News

• 16 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits: new website for the Italian Province with areas for social work, missions, culture Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Within the restructure of the communication area, the Italian Province of the Society of Jesus reports to Fides that their new website is now live: www.gesuitinews.it, a website where it is poss ...
• 16 February 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Continuing commitment by Taiwanese dioceses to promoting vocations Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Diverse dioceses on the island of Taiwan are vigorously promoting vocations among youth, says the Vocational Service of the Regional Seminary of Taiwan. According to information gathered by F ...
• 16 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - 25th anniversary for Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo, present in 16 countries around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its foundation. From its creation with seven priests and first mission in Brazil, in 25 y ...
• 16 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - the cowardly assassination of Father Orozco “shows the serious crisis of human and Christian values” Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) – Father Luis Carlos Orozco Cardona, 26 years old, was killed in Rio Negro (Antioquia) on the evening of Saturday, 12 February: the news was confirmed in a message sent to Fides by the Colombia ...
• 16 February 2011
  Africa/Malawi - “Bicycle protest” prohibited; “an event that still stirs the conscience,” says a Monfort missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “It is difficult for a protest, even a peaceful one, to be held in Malawi. At least for now the silence holds. The organisers of the march were arrested, the bikes have gone back to their vil ...
• 16 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The debate begins now on Egypt's future, and there may be some surprises,” Comboni missionary, Fr Luciano Verdoscia, tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt is currently facing a series of economic and and wage demands that are affecting different economic sectors. Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells Fides: “T ...
• 16 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Confirming the identity of the missionary vocation of the priesthood: conclusions from the first Meeting of the European Fidei Donum priests in America Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – “Grateful to God for our vocation to mission ad gentes - 52 diocesan priests, based in our dioceses in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Poland and Spain - we attended the 'First Continental ...
• 15 February 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “A transitional document for Central Americans who travel to the north of Mexico,” proposes the President of Guatemala Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, wants to propose to the Mexican Government to grant temporary permits to Central Americans who cross Mexico to reach the United States, as a me ...
• 15 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests from Diocese of Tang Shan take spiritual retreat in the footsteps of St John Vianney; focus on spirituality, challenges and opportunities for priests today in China Tang Shan (Agenzia Fides) – In the footsteps of St John Marie Vianney, the retreat for priests from the Diocese of Tang Shan, He Bei province, began yesterday, 14 February. According to a note received by Fides, the r ...
• 15 February 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - German Children's relief organisation assisting victims of the floods which have affected more than a million people Aachen (Agenzia Fides) – Since 9 January, strong, incessant rains have been a concern for many regions throughout Sri Lanka, especially in the east and north-east of the Country, where floods have affected more than a ...
• 15 February 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “Only collaboration between Europe and the Maghreb countries can stop the uncontrolled flows of migrants,” Bishop of Tunis tells Fides Tunis (Agenzia Fides) – It is a phenomenon that has been around for a long time, before the recent events in Tunisia, that the youth of Maghreb (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) has always wanted to get to the north shore ...
• 15 February 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Suspension of mining activities in East DRC affects the honest without blocking illegal trade Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The suspension of mining activities in some areas of east Democratic Republic of Congo is creating problems for law-abiding producers, but has not halted illegal mining of the Country's natural ...
• 15 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Infant malnutrition not just a cultural problem Salta (Agenzia Fides) – The National Commission for Aboriginal Pastoral Care has made a statement dismissing the authorities of Salta, who classified the deaths of at least 10 children from malnutrition, as “a cultur ...
• 14 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Day of the Eucharist in the Diocese of Nan Yang Nan Yang (Agenzia Fides) – Following a 60 year tradition, the Diocese of Nan Yang celebrated the “Day of the Eucharist”. On 11 February, more than 4,000 of the faithful, coming from surrounding dioceses and communi ...
• 14 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi and the anti-blasphemy campaign: the UN and Obama “follow the Pope” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – That the new Government of Pakistan “is committed to the genuine respect of human rights throughout the Country and to protect the rule of law” is what the Masihi Foundation is calling for ...