News

• 20 June 2006
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - In some parts of the country malnutrition rate close to emergency line: another difficult season would only worsen the situation Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations World Food Programme WFP has warned that Mauritania is experiencing a serious food shortage, food prices are rocketing and the situation could turn to famine by next winter. To m ...
• 20 June 2006
  ASIA/IRAQ - 70 children flown from Kurdistan Iraq to Italy for hospital treatment Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Iraqi children are being flown to Italy for hospital treatment From Erbil, Kurdish region of Iraq 70 children seriously ill will be taken to hospitals in Rome and Milan. The news was a ...
• 19 June 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: The Eucharist is the Lord Jesus who gives himself ‘for the life of the world’ ., He wishes to meet every man and woman in every time and place and give them the very life of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The mystery of the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist and its immense value was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection at the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday 18 June on which some ...
• 19 June 2006
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO- Congo votes: commitment of Catholic Church in Butembo, east Democratic Republic of Congo Butembo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the first free elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo one of the principal actions of diocesan co-ordination in Butembo (east Democratic Congo) on the part of CARTEC (Catholic ...
• 19 June 2006
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - General Secretaries of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences meet to discuss collaboration in urgent pastoral concerns and issues connected ecumenism and with the process of European unification Ljubljana (Agenzia Fides) - The General Secretaries of Europe’s 34 Bishops’ Conferences are to meet in Ljubljana (Slovenia) from 24 - 27 June 2006. Items for discussion by the representatives of the Bishops’ Confer ...
• 19 June 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - First Peruvian Coordinator General of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Rosary: “I have always tried to be available to work wherever the need arose... now in this spirit I accept this new service” Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - During their 18th general chapter held in Madrid the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Rosary elected a new General co-ordinator Peruvian born Mother Dominga Esther Garro Pérez, the first Lati ...
• 19 June 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “A partial agreement is better than no agreement” say local Church sources in Burundi after the settlement reached by government and rebels Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “A partial agreement is better than no agreement” say local Catholic sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where there is some disappointment after the government and FNL rebels signed ...
• 19 June 2006
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “A partial agreement is better than no agreement” say local Church sources in Burundi after the settlement reached by government and rebels Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “A partial agreement is better than no agreement” say local Catholic sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, where there is some disappointment after the government and FNL rebels signed ...
• 19 June 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Christian Conference of Asia organises prayers for peace in the world especially in Nepal Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The CCA Christian Conference of Asia an ecumenical body has called for prayers for peace in the world, especially in Nepal which has suffered violence since 1996. Christians in Nepal a new membe ...
• 19 June 2006
  AFRICA - Outbreak of cholera: in Angola 43,000 cases including 1,600 mortal since February; in Darfur 56 cases one mortal Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Polluted water, oil pipelines, garbage dumps are the main causes of a recent outbreak of cholera in Luanda the most serious in the last decade with 43,000 cases and 1,600 deaths since February. O ...
• 19 June 2006
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Keep on the road to peace, Mr President”: Italian associations write in a letter to Museveni Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Italian associations aware of the suffering of the people in Uganda have written an open letter calling on president Yoweri Museveni and his government to intensify efforts for peace after 20 ye ...
• 19 June 2006
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cuban Bishops’ pastoral plan aims to foster Christ centred spirituality and a laity aware of its vocation, strengthened in missionary spirit with new ardour, creativity and courage Havana (Agenzia Fides) - “Together to Build Tomorrow” is the title of a 2006-2010 pastoral plan issued by the Catholic Bishops of Cuba to mark the 20th anniversary of the National Meeting of the Catholic Church which ...
• 17 June 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Nan Chang city decides to name a square after Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary who resided there for three years during his mission in China Nan Chang (Agenzia Fides) - “This city is one of the most important and noble of China not only because it is a metropolis of such a noble province, but because it is beautiful, large and its sons are of great intellec ...
• 17 June 2006
  AFRICA/BENIN - Pontifical Mission Societies ever better known in dioceses of Benin: annual meeting of PMS diocesan directors Dassa (Agenzia Fides) - From 30 May to June 2 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Benin gathered near the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace at Arigbo of Dassa, for their annual meeting presided by the Nat ...
• 17 June 2006
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Diarrhoea affects 80% of children in rich and poor countries killing one every minute Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Epidemiologists and paediatricians call it the “democratic virus” because it strikes in rich and poor countries alike, killing children in Africa and Asia and also in the West. A mutable virus ...