News
8 September 2010
EUROPE/POLAND - Pilgrimage of the Cross and parish missions in Czestochowa
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The new pastoral year 2010/2011 in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa, upon the initiative of Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak, will be dedicated in particular to two initiatives: the Pilgrimage of ...
8 September 2010
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Civil society groups say “no” to Constitution changes
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – "In Colombo, the situation is tense and there are massive marches and demonstrations. Civil society groups are up in arms over what is a matter of civil rights and democracy. Even religious le ...
8 September 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - UN reports 500 rapes in Kivu in 1 month; a missionary comments
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “The UN has finally become aware of a situation that we as missionaries and as the Church have been denouncing for some time now. However, I often wonder whether there are strategic and pol ...
8 September 2010
VATICAN - Statement from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office today released the following statement of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: “The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue received with ...
8 September 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The Cry of the Excluded” - inspiring hope for a transformation in society
Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, September 7, Curitiba hosted the 16th "Cry of the Excluded," sponsored by the Archdiocese of Curitiba, pastoral groups, movements, and social organizations. The theme was: “Where ...
8 September 2010
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Many families have lost all they had to live on”
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Guatemala has sent Fides a new report detailing the situation after the terrible tragedy of the torrential rains that caused extensive damage throughout the country (see Fides 0 ...
8 September 2010
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Sisters of Mercy working to offer relief to residents of Carteret Islands escaping rising waters
Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) – About 1700 of the Carteret Islands' more than 3000 occupants are being forced to relocate to Bougainville in Papua New Guinea to live on 48ha of land donated by the Catholic Church as their i ...
8 September 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New challenge for the Catholic Church: lack of religious ed teachers
Newcastle (Agenzia Fides) – Maitland Newcastle Diocese children’s ministries director John Donnelly has expressed his regret for the lack of religion teachers in schools. According to a report, there were more than 1 ...
7 September 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The odyssey of the forgotten refugees, prey for the Taliban
Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) – The “luckiest” refugees today in Pakistan have no problem finding access to water, food, and tents. However, the effort of the government and humanitarian agencies cannot reach all the di ...
7 September 2010
EUROPE/ITALY - Conversion as the source for the “new mission”: 35th General Chapter of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, September 8, the XXXV General Chapter of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) will open in Rome, to focus on conversion. As the outgoing Superior General, Fr. William Ste ...
7 September 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of the Parish of Jesus the Good Shepherd: a moment of communion in the heart of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue
Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) - The consecration of the parish of Jesus the Good Shepherd, in the Diocese of Bao Tou, in the Province of Inner Mongolia in mainland China, was not only a moment of communion for the local faith ...
7 September 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Public workers strike ends after keeping the nation on hold 3 weeks
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – After 21 days of strike, hundreds of thousands of South African public sector workers have returned to work. However, this is only a suspension of the strike, civil servants' unions said, ...
7 September 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic Continental News Agency for Africa to form within coming year
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Africa will provide a single, large, news agency for the entire continent. This is what was decided at the meeting in Nairobi, which opened August 31 (see Fides 01/09/20 ...
7 September 2010
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Caritas says two days of rain worse than Tropical Storm Agatha
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – In just two days, Guatemala has suffered losses comparable to those resulting from the week-long passage of Tropical Storm Agatha last May. The government led by Alvaro Colom Caballero ...
7 September 2010
AMERICA/HONDURAS - “On the issue of migration, everybody has their part to play,” says Auxiliary of Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – “Being a migrant is a right of people; it was even a right for Jesus himself. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were migrants in their own time, when they had to flee into Egypt. They did so for a ...
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