AFRICA/NIGERIA - Drama in Northern Nigeria: over 2 million flood victims
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Over 2,100,000 people have been affected by flooding in several areas of northwestern Nigeria.
In the State of Jigawa alone, flooding caused by the bursting of dams affected 2 million people (a ...
VATICAN - Holy Father recalls Haiti and Nigeria at General Audience
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the General Audience held on Wednesday, September 29, the Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his spiritual closeness to the people of Haiti and launched an appeal for the humanitarian ...
ASIA/INDIA - Ayodhya split in two
Luknow (Agenzia Fides) – A division of land between Hindus and Muslims: this is the verdict of the Court of Allahabad, a section of Luknow, with respect to the disputed site in the city of Ayodhya, where for centuries ...
ASIA/INDIA - Commonwealth Games alert for trafficking in human persons
Manipur (Agenzia Fides) – There is great concern among civil society and in the Christian community for increased human trafficking during the Commonwealth Games, which start in Delhi on October 3. This is what Fides h ...
29 September 2010
VATICAN - Another Bishop in Shanxi (Mainland China)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Five days after the episcopal ordination of the Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, on September 21, the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, Bishop Peter Wu Junwei was consecrat ...