ASIA/PAKISTAN - Floods and terrorism: a nation on its knees
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "We are doing our best in this extremely difficult time for the nation. The fury of floods is intensified with the nightmare of terrorism: two disasters that strike us to the heart. There is gr ...
6 September 2010
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Maputo: calm, although protests threaten to return
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a situation that is evolving day by day and, therefore, it is impossible to offer any assessments at the moment," Fides has been told by a Church source from Maputo, the capital of Mozam ...
ASIA/TAIWAN - Sisters of Saint Martha celebrate 50th anniversary
Hua Lien (Agenzia Fides) – Cultural pluralism and communion marked the solemn celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the diocesan congregation of Sisters of St. Martha in the Diocese of Hua Lien, Taiwan ...
ASIA - “Koran burning” has Christians in Asia concerned
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Christians are calling it unacceptable and reprehensible: the “Koran Burning Day,” a campaign launched by Pastor Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida (USA ...
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Discover the guiding hand of God in history”
Morelia (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Morelia, Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda, has proposed a reflection on the situation of today's Mexico on the occasion of the celebration of the Bicentennial of Independence. ...
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Providing ARVs to refugees
Gaborone (Agenzia Fides) - Botswana was the first country in southern Africa to roll out an antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programme, which now has almost universal coverage, but is among the last to include its relative ...
4 September 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorism will not stop humanitarian aid distribution
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Terrorism will not stop humanitarian aid distribution. "Our work at Caritas goes on. We are concerned and we proceed with caution. In certain areas, including in the North, our volunteers are v ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination in aid: incidents and testimonies
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – There have been a long list of cases reported to Fides on discrimination against Christians, religious minorities, Dalits, the poorest of the poor in humanitarian aid distribution. "The gene ...