths and hundreds of people infected Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - At least 32 people have died and 800 have been infected following a measles epidemic that has struck the southern regions of Pointe Noire and Kouilou, in the Republic of Congo. In a previous ...
• 22 June 2011
  AFRICA/MALI - 9 deacons ordained from the major Seminary of Samaya Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The major Seminary "Saint Augustine" of Samaya, in Bamako (Mali), closed yesterday, June 21, the academic year 2010-2011. As Don Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali repo ...
• 22 June 2011
  EUROPE-The New Evangelization "is not a magic potion ... it is an act of faith in Christ who makes all things new" Vilnius (Agenzia Fides) - At the heart of the mission of the Church there are the human persons and their relationship with Jesus Christ, because only this relationship can transform life and fill it with a joy that witn ...
• 22 June 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-"There is no point in having 54,000 recognized refugees, if not enough attention and security is given", denounces the Scalabrini Foundation Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Every day a new stratagem is invented, how to get from one city to another or how to change look with clothes and haircuts. Jose L. prefers to remain anonymous to avoid being captured by armed men ...
• 22 June 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI-Seminar on human rights as the basis for peace: the Church's commitment Bujumbura (Fides Service) - A seminar on international law on human rights began in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi on June, 20 . The seminar is sponsored by the Episcopal Commission for the Apostolate of the Laity in Buru ...