News
13 December 2012
AMERICA/CUBA - 50 days after the hurricane, thousands of people are still homeless and without services
Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay has received an appeal from the Bishop Emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), His Exc. Mgr. Luis del Castillo, who has been living as a missionary in Santiago ...
13 December 2012
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the lay faithful of Gulu, "be always men and women of goodness, reconciliation, holiness of Christian life, and peace"
Arua (Agenzia Fides) - "I cannot help but express to you, dear brothers and sisters, all of my appreciation for the selfless service that you render so well to Christ and to the Church through your teaching of the catech ...
13 December 2012
AFRICA/UGANDA - "We want to preserve the missionary spirit handed down to us by our first evangelizers" says the Bishop of Arua
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "The diocese was founded thanks to the work of evangelization of the Comboni Missionaries. The Comboni Missionaries are still present in our diocese and we are very happy to have them with us, " ...
13 December 2012
VATICAN - Observations on behalf of His Exc. Mgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the decision of the so-called Conference of Catholic Bishops of China and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, to withdraw the ''approval'' from His Exc. Mgr. Taddeo Ma Daqin, the ...
13 December 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - "Demarcation of borders to avoid further violence," the request of the Bishops of four East African countries
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of neighboring Dioceses in South Sudan in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia have called for borders demarcation to avoid conflicts and to achieve peaceful co-existence amongst the neighbour ...
13 December 2012
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Traditional midwives help save women in childbirth
Betraka (Agenzia Fides) - Madagascar is facing a triple challenge: rapid population growth, increasing poverty and political instability. This is what emerges from the report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ...
12 December 2012
VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Uganda for the centenary of the faith in Arua and in the ecclesiastical province of Gulu
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The conclusive celebrations for the centenary of the arrival of the faith in the diocese of Arua, northern Uganda, thanks to the Comboni missionaries, will be presided by Cardinal Fernando ...
12 December 2012
ASIA/INDIA - The Church and the "untouchables": a test bench in the Year of Faith
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the 250 million untouchables, the Dalits, who in India are considered "human waste" there is "the moaning of the Spirit of God" that expresses and shouts the dignity of every human being. A ...
12 December 2012
ASIA/NEPAL - Pilot project to assist women who have suffered violence
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Following a study carried out in 2011 by researchers at the BICE (Bureau International Catholique de l'enfance), which deals with children’s rights, a project to help women and their relatio ...
12 December 2012
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Recognition of Parliament to Caritas, for the protection of social rights and the fight against poverty
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Caritas Portugal, Eugenio Fonseca, received from Parliament the Human Rights Award 2012. "Caritas welcomes this award - he said - as a sign of appreciation for the work of animat ...
12 December 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - The realization of the Rosary beads becomes an occasion for catechesis
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A hand made rosary, to thank the sisters for their reception: is the Christmas initiative of the girls who are guests of the College of the Missionaries of the Good Shepherd in Hong Kong to ...
12 December 2012
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Delays in learning and growth for adolescent workers
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor in Argentina continues to be a very serious problem. Among the disadvantages caused by the phenomenon what emerges is the narrow margin of time available that these children hav ...
12 December 2012
AFRICA/MALI - Reserve about how the Prime Minister was deposed, but the parties are in favor of change
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The political parties have taken note of the appointment of the new Prime Minister and the resignation of the previous. The political group that supports the military junta has expressed its con ...
12 December 2012
AMERICA/PANAMA - The Catholic Church mediates between firemen and government authorities
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue between the representatives of the General Directorate of the Fire Brigade and the authorities of the Government of Panama is still in progress, in order to examine a list of 13 req ...
12 December 2012
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on October 1, 2012 appointed Rev. Jovitus Mwijage of the diocesan clergy of Bukoba as National Direc ...
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