News
15 September 2007
EUROPE/POLAND - National Meeting for diocesan directors of the PMS and mission delegates of various religious communities on the theme “Let us carry on the work of serving the Church ”, inspired by the Encyclical Fidei donum
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - From 16 to 18 September in Niepokalanów, Poland, some 120 diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland, their collaborators and mission delegates of various religious communi ...
15 September 2007
AFRICA/MALI - Attack on Mali army post re-ignites tension with Tuareg nomads
Bamako (Agenzia Fides)- There is growing concern in Mali and Niger as tension rises with the ethnic Berber Tuareg nomads in the Sahel area.
On September 14 a group of Tuareg rebels attacked a small army camp at Tinzaou ...
15 September 2007
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Some of the many Congolese who fled to Uganda to escape violence in North Kivu have returned home; but there are still about 650,000 internally displaced persons in east Congo.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Some of the estimated 35,000 Congolese who fled to Uganda last week after a recrudescence of conflict and escalation of violence in the North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
15 September 2007
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Italian Franciscan Friar restores a smile and dignity to street children, abandoned children and orphans in Talgar
Talgar (Agenzia Fides) - “With the help of Italian friends and volunteers at Talgar Catholic Mission building work on the House started in June is almost finished”, said Fr. Guido Trezzani, Franciscan Friar on miss ...
15 September 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops deeply concerned as growing violence takes over the country “We must kill hatred before hatred poisons and kills the soul of Chile”:
Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement entitled “Educate to peace, a challenge for Chile” the Catholic Bishops of Chile express concern for “the violent episodes in Santiago during the night of 11 Sept ...
15 September 2007
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - San Pedro Apostol Diocese in critical situation due to prolonged drought and burning of thousands of hectares of forests and pastures appeals for help
San Pedro Apostol (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement issued with the priests of his diocese Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores, of the diocese of San Pedro in Paraguay, calls for help to face the "critical situation in the ...
15 September 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Salesian students plan to take an active part in World Youth Day
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - To live the event of World Youth Day 2008 to the full, take an active part, share with other young people the news of God's love for all peoples: it was in this spirit that a group of pupils ...
15 September 2007
AFRICA/CONGO - Mobile laboratory to identify cases of Ebola in Congo
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - So far five suspected cases of Ebola in the West Kasai region of Democratic Congo have been confirmed and another forty are awaiting results.
To test suspect cases and keep better control of th ...
15 September 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - Nyumbani Home celebrates 15 years of caring for children with AIDS
Narobi (Agenzia Fides) - The most extensive Catholic programme to assist AIDS orphans in Kenya is celebrating 15 years of caring for HIV+ children.
Nyumbani Home, opened by Italian Jesuit missionary Fr. Angelo D’Agost ...
15 September 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Government set to guarantee health insurance for the poor and eliminate social inequality
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian government is working on a health insurance model for the poor, so that they do not have to bear the high cost of medical care.
After giving away the National Awards for Micro, Sma ...
14 September 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Associations promoters of conscience objection present list of practical criteria for parents who do not wish their children to attend lessons in Education to Citizenship
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the beginning of the school year, 31 associations and civil platforms, promoters of objection of conscience have prepared a Decalogue of practical criteria for parents in view of Ed ...
14 September 2007
AFRICA/SUDAN - New hopes for peace in Darfur: “We are willing to respect a unilateral cease fire in Darfur as soon as negotiations with the rebels commence” says Sudan's President on a visit to Italy and the Vatican
Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “We are willing to respect a unilateral cease fire in Darfur as soon as negotiations with the rebels in Darfur commence”. This was announced by the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir at ...
14 September 2007
AFRICA/R. D. CONGO - “I intend to restore state rule in north Kivu ” says president of Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Joseph Kabila has said he intends to use 'all the necessary means' to restore government rule in north Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fierce fighting between the re ...
14 September 2007
ASIA/INDONESIA - Caritas ready to intervene to assist earthquake victims in Indonesia
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra aftershocks continue to follow the powerful earthquake which struck on 12 September - so strong that the local authorities issued a series ...
14 September 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Following governor's assent harsh anti-conversion law in Chhattisgarh State comes into force
Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of India's central eastern Chhattisgarh State E.S.L. Narasimhan, has given his assent and signed an anti-conversion law approved about a year ago by the State parliament influenced b ...
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