News
25 September 2012
AFRICA/MALI - Bamako calls for a UN resolution that authorizes the deployment of ECOWAS troops
Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Mali has officially requested a UN Security Council resolution that authorizes the sending of an international force to put the north of the Country under control, for months in the hands of a nu ...
25 September 2012
AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Enhancing the Islam Maghreb to reject violence and intolerance
Nouakchott (Agenzia Fides) - Facing violence and extremism by appealing to one’s cultural and religious values, based on dialogue and tolerance. This is what the Ministers of Religious Affairs of the Arab Maghreb Union ...
25 September 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - In the town of Mazatlan 34 murders in one week; in 2012 there have already been more than a thousand victims in Mexico
Michoacán (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican town of Mazatlan 34 murders were recorded only in the third week of September. A note sent to Fides Agency reports the statistics of the Attorney General of the State: in Septe ...
24 September 2012
VATICAN - The Pope during the Angelus: "Continue to pray for the Christians of the Middle East, for peace and dialogue"
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - After the Angelus prayer at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo yesterday, Sunday, September 23, the Holy Father Benedict XVI addressed the French-speaking pilgrims with these words: ...
24 September 2012
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Episcopal Conference
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In a solemn Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, which was concelebrated by all the Bishops of the Catholic Church in the Dominican ...
24 September 2012
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Bishop of Bissau's appeal: "we urgently need medicines for tuberculosis and AIDS"
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - A dramatic urgent appeal to send drugs for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Guinea Bissau, but also to have skilled technical personnel that "contributes to the assessment of the current health situa ...
24 September 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - St. Therese’s novena has started at the Shrine in Taipei dedicated to the Patroness of Missions
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - With the intention of prayer "so that the faithful proclaim the Gospel" yesterday, Sunday, September 23, the novena in preparation for the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus began, the shri ...
24 September 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Shocking attack, but we must not be intimidated," says to Fides the President of the Episcopal Conference
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "It is very sad and shocking that despite the security measures, a way was found to strike the faithful who go to Sunday Mass" says to Fides Agency, His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop ...
24 September 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - No evidence against Rimsha; support on behalf of Muslim women
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After a week of further investigation, the Pakistani police have acknowledged that there is no evidence against Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl arrested for blasphemy and then released on bail. Th ...
24 September 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Comboni Missionaries have launched a petition to abolish death penalty
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Comboni Missionaries (MCCJ) have launched a petition for the abolition of the death penalty in South Sudan. The petition was addressed to the Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan gathered in Juba, ...
21 September 2012
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Fighting malnutrition among children under 5 years of age suffering from rickets
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - In Madagascar, about half of the children under 5 years of age are rickety because of the irreversible effects of malnutrition that affect them during the first thousand days of life. These ...
21 September 2012
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hunger and poverty affect most Latin populations
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian organization Bread for the World has just released its annual study on hunger and poverty in the Latino community living in the United States, which shows that Latino families a ...
21 September 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - For the Year of Faith also a contest for the hymn that uses "the cultural resources of indigenous peoples"
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The organization of four Seminars, the publication of brochures, a competition for the hymn of the Year of Faith made by the indigenous peoples of the island: are some of the initiatives of the ...
21 September 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - VII Meeting on immigration and human trafficking: Brazil has not yet acceded to the International Convention on the protection of immigrants
St. Paul (Agenzia Fides) - The VII International Meeting on Migration and human trafficking in Latin America ends today, September 21, which was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event, which began on 19 September, discusse ...
21 September 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 25 million Nigerians at risk for torrential rain
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 25 million Nigerians who live along the banks of the rivers in the States of Niger, Benue, Sokoto, Katsina Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Cross River are likely to su ...
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