News

• 9 December 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Thousands of people at risk due to severe drought in the central region of Mudug Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - At least 5,000 families (30,000 persons) in 13 villages north-east and south-east of the regional capital, Galkayo, in Somalia, have immediate need of assistance following the severe drought t ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Solidarity among different religious faiths for the International Day of Disabled Persons Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The International Day of Disabled Persons was celebrated on 3 December with special emphasis all over India. Among the initiatives, the Guanellian society celebrated from Bangalore to Poonamal ...
• 7 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded in Nan Chong Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) - The traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom the Cathedral of the Diocese of Nan Chong (province of Si Chuan) is dedicated, has spawned a new association of the faithful: the ...
• 7 December 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Elections 2011: “We must choose the one who works, not for self-interest, but for the good of the Country,” interview with Archbishop Brenes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano of Managua granted a telephone interview to the newspaper “La Prensa”, which contains a reflection for Christmas, but in which he also appeals to ...
• 7 December 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 24 victims from the landslide found, but 100 are still missing Bello (Agenzia Fides) – Rescue and emergency workers have found 24 bodies in the rubble and mud after a landslide buried a poor Medellin suburb in the Colombian town of Bello. The Government declared a state of emergen ...
• 7 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Deadlock but diplomacy is working away. Eye-witnesses in Abidjan and Korhogo speak to Fides Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The lives of ordinary people continue while the politicians talk” a source from the Church in Abidjan tells Fides, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire, divided between two leaders, Alass ...
• 7 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - the urgency for reform of the criminal justice system: Asia Bibi is just the latest victim Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, has highlighted the urgency of a comprehensive reform of the criminal justice system in Pakistan. Today the Interna ...
• 7 December 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Maternal and infant mortality rates are improving but there is still a long way to go for health care in the Country Gicumbi (Agenzia Fides) - In Rwanda, one of the countries with the worst indicators in the world for maternal and child mortality, the government is working to ensure access to lifesaving medical care for mothers and the ...
• 7 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Sisters' “Ashram”, to enter into dialogue with non-Christians Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in India have opened a Christian “Ashram”, to enter into relations and dialogue with non-Christians, especially with Hindu believers. The Ashram is in f ...
• 6 December 2010
  VATICAN - At the Angelus Benedict XVI's invitation to pray “for all situations of violence, of intolerance, of suffering in the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Marian prayer of the Angelus, recited with the faithful and pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday, 5 December, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made the following appeal: � ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - On the Feast of St Francis Xavier, revival of the missionary commitment by the parish of Wu Qiao in the diocese of Zhou Cang Zhou Cang (Agenzia Fides) - “Following the example of St Francis Xavier, we all need to intensify and deepen the meaning of missionary, the sense of Christian identity, to revive the mission of evangelization.” This ...
• 6 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Two Presidents and two Governments: Côte d'Ivoire on the verge of chaos; the Church appeals for “sensibleness” Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Côte d'Ivoire has two different Presidents and Governments. Alassane Ouattara, who according to the Independent Electoral Commission and the international community won the presidential ballot ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christmas in jail for Asia Bibi: sliding processing time Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Lahore High Court today extended the suspension of sentence for Asia Bibi - the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy - until 23 December, the same day the Court should then announ ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bibi Asia: solidarity from Italy and the Philippines Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign of international solidarity for Bibi Asia continues to grow with new shows from Italy and the Philippines. Over 100 members of the Italian Parliament from all parties and orientatio ...
• 6 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya: “Power that is not used for the common good is power without a purpose” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to politicians to respond to the expectations of the population and a call to end the war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are two of the most significant passage ...