News
1 October 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop Onaiyekan tells Fides: 16 children kidnapped in south released, University's accountant also released
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “The accountant of the Catholic University was released after six days of being held hostage by her kidnappers,” Fides was told by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, capital of Nig ...
1 October 2010
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Government tells Christians: “Say 'Yahweh' instead of 'Allah'”
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – Several representatives from the Malaysian government, such as Minister Idris Jala, a Christian, are visiting the Christian communities in Malaysia, trying to convince Christian citizens ...
1 October 2010
AMERICA - Conclusions from 3rd Latin American Youth Congress: youth are dynamic force capable of standing up against spiritual death
Los Teques (Agenzia Fides) – Young people from across the Americas and the Caribbean came together last month for the third Latin American Congress of Youth, this time in Los Teques, near Caracas, Venezuela (see Fides ...
1 October 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - Promoting consecrated life among the youth, testimonies of 4 congregations
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A Trappist monk, a PIME missionary, a Sister of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, a member of the Marist Brothers, as well as a diocesan priest, all offered their testimony on the consecr ...
30 September 2010
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 ...
30 September 2010
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Thousands homeless, contaminated wells, blocked roadways
Escuintla (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas of the Diocese of Escuintla has sent Fides a detailed report of the situation in the country and the diocese, updated on September 29, after the damages caused by heavy rains in rece ...
30 September 2010
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 ...
30 September 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS of the USA use new websites on Scripture and the Mission to give faithful “a missionary heart”
New York (Agenzia Fides) – The National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States has recently launched two new websites – MissionInScripture.org offers reflection on Sunday readings in li ...
30 September 2010
EUROPE/BELGIUM - “Christians are the most persecuted religious group”: COMECE Conference shows that Europe will not turn a blind eye
Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - “At least 75% of religious persecution is directed at people of the Christian faith. Each year 170,000 Christians suffer because of their beliefs.” These are some of the real facts that hav ...
30 September 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Jin Zhong (Yu Ci) celebrates 2 new priests and 2 new deacons
Yu Ci (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Zhong Jin (Yu Ci) is celebrating the ordination of two priests and two deacons. The solemn celebration was held yesterday, September 29, at the diocesan Cathedral, presided by dio ...
30 September 2010
EUROPE/SPAIN - Official website for Papal Visit to Santiago and Barcelona launched
Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the upcoming visit of Benedict XVI to Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona, Spain, scheduled for November 6 and 7, the Spanish Bishops' Conference has launched a new websi ...
30 September 2010
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 ...
30 September 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Parish priest of Mbau receives death threats, mugged by two bandits: violence spreading in the region
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Augustin Mbusa, Assumptionist priest and Pastor of the parish in Mbau, (located in Beni, North Kivu), in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was threatened with death and robb ...
29 September 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - 15 children kidnapped, Archbishop of Abuja speaks of “a terrible situation”
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "It is an unprecedented event. We are facing a terrible situation," Fides has been told by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, where 15 children we ...
29 September 2010
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 ...
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