News
24 April 2012
ASIA/VIETNAM - Emergency in the south: viral strain affects thousands of children and has already killed 16
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - A dangerous strain of a disease that affects hands, feet and mouth (HFMD) has hit Vietnam and has affected more than 21 thousand people, mostly children under 5 years of age, already killing 16. A ...
24 April 2012
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-"The international community must help us to demarcate the border between Sudan and South Sudan," says the Archbishop of Juba
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Juba is not quiet. The population is very concerned about what is happening on the border between South Sudan and Sudan" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, Archbisho ...
24 April 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - Make good use of the many occasions that tourism offers us to put forward Christ
Cancun (Agenzia Fides) - "Tourism is not only an opportunity but also a right for everyone, that cannot be limited to certain social groups or to specific geographical areas ... Therefore, we must promote conditions that ...
24 April 2012
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The uncertainty and the lack of controls incentivize speculation on cashews, the only source of income of the population
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "As Radio Sol Mansi we have denounced speculators who pull on the price of cashews" says to Fides Fr. Davide Sciocco, PIME missionary and director of Radio Sol Mansi, the Catholic radio station i ...
24 April 2012
AMERICA/ECUADOR - "We can live without gold, never without water" Bishops’ reflection on the exploitation of natural resources
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Through a document entitled "Let us take care fof our planet," the Bishops of Ecuador stressed that this issue constitutes a "major challenge" both for the government and for mining and oil compan ...
23 April 2012
VATICAN - Meeting on the Catholic Church in China
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From April 23 to 25, the Commission Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study the issues of great importance for the life of the Catholic Church in China will meet at the Vatican. The ...
23 April 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - Greater attention to the foreign Catholics culture for a better integration in society and in the local church
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Respect and sharing of culture and traditions of the Catholic foreign residents in Hong Kong so that they can fit in better in society and the church community and encouraging communion: this ...
23 April 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "With regards to forced conversions, the Supreme Court upholds human rights"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Forced conversions to Islam is a matter of such seriousness that it "requires immediate action on behalf of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a firm stance in defense of justice, human rights, r ...
23 April 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and technical formation for deaf children and young people: a new facility
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) –Laying the foundation stone of a new facility for the care of children and deaf young people in the city of Cochabamba has recently taken place. The new facility will be called "Don Bosco Sa ...
23 April 2012
AMERICA/PERU-Caritas Peru will help over 5 thousand people with the promotion of local products
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Peru has signed a cooperation agreement with the company "Sierra Exportadora" to enhance and better commercialize the production of the inhabitants of the Peruvian highlands. The agreement ...
23 April 2012
AFRICA/SUDAN-The Christians of Khartoum concerned about the clashes between Sudan and South Sudan
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting between northern and southern Sudan are having serious consequences on the Christian community living in Khartoum and other Sudanese areas. "Christians are afraid because two days ago, ...
23 April 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The President of the Episcopal Conference: "Equal rights for religious minorities"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians and as members of religious minorities in Pakistan we demand equal rights and opportunities, full dignity and freedom": is what Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi and Presi ...
23 April 2012
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Year of Faith and the defense of life, two central issues for the Assembly of Bishops
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - From now until April 28, at the house of spiritual retreat "El Cenaculo", in Buenos Aires, the 103rd Plenary Assembly of the Argentina Episcopal Conferencewill take place, the first of 201 ...
23 April 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mother Maria Ines beatified, founder of a missionary institute present in 14 countries
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am pleased to recall that yesterday, in Mexico, María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament, foundress of the Clarissan Missionary Sisters of the most Blessed Sacrament was beatified. Le ...
23 April 2012
AFRICA/KENYA-New manual for the early diagnosis of leprosy
Rongo (Agenzia Fides) - The meetings for formation and distribution of a new manual for the medical staff of the Country, for the early diagnosis of leprosy has just concluded in Rongo, South Nyanza, Kenya. The text was ...
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