News
4 February 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - “At the heart of the revolt is also the divide between the consumerism diffused by the media and the poverty of the people,” Bishop of Luxor tells Fides
Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is calm because everyone in Luxor, Christians and Muslims, work with tourism,” Fides was told by Bishop Joannes Zakaria of the Coptic Catholics in Luxor, Egypt. “Everyone has ...
4 February 2011
ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of Rector for inter-diocesan Seminary in Kwangju
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 28 May 2010 appointed as Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary in the Archdiocese of Kwangju (Korea), Fa ...
4 February 2011
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appeal by Caritas Australia for solidarity towards the most vulnerable communities
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Australia launched an appeal to all Australians to demonstrate solidarity to the most vulnerable communities, reports the Australian “The Catholic Weekly”, published by the Archdioc ...
4 February 2011
AMERICA/HAITI - Cholera continues to take victims and pops up in the neighbouring Dominican Republic
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The number of people infected by the cholera epidemic continues to rise that has been raging on the Caribbean island since last October: 215,956 infections and a total of 4,131 deaths. ...
4 February 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - “God is Love” is the theme of the winter holidays youth camp
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “God is Love” is the theme of the winter holidays youth camp, organised bu the Youth Prayer Group for the Renewal of Spirit in Taiwan, to be held from 10 to 13 February at the Nazareth Spi ...
4 February 2011
ASIA/PHILLIPINES - A dwelling worthy of the name for families with disabled in the slums of Manila
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – There will be about 20 small houses for families with disabled children or disabled adults currently living in the slums of Tandang Sora, Quezon City. This is the Guanellian project to give dig ...
4 February 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The “new frontiers” for child labour at the World Social Forum in Dakar
San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – The 11th World Social Forum (WSF) returns to Africa, in Dakar (Senegal), to be held from 6 to 11 February 2011. The presence at the WSF 2011 of associations working to combat the worst forms ...
4 February 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - A communal strategy for peace: Mexican Bishops in Colombia
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation of Mexican Bishops will travel to Colombia to learn about the activities that the Catholic Church in Colombia will hold for peace, against violence by organised crime and guer ...
3 February 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - “The climate has changed: foreigners are urged not to leave their homes. There are many Mubarak supporters”. Missionary in Cairo speaks to Fides
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The climate has changed following the clashes yesterday, 2 February, among demonstrators in Tahrir Square and the supporters of Mubarak,” Fides was told by Father Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni ...
3 February 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Christians take to the streets to protest against the Report on the attacks in Karnataka
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of Christians in India, of all confessions, will peacefully take to the streets in Bangalore on Saturday, 5 February, to demand respect for their rights. A torchlight procession wi ...
3 February 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS launch multi-media website: “Mission Voices - Speaking of Faith”
New York (Agenzia Fides) – The National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States launched a new multi-media website yesterday, on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, 2 February. This ...
3 February 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Justice and Peace”: the blasphemy law gives power to Islamic extremists
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The blasphemy law transfers the power of the State into the hands of Islamic extremists, Fides was told by the Episcopal National Commission for Justice and Peace in Pakistan, issuing “the al ...
3 February 2011
VATICAN - “Consecrated men and women are in fact given the chance to express primacy of God and passion for the Gospel, practised in life and announced to the poor and to the weakest of the earth”
Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – “The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is an eloquent symbol of complete donation of life, for all those men and women who are called to reproduce, in the Church and the world, via the eva ...
3 February 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Formation of Missionary Youth also via the internet
Brasilia-Fortaleza (Agenzia Fides) – February is a summer month in Brazil, and also a month dedicated to the initiative of preparation and formation of many Catholic groups. The national headquarters of the Pontifical ...
3 February 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - Do not accept “drug-handouts” asks the Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – The violations of human rights suffered by Central American migrants in Mexico on their way to the border with the United States “is outrageous,” said the Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbi ...
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