AFRICA/CONGO DR - Is another war brewing in North Kivu?
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Is the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the verge of another war? This is what the missionaries of the “Network for Peace in Congo” are wondering. They tell Fides of some indicatio ...
26 October 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - Church asks to intervene in social security emergency
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Mexico has sent Fides the letter from the Archbishop of Oaxaca, Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello, launching an appeal to participate effectively in responding to t ...
26 October 2010
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Over 1,500 people at World Mission Sunday celebrations
Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – With slogans and posters, they hit the streets to express their celebration of World Mission Sunday. "The children of the world are always friends," "Long live Christ, who lives" were, among ...
ASIA/CHINA - Beijing Cathedral returns to its original splendor of 1887
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Beijing's Cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Savior (often called Bei Tang or the church of Xi shi ku), returns to its former glory of 1887, and also back to being the center of the life of the ...
AMERICA/GUYANA - Guyana's Parliament votes to abolish death penalty
Georgetown (Agenzia Fides) – On October 14, 2010, Guyana's Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Lawyers for about 40 death row inmates have appealed to the officials to have the ...