News
10 November 2011
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Medical Equipment from Italy to a hospital in Puntland
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Medical supplies sent by the Perigeo International People community Onlus has arrived in Somalia, as reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides. "Perigee is the first to have carried out an ...
10 November 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "I am not afraid to continue to give my testimony", says a missionary to Fides who has been working in a "difficult" area in Abidjan
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Security does not exist yet, but apparently the situation is calm", said Sister Rosaria to Fides, of the Sisters of the Holy Family, who works in the area of Abobo in Abidjan, among the most af ...
9 November 2011
AFRICA/KENYA - A school for children of HIV/AID victims in Kibera slums
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - More than one million people live in Kibera, the slum communities of Nairobi, among them are 30,000 orphaned children due to the HIV/AID epidemic. The Jesuit Father Terry Charlton is the co-foun ...
9 November 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - The Christifideles Laity and the mission of the lay faithful in the 21st century
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - " Christifideles laity and the mission of the lay faithful in the 21st Century" is the theme of the Course organized by the Catholic Diocesan Catechetical Centre of the Diocese of Hong Kong t ...
9 November 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-To teach the values in order to put an end to violence: the Church's commitment to public education
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The 92nd Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM) is being held in Cuautitlan Izcalli. There are a hundred Bishops and 3 Cardinals attending this meeting: Juan Sandova ...
9 November 2011
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "Forty Catholic buildings have been attacked in two and a half months", reports the spokesman of the Archdiocese of Abidjan, while robberies continue
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "In two and a half months, about 40 churches and religious men and women’s houses all over Abidjan have been attacked by armed bandits with the aim to steal" the complaint to Fides is by Fr. ...
9 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Public schools teach intolerance towards religious minorities: a U.S. Report
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The textbooks used in public and private schools in Pakistan teach Pakistani children prejudice and intolerance towards non-Muslim religious minorities: this is what a study reveals, the first ...
9 November 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - With regard to Fr. Tentorio’s case, the Church has "patience and trust"
Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - "Our basic attitude is patience. The Special Task Force appointed by the government to shed light on Fr Fausto Tentorio’s murder is doing its job, and we are waiting for the investigation re ...
9 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - " The education system is at the root of religious extremism", says a Dominican
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The teaching of religious intolerance in schools is at the root of the rise of violent religious extremism in Pakistan, the weak religious freedom and national instability" is what the Dominican ...
9 November 2011
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Poor turnout for the ballot; the candidate of the opposition denounces an assassination attempt, the police denies
Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Low turnout in the second round of the presidential elections in Liberia, where one of the two candidates, Winston Tubman, the rival of the outgoing President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has sent v ...
9 November 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Maryknoll Missionaries: A video tells the story of the missions in Latin America
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the Centenary of the foundation (see Fides 31/10/2011), the Maryknoll Missionaries (Society for Foreign Missions of the United States of America) have made a video that shows the e ...
8 November 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - On December 11, the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Kaohsiung and the 150 years of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Wan Chin come to an end
Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - After a year of spiritual journey, punctuated by intense celebrations, the solemn closing of the celebrations for the 50 years since the founding of the Diocese of Kaohsiung and the centenary ...
8 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Four Hindus doctors in Sindh have been murdered: minorities without protection
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Four Hindus doctors have been murdered in the province of Sindh (southern Pakistan), in their clinic in Chak, a town near Shikarpur (in the North of Sindh). As reported to Fides by local source ...
8 November 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the death of the FARC leader, the Church reaffirms that the path to peace is dialogue and not violence
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (ECC), His Exc. Mgr. Juan Vicente Córdoba, Auxiliary of Bucaramanga, has expressed the hope that the death of the Revolutionary Armed Forces ...
8 November 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL-Help countries improve their school feeding programs
Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) - In many countries, the most economically disadvantaged, if one wants to increase attendance and enrollment in schools it is essential to provide school meals. In addition, this type of initia ...
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