News
7 May 2012
AFRICA/KENYA - Emergency Refugee in the Mission of Camp Garba: more than 3 thousand people need everything
Camp Garba (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in refugee camps is dramatic, government aid is rather insufficient, everyone is afraid to go to the area, the essential is lacking, especially water, increasing the risk of di ...
4 May 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - "Gift of God’s Love": a diocesan meeting sponsored by the Commission for Vocations
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Gift of God’s Love" was the theme of the prayer meeting sponsored by the Diocese of Hong Kong on the occasion of the International Day of Prayer for Vocations, which took place on April 28 ...
4 May 2012
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Young missionary killed during a robbery at the mission of Liqueleva
Liqueleva (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Valentim Eduardo Camale, of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC), was brutally killed on May 3, 2012 during a robbery at the mission of Liqueleva (Mozambique), which occurred at 8 pm. Accordin ...
4 May 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Ten years ago, the FARC killed 78 faithful in Bojayá, including 48 children, who took refuge in church
Bojayá (Agenzia Fides) - Ten years ago the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) murdered 78 members of the parish of Bojayá, including 48 children, who had taken refuge in the church of St. Paul the Apostle in ...
4 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Assembly of Bishops (7 absent) re-launches reconciliation and calls on the vote
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict and ongoing violence in Syria have had a strong impact on the Assembly of Catholic bishops of Syria, which ended in recent days in Aleppo. As reported to Fides, out of 17 Prelates pr ...
4 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Church: hope for a "credible UN mission"
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hope is that the UN Mission of Observers is credible, fair, independent and restores peace with regards to the situation. We call on all warring parties to accept the UN Observers, who come ...
4 May 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A documentary and a march to protect the culture of life
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Philippines intends to pursue a "culture war" to protect the value of life: this is why it promoted the creation of a documentary entitled "Philippines: preserving a culture of ...
4 May 2012
AMERICA/PERU - Six months of heavy rain has caused 53 victims and 260 000 homeless
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Since November last year, when the rains began to fall, until recent days, considering the 25 regions across the country, the total affected by natural disasters is very high: 53 deaths and more th ...
4 May 2012
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Bishop of Khulna
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 4, 2012 appointed Rev. James Romen Boiragi, former Vicar General of Khulna as Bishop of the Diocese of Khulna (Bangladesh), .
Rev. James Romen Boiragi w ...
3 May 2012
AFRICA/DR CONGO - In three months 241,000 other displaced from North Kivu: the complaint of a missionary
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the first quarter of 2012, in North Kivu alone, displaced people increased by 241,000 units" this is the complaint made to Fides by Fr. Loris Cattani, a Xaverian missionary animator of "Pea ...
3 May 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishop of Copiapo in the celebration of May 1, calls for "a decent wage and respect for the environment"
Copiapo (Agenzia Fides) - During the celebration of Labor Day weekend, on May 1, the Bishop of Copiapo called for a revision of the minimum wages and a solution to the problems of the population of Freirina, about 500 km ...
3 May 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 30 people died in the attack at a livestock market in the north-east of Nigeria
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least 34 people died caused by a bomb in a cattle market which took place yesterday afternoon, May 2, in Potiskum, in the north-east of Nigeria. According to agency sources, the toll of the att ...
3 May 2012
VATICAN - From May 7 to 12 the annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday May 7 the Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins. In the House of the Salesians, in via della Pisana 1111 in Rome, the Directors of the national ...
3 May 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than 1,200 new missionaries: the first fruits of the Year of the Mission
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 1,200 new missionaries, including religious and lay people, especially young people in Pakistan: there are all those who, on the occasion of the Year of the Mission, underway in t ...
3 May 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic youth volunteers at the service of the Marian shrines for the month of May
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - They serve the Mass, receive the pilgrims, direct the traffic, help the elderly to climb to the shrine, they meet every logistic need: they are young Catholic volunteers who have chosen t ...
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