News
24 June 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Human trafficking: the local Church's “ constant and ongoing ” concern
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Commission for Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), in collaboration with the National Secretariat for Justice of the Ministry of Justice ...
24 June 2010
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - First Mission Congress for Seminarians: "fruit of increased missionary awareness in our local Church
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Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Jesús Pérez, Archbishop of Sucre, commenting Bolivia's First Mission Congress for Seminarians (see Fides 19/06/2010), shared with Fides his joy and enthusiasm for the pre ...
24 June 2010
OCEANIA/MICRONESIA - At the academic centre run by Mercedarian Missionary Sisters on the Island of Pohnpei, besides lessons the pupils experience service
Pohnpei (Agenzia Fides) - For many years Mercedarian Missionary Sisters of Bérriz have borne witness to Christ among the young people on the small Island of Pohnpei, in Micronesia. The Sisters opened a school, Nuestra S ...
23 June 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Yet another Catholic accused of “blasphemy”. Justice and Peace Commission says: “government is sleeping with regards to human rights”
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Yet another violation of human rights and another sad example of Pakistan's 'blasphemy' law being misused to strike religious minority groups.” Peter Jacob, Executive Secretary of the ...
23 June 2010
EUROPE/BELGIUM - With 5 years to go: Millennium Development Goals Report 2010 assesses progress
Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - A report on the Millennium Development Goals, "MDG 2010: Keeping the promise" will be released this afternoon. Made public a few months before a meeting of world leaders in September in New Yor ...
23 June 2010
EUROPE/FRANCE - "With Therese, we too love peace": 5,000 children attend mission meetings in Lisieux
Lisieux (Agenzia Fides) – Once again this year some 5,600 secondary school pupils (aged 11-13) belonging to chaplaincies of the eight diocese of Ile de France, accompanied by almost 700 adults and animators, answered a ...
23 June 2010
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Disquieting attacks continue, but efforts are being made to clear the political picture
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “These episodes of violence are signs of the tension present in this country, however we have not yet reached the point of no return: we can still go back, violence can be stopped” Fides wa ...
23 June 2010
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - 46th plenary meeting of Catholic Bishops focuses on fifty years of national independence
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-“Losing one's life for others. This is the path which the local Church indicates to the Congolese people as they prepare to celebrate on 30 June, 50 years of independence. What is needed is sin ...
23 June 2010
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Newly inaugurated Clinic offers medical, psychological and nutritional care, as well as micro-credit projects and basic education for children
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – In Burundi a small Clinic recently opened by the Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), a programme run by Jesuit Fathers, provides treatment for AIDS and preventative therapy against HIV. News of the in ...
23 June 2010
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas and NGOs for humanitarian aid to the North: timid government opening
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Korea, the entire network of Caritas Internationalis and the Council of NGOs in Korea have made a united appeal to the government of South Korea for humanitarian aid to the North to resu ...
23 June 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of ten new deacons from 4 dioceses: Shang Hai, Wen Zhou, Tai Zhou and Shan Tou
Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – “Pray for vocations incessantly, that the Lord may give us many priests to serve our Church” said Bishop Joseph Xing Wen Zhi, auxiliary of the diocese of Shang Hai, in his homily during ...
23 June 2010
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Tons of foodstuff allowed to go bad: a “sin which cries to heaven”, Catholic Bishops denounce
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Venezuela have called for a "thorough and detailed" investigation into the scandal of thousands of tons of food products imported by the government and lost because they were al ...
23 June 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI: “With Mary, we share our faith with joy”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Mexico will celebrate the 14th National Mission Congress CONAMI in Lazaro Cardenas City, in the state of Michoacan, 21 - 24 October 2010. In a special statement Bishop Rafael ...
22 June 2010
EUROPE/SPAIN - Standing Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain CEE to discuss missionary cooperation
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – A statement from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Spain CEE, a copy of which was sent to Fides, said that the 216th Meeting of the CEE Standing Committee, a meeting of three days, will disc ...
22 June 2010
EUROPE/SPAIN - New handbook on promoting missionary spirit among children
Valencia (Agenzia Fides) – The Missions Commission of the Archdiocese of Valencia has issued a new handbook to encourage the formation of more Missionary Childhood groups and offer existing groups guidelines for activi ...
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