News
17 June 2010
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “People feel very strongly about the Day of the African Child in Sierra Leone where the majority of the population is under 25 years of age”
Freetown (Agenzia Fides)- “People in Sierra Leone feel very strongly about the Day of the African Child. It is a national celebration involving schools of all grades” Fides learns from Xaverian Missionary Fr Gerardo ...
17 June 2010
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Disabled children in the region of Somaliland deserve more attention
Hargesia (Agenzia Fides) – A call for more attention to be given to disabled children in the Somaliland region of Somalia was made on the occasion of the Day of the African Child, marked yesterday June 16. These childr ...
17 June 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - World Football Cup: local Catholic Church in South Africa busy with initiatives involving fans from all over the world
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- While football fans around the world sit with eyes glued to television sets to follow the World Cup games being played in South Africa, the Catholic Church in that country is busy with spir ...
17 June 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Members of parliament threatened, held hostage by extremists: so blasphemy law stays in place
Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Pakistan's blasphemy law is a violation of fundamental human rights, it is unjust and it is continually misused: we firmly support national and international petitions for the law to be r ...
17 June 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Consolidate the faith and nurture pastoral zeal: Theology Seminar for priests in Feng Xiang
Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) – Consolidate the faith and nurture pastoral zeal were the main goals of a Theology Seminar organised for priests in the diocese of Feng Xiang, Shaan Xi province of mainland China, and held a ...
17 June 2010
ASIA/CAMBODIA - After 20 years of service to the needy: Caritas activity receives new impulse
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – More than 16 million dollars to be spent over the next five years for programmes of solidarity, cooperation and development for disadvantaged people and poor communities: this was announced ...
17 June 2010
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Rigoberta Menchú and the Bishop of San Marcos call on President Colom to guarantee security for the people and respect for the environment
Guatemala City(Agenzia Fides) – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1992, and Bishop Alvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of San Marcos (Guatemala), have asked President Colom ...
17 June 2010
AMERICA/MEXICO - “ Inculturated Catechesis”: ability to be, to live and to accompany the people to encounter Christ
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “We reaffirm the importance of culture in the life of our peoples, encouraging incarnated pastoral care, which understands and uses symbolic language to make room for God in the life of ...
17 June 2010
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Bishop of Berberati presents resignation
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 17 June 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Berbèrati (Central Africa), presented by Bishop Agostino Delfin ...
16 June 2010
VATICAN - To effectively reduce the tragic rates of maternal mortality respect for the right to health and access to medications must not only be spoken about, but also put into action
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) –. The 'shocking' number of 350,000 maternal deaths that continue to occur every year – most especially among the poorest and most marginalized and disenfranchised populations, the 3 million ba ...
16 June 2010
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - UNHCR Report: Some 43.3 million people forcibly displaced worldwide flee conflict and persecution
Gineva (Agenzia Fides) - Some 43.3 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number of people uprooted by conflict and persecution since the mid-1990s. At the same time, the number ...
16 June 2010
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Poverty and illiteracy produce child labour throughout Angola
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- The President of the Angolan Association for Disadvantaged Children speaking on a local Catholic media, Radio Ecclesia, said the Association had registered a steep increase in the number of cases ...
16 June 2010
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - In Brussels “Sister Churches” of Congo and Belgium celebrate Congo's 50 years of independence
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Filled with deep gratitude we remember that the Church-Family-of-God in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the fruit of the apostolic zeal of missionaries, men and women, who came mostly fro ...
16 June 2010
ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - A day of mourning; local Christians help collect aid for ethnic Uzbek refugees
Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – “At present the situation appears calmer. Today is a day of national mourning and hundreds of people gathered in the principal square in the capital Bishkek to commemorate those who died in ...
16 June 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - The Catholic community in Zhu Shan prepares to celebrate a century of life and mission
Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – In Taiwan, in the diocese of Tai Chung, the Catholic parish of Zhu Shan, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, is busy with preparations to celebrate 100 years of life and mission on 9 Octobe ...
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