News

• 16 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan politicians' names published, suspected by the ICC for the violence of 2008 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The publication of the politicians' names under investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a political earthquake, however for the moment it has not provoked ...
• 16 December 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Inauguration of a School for Missionary Promotion in Jaen “to revitalize the missionary spirituality and missionary movements” Jaen (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, 11 December, a School for Missionary Promotion in the Diocese of Jaen was officially inaugurated. The event, held at the diocesan seminary, was attended by Bishop D. Ramón del Hoyo ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Vocations Training” theme for Forum organized by Faith Institute for Cultural Studies in collaboration with seminaries, religious congregations and dioceses Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - “Vocations Training” is the main theme of the Forum for the modern formation of vocations, organized by the Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS) in collaboration with 16 mainla ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Kiran's foetus is malformed, the pregnant Catholic girl who was raped Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – The foetus suffers from a severe form of hydrocephalus; no higher or lower limbs are present. It is destined for certain death due to miscarriage, or, should it come to light, in the first ...
• 15 December 2010
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A bus to assist street kids with emergency medical services, food, clothing and educational activities Freetown (Agenzia Fides/ANS) - The Salesians in Freetown, through the NGO “Don Bosco Fambul”, have launched the “Don Bosco Mobile”, a bus that will serve to help street kids with emergency medical assistance, foo ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Food security at risk in the north of the Country Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Food security remains very precarious in the northern part of Sri Lanka. According to the latest information from the World Food Programme (WFP), the majority of the 1,755 families monitored in ...
• 15 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Growing fears of clashes over the announcement of politicians indicted by the International Criminal Court Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Kenyan political class seems united in claiming national sovereignty and in making an appeal to the patriotic pride of Kenyans,” a source from the local Church in Nairobi, the capital o ...
• 15 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Fears of violence after an appeal to Ouattara's supporters on the march to television headquarters Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “There are strong fears that the situation might get out of hand and that there will be violent clashes between supporters of both camps,” a source from the Church in Abidjan, the economic c ...
• 15 December 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “God the Father helps us to respect and love each other as brothers”: Bishops on the issue of Villa Soldati Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The permanent Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina issued a statement, also sent to Fides, which deals with the terrible events of Villa Soldati, in view of Christmas almost ...
• 15 December 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa urges all Christians, regardless of their political sympathies, to work for peace and against violence Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, invites all to “work for peace and fight against violence” in Venezuela, adding that this requirement, “is expected of all Christi ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bounty on Asia Bibi, we need to prosecute imams: letter from the bishops and politicians in the government Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani, the Bishops, political leaders and representatives of civil society in Pakistan write: prosecute the imam who put a bounty on ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy in a “frenzy”: a Muslim doctor incriminated Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Shock and protest reign in the Pakistani civil society. Naushad Valyani, a Muslim doctor in Hyderabad (Sindh province) was arrested for blasphemy in the last few days. His crime is to have sn ...
• 13 December 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Between violence and cholera: “the situation is dramatic. Help us, here they need everything” Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is deteriorating further and further on the island. We have already arrived at 2,100 dead and we are taking about 400,000 infections and 200,000 deaths if this pandemic c ...
• 13 December 2010
  VATICAN - Towards the canonization of Bl Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian Missionaries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI authorized the promulgation of various Decrees, the first of which recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xave ...
• 13 December 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Polish Franciscan missionary killed in his parish church Santo Domingo de Los Colorados (Agenzia Fides) - His name is Fr Miroslaw Karczewski and he was the 45 year old priest of the Convent of Friars Minor (OFM Conv) killed on the afternoon of Monday, 6 December in the rectory ...