News
16 January 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Solidarity with Haitian victims, from Latin American Bishops' Conference
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conferences of Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Chile have announced the creation of a national collection to aid the rescue of the Haitian population which currently lacks ...
16 January 2010
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Updated List of 11 Churches Attacked
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The number of churches attacked in Malaysia between January 8-16, 2010 is now at 11, although there is also a Sikh temple and a mosque. This is an updated list, according to information g ...
16 January 2010
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Rocks thrown against a Baptist church and bottles thrown at mosque - Christians in prayer and fasting confirm non-violent stance
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - An eleventh church has been hit by vandals in Malaysia. This morning, the Grace Global Prayer Baptist Church in the city of Semabarna - the state capital of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Ma ...
16 January 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Entire Catholic world - China mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan - all working to assist Haitian earthquake victims
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers and offerings are the watchwords in these hours. From the mainland to Hong Kong and Taiwan, the Chinese Catholic world is mobilizing all its forces to respond to the Pope and to help our ...
16 January 2010
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Ndola resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on January 16, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Ndola (Zambia) presented by Bishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M. ...
16 January 2010
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Construction of a mosque on parish property in northeastern Congo: “a useless provocation,” local Bishop tells Fides
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Islamic community has started work on a mosque on land belonging to the parish of “Mater Admirabilis" in downtown Dungu, in the Diocese of Doruma-Dungu, northeastern Democratic Republic ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - “The aftershocks continue, although less violent. We are in need of everything and will be for quite awhile!” Apostolic Nuncio tells Fides
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in great distress. We have no water reserves and gas stations are closed. There is no electricity. Here in Port-au-Prince things are difficult. We are in need of everything; we ne ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception: sisters are fine, although buildings have suffered tremendous damage
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Superior General of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception (MIC) has contacted Agenzia Fides to inform that the Congregation has suffered greatly in the earthquake in Haiti. ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - 5 Camillian seminarians have returned home fine and are already at work in the hospital, working without anesthesia
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – "All 5 Camillian seminarians returned to our house and are well and are working in our hospital." This is good news that the Superior of the Camillian Community of Port-au-Prince, Fathe ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - “Haiti was already an extremely poor country before the earthquake. Now we are desperate,” says Fr. Lovera, Director of the “Saint Camille” Pediatric Hospital in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Camillian Missionaries are at the forefront in the earthquake tragedy. Fr. Lovera is the Director of the "Saint Camille" Pediatric Hospital in Port-au-Prince, that in these hours wa ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI): one student dead, damages to provincial house and scholasticate destroyed
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have been in Haiti since January 1943, and now have about 130 members, including two bishops and most of whom are Haitians. As Agenzia Fides has ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Many Salesians still missing, over 200 students buried under the fallen building in Port-au-Prince Enam
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Knowledge about the current situation of the Salesians in Haiti is still limited and incomplete some two days after the earthquake which devastated the capital. It is still difficult to ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - Humanitarian emergency in Haiti: Daughters of Mary Help of Christians at work on the site
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - We have still have fresh in our minds the dramatic images that TV and newspapers around the world are portraying as a witness to the catastrophe caused by the earthquake that struck the c ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - First humanitarian aid interventions open doors, although there is fear of epidemics
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The volunteers of the Movement for the Struggle Against World Hunger (in Italian, MLFM) are working with the local community of Les Cayes to gather essential items, water and gasoline. ...
15 January 2010
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros: “The country has opened the doors of all its hospitals and reinforced medical personnel,” fundraising telethon planned
Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Ramon Benito de La Rosa y Carpio of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, has been contacted by Agenzia Fides, for updates on the situation and aid to the ...
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