News
12 December 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We are awaiting the next moves of Tshisekedi challenging the reelection of the President"
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "There have been acts of violence but they were fairly isolated episodes. We await Tshisekedi’s next moves who has asked his supporters to wait for his provisions. Maybe everything will be ha ...
10 December 2011
ASIA-In 14 Asian countries death penalty is imposed after unfair trials or evidence extracted
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In 14 Asian countries the death of thousands of people is condemned every year, after unfair trials, or on the basis of evidence extracted under torture. This is what the "Anti-Death Penalty A ...
10 December 2011
AMERICA/CANADA-The bishops of Canada to Haiti in solidarity 2 years after the earthquake
Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) -The president and vice president of the Canadian Episcopla Conference, respectively Mgr. Richard Smith and Mgr. Paul-André Durocher, will be present from 14 to 21 December next at a solidarity mi ...
10 December 2011
AMERICA/CHILE-Appeal on behalf of Mgr. Ezzati, to restore the dignity of prisoners
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) -With a small tree in their arms, blessed during the Eucharist celebrated in the Church Cathedral, 81 families returned home to plant and grow it in memory of "an absent but always present". We a ...
10 December 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Legislative elections: a strong turnout is not expected because of the outgoing President’s supporters’ boycott
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "After a week of intense campaigning, the situation is calm.
The party (Ivorian Popular Front), of former President Gbagbo does not show up to protest against his transfer to the International ...
10 December 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Congo at risk after the re-election of Kabila; the main opponent disputes the results
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We will see what steps Etienne Tshisekedi will take, after having repeatedly proclaimed he had won the elections," says to Fides Fr. Loris Cattani, a Xaverian missionary with a long experience ...
9 December 2011
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE- A church in Makeni dedicated to the new Saint, Guido Maria Conforti
Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of faithful from Parma – who have just celebrated with joy and solemnity the canonization of their fellow and Bishop for almost 25 years, Monsignor Guido Maria Conforti – are on ...
9 December 2011
ASIA/IRAQ- Attacks and discrimination against religious minorities are increasing
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - While the overall rate of violence decreases, the attacks, intimidation and discrimination against religious minorities, including Christians increases. This is why a specific "anti-discriminati ...
9 December 2011
ASIA/IRAQ- Nearing Christmas "between fear and sturdy faith"
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides ) - The Christian communities in Iraq will live a "Christmas under siege". "The traditions will be respected in the privacy of homes and churches. The Holy Mass is celebrated during the day, for sa ...
9 December 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The celebration of the Immaculate in the parish of Feng Xi, an opportunity to get to know the figure of the Madonna to non-Christians
Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - To make known to the non-Christian humility, patience, kindness, obedience and many other excellent virtues of Our Lady: This was one of the objectives of the solemn celebration of the Immacula ...
9 December 2011
ASIA/YEMEN - Consequences of early marriage are abuse on girls and young women, limits access to education and affects their health
Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - The widespread practice of child marriage in countries such as Yemen, threatens access to education for girls in Yemen, affects their health and places them in a position of second class. This is ...
9 December 2011
AMERICA/CUBA - "Cuba is experiencing a new springtime of faith," the Pope's visit to the island has been announced
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the National Pilgrimage of "Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre," the Bishops of Cuba issued a message for the Marian Jubilee Year which celebrates 400 years of the finding of the ...
9 December 2011
EUROPE/POLAND - Evangelizing missions in Czestochowa: about 6 thousand catechesis for 6 thousand faithful
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - During the evangelizing Missions carried out in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa for the desire of the Archbishop Mgr.Stanislaw Nowak in the pastoral year 2010/2011, 6 000 missionary catechesi ...
9 December 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Waiting for the publication of the presidential election results, "people are tired of the tension, they want to return to normality," say local sources
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension in the last two days has dampened a little, as shown by the resumption of traffic. The population is tired of this blocked situation, of not being able to leave the house, the shop ...
9 December 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - Human rights belong to everyone, the aspiration to freedom and human dignity is universal
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Every day around the world, human rights are violated, and every year during the week from December 10 to 18 the Week of Global Action for Human Rights is celebrated. Every day men and women fight ...
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