News

• 23 June 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Tons of foodstuff allowed to go bad: a “sin which cries to heaven”, Catholic Bishops denounce Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Venezuela have called for a "thorough and detailed" investigation into the scandal of thousands of tons of food products imported by the government and lost because they were al ...
• 23 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI: “With Mary, we share our faith with joy” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Mexico will celebrate the 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI in Lazaro Cardenas City, in the state of Michoacan, 21 - 24 October 2010. In a special statement Bishop Rafael ...
• 22 June 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Standing Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain CEE to discuss missionary cooperation Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – A statement from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain CEE, a copy of which was sent to Fides, said that the 216th Meeting of the CEE Standing Committee, a meeting of three days, will disc ...
• 22 June 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New handbook on promoting missionary spirit among children Valencia (Agenzia Fides) – The Missions Commission of the Archdiocese of Valencia has issued a new handbook to encourage the formation of more Missionary Childhood groups and offer existing groups guidelines for activi ...
• 22 June 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We condemn the attack on 13 June and the profanation of the Eucharist on 14 June. We shall not be intimidated” Bishops say Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “ It is with great shock and disbelief that we, together with the rest of the world, witnessed the ugly scenes that befell our Christian sisters and brothers on the evening of Sunday the 13th 2 ...
• 22 June 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Several motives behind the murder of Floribert Chebeya Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Several motives could be behind the assassination of Congolese human rights activist Floribert Chebeya, chairman of the NGO Voice for the Voiceless (VSV), who disappeared with his driver in the ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community coordinated by Jinde Charities organises aid for flood victims Nan Ning (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of mainland China is once again in front line to provide assistance for victims of recent floods on 13 June in various parts of southern China, which caused 199 deaths ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The government: Internet censure to protect young people from immorality Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – In the face of a “sexy-gate” which for the past month has stirred up the world of politics, the media, public opinion, and religious parties, the Indonesian government led by President Sus ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Rapid rise in number of Afghan migrant children: about 45% more than in 2008 Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – “Forced expulsion of Afghan immigrant children from the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe puts the children in serious danger and this must stop”: say human rights activists. The ...
• 22 June 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Human trafficking and drugs trade: major areas of transnational organised crime New York (Agenzia Fides) – Trafficking of human persons and the drugs trade, two major areas of transnational organised crime, were the subject of an intervention by the Holy See Permanent Observer to the United Nation ...
• 22 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church calls for dialogue to address the issue of vendors expelled from the capital San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador today said frank dialogue was necessary to solve the problem of hundreds of street vendors expelled from the capital, a measure which came in force on 1 ...
• 22 June 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The number of persons killed in torrential rains in north-east Brazil rises to 32 Alagoas (Agenzia Fides) – Two days of uninterrupted rain, over 21 towns in Zona da Mata, the Paraiba valley and Costa Nord of Brazil's Alagoas State, left 32 dead, about 80,000 people homeless and more than one thousa ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 21 June 2010, appointed Rev. John Wong Soo Kau, Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia). Until now Rev Wong Soo Kau was vice-director of the ...
• 21 June 2010
  VATICAN - During his Angelus address the Pope appeals for peace and security in Kyrgyzstan and recalls World Day for Refugees Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I wish to make a pressing appeal that peace and security may be speedily restored in southern Kyrgyzstan, after the serious clashes in recent days" said the Holy Father, Pope Benedict ...
• 21 June 2010
  VATICAN - “Never tire of nourishing in the faithful a sense of belonging to the Church and the joy of brotherly communion ”: the Pope addresses Brazilian Bishops from the Leste 2 region. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “As teacher and doctors of the faith, your mission is to boldly teach the truth which must be believed and lived, presenting it in an authentic manner”. This recommendation was addres ...