News

• 25 September 2007
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Tension rises again in east Congo, one cause is exploitation of oil Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - There is concern for a possible worsening of the situation in eastern North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fresh fighting between the regular army and rebels led by Laurent Nkund ...
• 25 September 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Only 2 doctors for every 100,000 people in a country where 940,000 people suffer from HIV/AIDS Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “The crisis in healthcare system is becoming unbearable” say missionary sources in Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries. “For every 100,000 people there are only 2 doctors, 56 nur ...
• 25 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Franciscans 70 years in Korea to restore primate of the spirit and serve the poor Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To give a soul to Korea's secularised society, pervaded by new technology which often dehumanises inter-personal relations: this is the vocation and mission of the Franciscans who recently celebr ...
• 25 September 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Young Cambodian Catholics promise common commitment to safeguard Creation at special Synod Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - To acknowledge the paternity of God the Creator and the responsibility of every person for creation: this was the aim of a special Synod of Young Cambodian Catholics, now in its fourth editio ...
• 25 September 2007
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops urge people to vote according to moral principles in Free Trade Agreement referendum: appeals and prayer initiatives for social peace and communion San José (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Costa Rica are about to take part in an important national event and in the struggle for justice as your Bishops we cannot stay in the sidelines" the Catholic Bishops of Costa R ...
• 25 September 2007
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 10th Continental Meeting of RIIAL, the Latin American Church's computer network, concludes with commitment to create new forms of presence and new services in the light of the Great Continental Mission Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The 10th Continental Meeting of RIIAL, the Latin American Church's computer network, held in Honduras in Valle de los Ángeles, near Tegucigalpa came to a close on Friday 21 September. The 8 ...
• 25 September 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Prayers, enthusiasm, mission: young Oblates in Australia on the way to WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - At the lay level young Australians are the ones who follow the spirituality of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, a religious congregation founded by St Eugene de Mazenod. In Australia t ...
• 25 September 2007
  “Africa” September-October 2007 issue: the web changes communications in Africa; in Liberia former child soldiers find shelter in a cemetery; the unexplored face of a Nairobi slum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Among the various articles in the September-October 2007 issue of "Africa" magazine published by the White Fathers, we mention: - During the ferocious years of civil war they were forced ...
• 24 September 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus : “The emergencies of hunger and pollution denounce with growing evidence that the logic of profit, if prevailing, increases the disproportion between rich and poor and a ruinous exploitation of the planet” Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “The emergencies of hunger and pollution denounce with growing evidence that the logic of profit, if prevailing, increases the disproportion between rich and poor and ruinous exploita ...
• 24 September 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Velletri: “This is our common mission: to be leaven of hope and peace because we believe in love. Love makes the Church live and since love is eternal it will make her live until the end of time” Velletri (Agenzia Fides) - “I happy to be back here with you… I have returned with joy to meet your diocesan community for several years in a singular way my own and which will always be dear to my heart”. These w ...
• 24 September 2007
  VATICAN “Today, in a the ministry of the bishop, organisation aspects are absorbing, commitments are many, and so are necessities, however in the life of a successor of the Apostles first place must be given to God ”: Benedict XVI encourages recently ordained Bishops Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) -“The apostolic and pastoral character of the bishop's prayer” was the theme on which the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dwelt in his address to recently ordained bishops received in au ...
• 24 September 2007
  VATICAN - Consecrated gypsies, their vocation and mission to their ethnic brothers and sisters: First World Meeting for Gypsy priests, deacons and men and women religious Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Consecrated gypsies, their vocation and mission to their ethnic brothers and sisters, is the theme of the First World Meeting for Gypsy priests, deacons and men and women religious organise ...
• 24 September 2007
  EUROPE - Family Policy Institute urges Europe's political leaders to stop talking and take action to support families and to make the family a priority issue in their respective countries Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an urgent priority for European countries to incorporate the family perspective in public policies as a social good which cannot be renounced and as a service to the nation " said Lola V ...
• 24 September 2007
  AFRICA - Flood emergency in Africa continues: harvests destroyed, millions left homeless, threat of epidemics and consequences at the level of public order Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The devastating flood emergency continues in many different parts of Africa. Some 20 African countries have been affected by torrential rainfall since July. At least 270 people are confirmed dead an ...
• 24 September 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - “The family is at the centre of our pastoral work and we focus especially on Holy Childhood ” the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Benin, in Rome for the ad limina visit speaks with Fides Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “The future of our Church in Benin is to give priority to the family since the family is the basic nucleus of society and of the Church” Bishop Antoine Ganyé, president of the Catholic Bishops' ...