News

• 3 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Building a more mature nation, where Christians are acknowledged and respected - Interview with Fr. Bashar Warda, CSSR, Rector of the Chaldean Seminary of Ainkawa Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is difficult. But Iraqi Christians do not lose hope and are helping to build the new Iraq. The country and Iraqi society at large are more mature than in the election four years a ...
• 3 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous image of Christ: Police defend Hindu extremists in Punjab Jalandhar (Agenzia Fides) – Things could worsen following the violence that broke out on February 20 in the town of Batala in Punjab (Northwest India), and in some neighboring villages, after the publication of blasphe ...
• 3 March 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Over 80 dead and 400 missing following landslide on Mount Elgon; missionary station destroyed Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – More than 80 are dead and 400 are missing according to an initial report on the landslide caused by heavy rains that fell in Uganda, in the District of Bududa, on the slopes of Mount Elgon loc ...
• 3 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday, March 7 is Hispano-American Day: "Our gaze returns to Latin America as a land of mission." Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Sunday, March 7th, Spanish Dioceses celebrate Hispano-American Day, promoted by the Ibero-American Association for Priestly Cooperation (OCSHA), of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. Coinciding wit ...
• 3 March 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Recent violence is no threat to peace talks between government and main rebel group in Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – “The news from Darfur on new fighting comes as no surprise. It was sadly predictable that groups excluded from the agreement under Doha would try to be make their presence known in this way ...
• 3 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The priest and the digital world, theme for encounter led by CELAM Communications Department Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Today in Bogota (Colombia) marks the opening of the continental meeting of the Chambers of Social Communication of the Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean with the Communic ...
• 3 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - New manual to enhance mother and child health in sub-Saharan Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Sub-Saharan Africa will soon have a manual on mother/child healthcare, that will help reduce deaths of these two groups and enhance healthcare for mothers, infants, and children in general. T ...
• 3 March 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - From Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital on Mission to Haiti: “I left my heart in Haiti; they were two weeks that will mark my life forever.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On January 30 of this year, the first doctor from Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital went to Haiti to meet the health needs of earthquake survivors. Michael Salata, a pediatrician, worked for the H ...
• 2 March 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Ugandan Bishops' Conference President launches appeal to help rebuild north: “millions of people have been living for 20 years in refugee camps” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "The Church in Uganda is growing, as evidenced by the many priestly and religious vocations" Fides was told by Archbishop Matthias Ssekamanya of Lugazi, President of the Uganda Bishops' Conferenc ...
• 2 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic Chinese community living Lent intensely: reflecting on Pope's Message and promoting spiritual events for all ages Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Message of Pope Benedict XVI for Lent 2010, entitled “The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ,” is the central reference point for the Chinese Catholic commu ...
• 2 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two International Conferences on Fr. Matteo Ricci, “formed by the Chinese” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As part of celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the death of the Jesuit missionary Fr. Matteo Ricci (Macerata (Italy) 1552-Beijing 1610), there will be two International Conferences devoted ...
• 2 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Serious damages to Salesian structures Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Two days after the earthquake which struck Chile, it seems that it is especially the south of the country that now has more serious difficulties. The cities of Curicó, Talca, Linares, Los An ...
• 2 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Redemptorist Church destroyed in earthquake Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – From the newsletter of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, sent to Fides, as for the situation of the Redemptorists in Chile, we learn some information provided by Fr. Luis F ...
• 2 March 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archdiocese of Mexico City shows solidarity with Chile Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Mexico has sent condolences to the people of Chile for the loss and damage caused by the earthquake, and has asked parishes to pray, as has been done for the earthquake ...
• 2 March 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cochabamba Parishes launch Permanent Mission Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – There has been long talk of the Permanent Mission in Bolivia. The Bishops opened it in April of last year in Cochabamba, for all Bolivia. On February 2 this year, the Permanent Mission star ...