News
10 February 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The mystery of the plane with the gold, stopped in Goma: a missionary speaks to Fides
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “It is very likely a transaction, that for some reason, there has been a hitch and that has helped to confirm the involvement of the Congolese military in the illegal exploitation of Congoles ...
9 February 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches patrolled after the attacks, Christians are afraid
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Indonesian police officers patrol Christian churches to discourage further violence, following the aftermath of the attacks in Temanggung (Archdiocese of Semarang, in Central Java) (see Fides ...
9 February 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - The work of fundamentalist Christian preachers at the root of inter-religious violence
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – At the root of the violence in Temanggung (three churches attacked) “there is discontent, disharmony, discomfort, and verbal violence coming from Christian fundamentalist preachers,” expla ...
9 February 2011
ASIA/INDIA - The Church calls for a Commission to monitor the status of Christians in India
News Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church is calling the federal Government to establish a special Commission to monitor the numbers, social conditions, and the problems experienced by Christians in India. The C ...
9 February 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - A “new wave of evangelisation” the focus of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Tai Nan
Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) – A new wave of evangelisation is the focus of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Diocese of Tai Nan: the announcement was launched by Mons. Bosco Lin Chi Nan (Ordina ...
9 February 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - An important breakthrough: “now the press highlights the corruption of the regime,” Fr Verdoscia tells Fides
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Yesterday we witnessed an imposing demonstration in Tahrir Square. The protest movement is gaining in numbers every day,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who works in Cairo tells F ...
9 February 2011
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Alarm for chronic diseases: 4.2 million people a year at risk in South-east Asia
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Cambodian Government's statistics, one-third of the Country's population lives below the national poverty line on 75 cents a day. From information gathered by Fides, the ra ...
9 February 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - President of Colombia meets Bishops gathered for Episcopal Assembly
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, met the Country's Catholic Bishops, yesterday, 8 February, during the course of the 90th Colombian Episcopal Assembly. It was the first ...
9 February 2011
AFRICA/MALAWI - Creation of ecclesial province of Lilongwe and appointment of Metropolitan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 9 February 2011, created the ecclesial province of Lilongwe (Malawi), elevating the diocese of that name to the rank of Metropolitan Church and assigning ...
9 February 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives killed
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister for Rural Development and Cooperatives of the autonomous Government of Southern Sudan, Jimmy Lemi Milla, was killed in his office in Juba, the capital of the new state of Southern Suda ...
8 February 2011
ASIA/INDOENSIA - Three churches attacked, a priest struck; for Bishop Pujasumarta it is “orchestrated violence”
Semarang (Agenzia Fides) – Three churches attacked, a Catholic priest struck, clashes between protesters and police. This is the balance sheet following a day of tensions in Temanggung, a city in the Archdiocese of Sem ...
8 February 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - “The situation is apparently returning to normal but protesters do not intend to ease off” says missionary
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is returning to normal even if the protests continue in Tahrir Square, where speakers alternate, making addresses using a speaker system,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missio ...
8 February 2011
AFRICA/SUDAN - Southern Sudan is officially independent; a Bishop denounces the atrocities of the LRA
Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The definitive results on the referendum held 9-15 January on Southern Sudan's independence were published yesterday, 7 February. 98,83% of voters said yes to independence. Preliminary results we ...
8 February 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - Seminar for Sunday School teachers to better understand the Liturgy of the Mass
Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – “The Liturgy of the Mass” was the theme of the seminar attended by Sunday School teachers in Taiwan on January 15 and 16, organised by the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission ...
8 February 2011
ASIA/SRI LANKA - 1.2 million people affected by the floods inundating the Country
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – After a brief respite in recent weeks, the floods which began in December and culminated from 9 to 11 January - affecting more than one million people in north and north-west Sri Lanka - hav ...
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