News

• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 14, 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. John Martin Darko, ...
• 15 December 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Chagas disease still infects 10 million people and kills about 12 000 Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - A new drug tested in Brazil will increase the chances of cure for more than 90% of infants who are infected by Chagas disease, parasitic disease, endemic in 21 Latin American countries, w ...
• 15 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - From history to current Catholic issues: the Fourth Forum of Catholic Studies has offered a space for "free, open, tolerant, pluralistic and open minded" study Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - It 'was' a space for study marked by a 'free, open, tolerant, pluralistic, and open minded spirit' offered to young scholars": this was the participants’ comment at the Fourth Forum of Catholi ...
• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Clashes and tension awaiting the final announcement of the presidential vote outcome Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Kinshasa continues to be heavily guarded by the police, while waiting anxiously for the final announcement of the presidential election results by the Supreme Court before December 20, the dea ...
• 15 December 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops recall moral duty to help protect "the lives and dignity of workers" in the context of a widespread economic distress Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States of America have urged the Congress to extend unemployment benefits, because there is "a moral duty to help protect the lives and dignity of workers". ...
• 15 December 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Christmas carols in homes only "if authorized by the police" Christians protest Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Two churches in Klang, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, have received a note on behalf of the police asking for names and details of people singing Christmas carols because, according to officials ...
• 15 December 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The plague of Casamance and cocaine trafficking Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – Tension increases in Casamance, region of Senegal wedged between Gambia and Guinea Bissau, a "low intensity" theater of war since 1982 for the presence of an independence movement. On 13 Decembe ...
• 15 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: Cancel a political demonstration on Christmas Day Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistani Christians in Karachi ask the political authorities to postpone a political demonstration scheduled for Christmas Day from the "Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf" party. The party, a rising st ...
• 14 December 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - Pilgrimage of Missionary Childhood of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa for the sending of missionary children and young people Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, December 17, the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa has promoted a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, in Myszków Mr ...
• 14 December 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY-Hundreds of children forced to work have been freed Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - About one hundred children forced to work on the streets were freed by the authorities during the celebration of the feast of the Virgin of Caacupé, Patroness of the Catholic faithful of Parag ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR-"The situation for the displaced Kachin is serious: humanitarian aid is urgently needed", says Caritas Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - In the last six months, the situation of the internally displaced of the Kachin ethnic group, in the diocese of Myitkyina and Banmaw (in the North of Myanmar) has worsened, affecting mostly women ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Historic handover at the Sanctuary of Wan Chin: from the Dominicans of the Spanish province, after 150 years of service, to those of the Chinese province Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominicans, protagonists of the second evangelization of the island of Taiwan have lived another page linked to their historical mission. In fact, after 150 years of service, the pastoral ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-New accommodation for prisoners of Christian faith: more prayer, less persecution Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The prisoners of Christian faith in the district prison of Faisalabad (in Punjab), from now on they will be housed in a separate dormitary. As reported to Fides by local sources, the building ...
• 14 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Every hour 11 children disappear in the country and are sold as slaves New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India 11 children disappear every hour, victims of human being trafficking, which is very widespread in the country. According to a report presented in the capital, New Delhi, by the NGO B ...
• 14 December 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "A fair immigration reform, humane and effective": letter of 33 Bishops Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - There are 33 Catholic Bishops of the United States of America, of Hispanic origin, who have called for "a fair immigration reform, humane and effective" and have assured undocumented immigra ...