News
8 August 2011
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI launches a new appeal for peace and reconciliation in Syria and Libya
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am following with great concern the dramatic and growing violence in Syria, which have caused numerous deaths and severe suffering" - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI, yesterday, Aug ...
6 August 2011
EUROPE/POLAND - The diaconate of communications as an instrument of evangelization and missionary action of the Church
Warsaw (Fides Service) - "The mass media as an instrument of evangelization and the diaconate of social communications" was the theme of the meeting that was held on August 3 at the House of Light-Life Movement of the A ...
6 August 2011
AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church against death penalty: it does not solve the problem of violence in the country.
Panama City (Fides Service) - Congressman Marcos Gonzalez, of the Democratic Change (DC) party, has introduced a bill to introduce death penalty in Panama, in cases of murder and femicide, crime against the collective ...
6 August 2011
AFRICA/KENYA - Twenty people were killed in an attack by Ethiopian bandits in the area of Lake Turkana, severely drought-stricken
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On August 5, at least 20 people were killed by a group of Ethiopians who attacked the area of Todonyang, in the Turkana County , in northern Kenya, on the border with Ethiopia.
This is what Hi ...
6 August 2011
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Missionary experience for a group of young Portuguese for the whole month of August
Bissau (Fides Service) - A group of young Portuguese havearrived in Guinea-Bissau to carry out a missionary experience at the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Hospital.
According to a statement sent to ...
5 August 2011
EUROPE/AUSTRIA - 4.5 million sick people will benefit from the aid sent by the organization Missio Austria to fight leprosy
Vienna (Fides Service) - For over 25 years the organization for the fight against leprosy (Aussätzigen-Hilfswerk) of the national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria (Missio Austria) is organizing a ...
5 August 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy celebrate the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan
Rome (Fides Service) - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy will celebrate on August 11 the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan. According to a statement sent to Fides, the National Day of Minorities in P ...
5 August 2011
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Balkanization of the DRC: an analysis of the real dangers
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-In the colonial history two methods were used to conquer other territories and other empires or independent States. One is the "balkanization" which consists of replacing a large or medium-Stat ...
5 August 2011
ASIA - "Caritas In Veritate in the Asian context": a meeting in Thailand sponsored by the Asian Bishops
Pattaya (Fides Service) - Respect and solidarity towards immigrant domestic workers and indigenous people according to the teaching of Pope Benedict XVI in theEncyclical "Caritas In Veritate". This is the invitation to t ...
5 August 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The PMS inaugurate a new website
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brazil have launched their new Internet portal (www.pom.org.br). The site replaces the previous one that was online for four years. Completely redesign ...
4 August 2011
AMERICA/PERU-Missionary formation enters social networks
Carabayllo (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Studies Center (MSC) in the diocese of Carabayllo, Peru, has made its entry into social networks, opening up a profile on Facebook.
"The MSC has decided to venture into virtua ...
4 August 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Bishops of Inner Mongolia intend to promote evangelization through mass media
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - To encourage evangelization through mass media. This is the intention underlined by His Exc. Mgr. Mneg Qing Lu Bishop of the diocese of HuHeHaoTe and by His Exc. Mgr. Du Jiang Bishop o ...
4 August 2011
AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops of Kenya launch an emergency fund to help people affected by drought
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all deeply concerned about the crisis caused by drought and suffering of so many Kenyans. Our concern is for the millions of vulnerable people who risk dying of hunger and for the many c ...
4 August 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - In October the Sudanese Bishops will decide whether to form two distinct Episcopal Conferences for the North and the South
Khartoum (Fides Service) - The Sudanese Bishops will meet in October in the Diocese of Wau (Southern Sudan) to decide whether to form two distinct Episcopal Conferences, after the separation between north and south Suda ...
3 August 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Catholic Church convenes the V National Congress of Reconciliation to facilitate the peace process in Bogota
(Agenzia Fides )-The V National Congress, organized by the National Secretariat of theSocial Pastoral (NSSP / Caritas Colombiana) to be held in Bogota on 10 and 12 August will be focused on the issue of social justice t ...
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