News

• 2 September 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic NGO working against trafficking in human persons Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Between 600,000 and 2,000,000 people each year are victims of human trafficking. Among the countries affected by this crime in Africa is Kenya. According to the Trafficking in Persons Report ( ...
• 2 September 2010
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Raising a child with disabilities, without suitable aid or facilities Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – In Senegal many women refuse to take mentally disabled children on public transport; families hide children with mental or neurological disorders, and some parents disown them outright. Accordin ...
• 1 September 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops: No to the law on the media, as it “violates the spirit of openness and accountability” of government officials Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of South Africa have “serious concerns about the wisdom and the constitutionality of the Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament, as well as about the nee ...
• 1 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas Pakistan: urgent appeal for “female doctors to treat women” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - “In the tragedy of displacement, women are among the most vulnerable victims. The danger of diseases and epidemics is growing. Women who become ill, however, are often not accompanied by doc ...
• 1 September 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Italian missionary Fr. Luigi Colombo passes away after 40 years' service in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Luigi Colombo, an Italian missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), greatly loved by the faithful of Hong Kong, has returned to the Father's house on August 22 ...
• 1 September 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Continental Mission Week: study of Aparecida Document and guidelines for Brazilian dioceses Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – "You are witnesses of these things" (Lk 24:48). This will be the theme for the Continental Mission Week to be held September 5 to 11 at the Mission Cultural Center (MCC) in Brasilia, Brazil. ...
• 1 September 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - CENAMIS prepares Missionary Training Course Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The National Missionary Center (CENAMIS) of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference has prepared a Missionary Training Course for the month of September, entitled "Experience the Mission Through an Enco ...
• 1 September 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Carmelite Missionaries celebrate 100th anniversary in Latin America Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Religious Congregation of Carmelite Missionaries is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its presence in Latin America. Thus, they have held their first Missionary Encounter of the “Provinc ...
• 1 September 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Nairobi seminar on establishing a Catholic information agency for all Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “Today communications is taken as the first aeropagus of the modern world, which is unifying humanity and turning it into a global village. Thus, we as Catholic Communicators we expect and wan ...
• 1 September 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Meeting Jesus on the internet, E-Conference: “Jesus the Christ: Fully Human, Truly Divine” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Gerald O'Collins SJ will be the headline speaker at the Broken Bay Institute's next National E-Conference, 'Jesus the Christ: Fully human, Truly divine', on Thursday 16 September 2010. The ...
• 1 September 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Healthcare workers of the Church: “unsung heroes” in the fight against HIV Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – Half of the hospitals and healthcare services present in the country are run by Christians and one-fourth of them are run by the Catholic Church. Carol Kidu, PNG Minister for Community De ...
• 31 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Waters diverted, Christian village flooded on purpose Multan (Agenzia Fides) – Local NGOs have reported to Fides on the building of a dam to save some land and divert floodwater towards other areas inhabited by Christian citizens, in Punjab, near Multan, where inhabitants ...
• 31 August 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Local Fides sources tell of a new rebel group in Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – A newly formed rebel group has appeared in the southeastern Central African Republic, according to a report in the international press. Bishop Juan Jose Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, sen ...
• 31 August 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - 1,261 missionaries from Madrid active in 91 countries Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Madrid currently has 1,261 missionaries working in 91 countries on five continents. They belong to 158 congregations and religious institutions. Others are members of the dio ...
• 31 August 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - On the feast of the Queenship of Mary, Sacraments of Confirmation and Baptism administered in several communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community on the mainland solemnly celebrated the Feast of the Queenship of Mary on Sunday, August 22, a very specially celebrated feast on the mainland, where the local Catholic co ...