News

• 25 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Malnutrition against the health of the poor: 17% of Guatemalans are poor Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of families in Guatemala survive on a very precarious diet of flour and cereals, they cannot economically afford protein foods like meat and dairy products which are essential for gr ...
• 25 October 2011
  VATICAN - Pope's Message: migrations are an opportunity for evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The present time, in fact, calls upon the Church to embark on a new evangelization also in the vast and complex phenomenon of human mobility. This call for an intensification of her missio ...
• 25 October 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The fourth Major Seminary in Burundi is starting Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, coincided with the blessing of the first buildings of the Major Seminary of Saint Charles Lwanga, in the presence of the Apostolic Nun ...
• 24 October 2011
  VATICAN-Three new Saints on Mission Day, "a model for all believers" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As we celebrate with the whole Church World Mission Day - an annual event that aims to awaken the enthusiasm for and commitment to mission - we praise the Lord for three new Saints: Bisho ...
• 24 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The death of Fr.Tentorio will give more courage to the tribal people in the South of the Philippines Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Death of Father Fausto Tentorio during the month dedicated to the tribal people, will give courage to many within the Church and Philippine society, to be more aware of, and identify ...
• 24 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - March and prayer in Mindanao: "justice" is demanded for the missionary killed Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - The population of Mindanao mobilizes to seek "justice for Fr.Tentorio", the PIME missionary killed seven days ago in Arakan, on the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines (see Fides 17/10/ ...
• 24 October 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "Walk among the Words of God" is the theme of the Seminar on Sacred Scripture Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) - "Walk among the Words of God - I am the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14.6)": This is the theme of the Eighth Seminar on Sacred Scripture, which will be held from 11 to 13 November in the Arc ...
• 24 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - More than 20 000 protesters say "No to violence" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Catholics attended the peaceful march through the streets of the capital, on Saturday, October 22, to express their condemnation to the violence that causes about 17 deaths i ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - " Minimum services are guaranteed in Dadaab, waiting for new security protocols", says the representative of Caritas Somalia Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "For the moment, given the security situation, what remains active in Dadaab are those that the UNHCR calls the Life Saving Activities. All organizations present in Dadaab keep the necessary sta ...
• 24 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - At least 38 dead in Guatemala, thousands are homeless in Central America Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Since 11 October torrential rains lash Central America. Caritas Guatemala has sent a statement to Fides on the situation in the country after the heavy rains in past days. This natural di ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Rape and sexual violence, the problems mostly felt by women who have fled from Somalia Dadaab (Agenzia Fides) - "According to a brief analysis carried out by the Program on Gender-based violence (GBV) in Dadaab, rape and sexual violence are the problems mostly felt by women and girls who have fled from Som ...
• 24 October 2011
  ASIA - Floods simultaneously in six countries: 700 dead, 8 million people affected, the intervention of Caritas Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the first time that six Southeast Asian countries are affected simultaneously by powerful floods. It is a great emergency, the worst in 50 years, and Caritas of different countries are be ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/HAITI - Cholera continues to make victims among Haitians: in a year 6,500 infected people have died Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the outbreak of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, the population is still threatened by the deadly disease. Since the first cases which occured in October 2010, more than 450 th ...
• 24 October 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - Meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) Accra (Agenzia Fides) - The second annual meeting of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is taking place in Accra, Ghana, from October 23 to 26. A statement sent to Agenzia Fides r ...
• 22 October 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - Mission Sunday: The Apostolic Nuncio visits the national headquarters of the PMS; "missionary workshops" restart in Czestochowa Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, His Exc. Mgr. Celestino Migliore, Apostolic Nuncio in Poland, visited the headquarters of the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PM ...