AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Week for Peace 2010: “No Victim is Unknown to Me”
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The Colombian Bishops' Conference, through the National Secretariat of Pastoral-Social Ministry (SNPS/Caritas Colombiana) and Redepaz (National Network of Initiatives for Peace), has declared t ...
2 September 2010
AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic NGO working against trafficking in human persons
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Between 600,000 and 2,000,000 people each year are victims of human trafficking. Among the countries affected by this crime in Africa is Kenya. According to the Trafficking in Persons Report ( ...
AMERICA/PERU - CENAMIS prepares Missionary Training Course
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The National Missionary Center (CENAMIS) of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference has prepared a Missionary Training Course for the month of September, entitled "Experience the Mission Through an Enco ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Waters diverted, Christian village flooded on purpose
Multan (Agenzia Fides) – Local NGOs have reported to Fides on the building of a dam to save some land and divert floodwater towards other areas inhabited by Christian citizens, in Punjab, near Multan, where inhabitants ...
EUROPE/SPAIN - 1,261 missionaries from Madrid active in 91 countries
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Madrid currently has 1,261 missionaries working in 91 countries on five continents. They belong to 158 congregations and religious institutions. Others are members of the dio ...