News

• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - In the face of threats on behalf of Hindu extremist groups "evangelization continues" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will have the strength from the Holy Spirit to resist the evil and destructive forces. The mission of the Church goes forward without fear " is what Fr. Babu Joseph Karakombil, SVD says to ...
• 10 November 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The young and the "Youth Mission" at the center of the next Assembly of the Episcopate Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The 102th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Chile will begin on Monday, November 14 till Friday 18 November in Punta de Tralca. 32 bishops currently in office will attend the Asse ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rapes and violence are not reported by victims for fear of being "labelled" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan, many rapes, considered a "brand", are unreported and, therefore, there are no precise data on the phenomenon. However, the Department of State of the United States in the 2010 Repor ...
• 10 November 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishops: "Stop to nuclear power, yes to alternative energy sources, a moral obligation for the future" Sendai (Agenzia Fides) - "We must look ahead and think with a sense of responsibility to future generations: we have an ethical obligation and moral duty to protect the environment and their own lives. For this reason it ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Medical Equipment from Italy to a hospital in Puntland Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Medical supplies sent by the Perigeo International People community Onlus has arrived in Somalia, as reported in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides. "Perigee is the first to have carried out an ...
• 10 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "I am not afraid to continue to give my testimony", says a missionary to Fides who has been working in a "difficult" area in Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Security does not exist yet, but apparently the situation is calm", said Sister Rosaria to Fides, of the Sisters of the Holy Family, who works in the area of Abobo in Abidjan, among the most af ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A school for children of HIV/AID victims in Kibera slums Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - More than one million people live in Kibera, the slum communities of Nairobi, among them are 30,000 orphaned children due to the HIV/AID epidemic. The Jesuit Father Terry Charlton is the co-foun ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Christifideles Laity and the mission of the lay faithful in the 21st century Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - " Christifideles laity and the mission of the lay faithful in the 21st Century" is the theme of the Course organized by the Catholic Diocesan Catechetical Centre of the Diocese of Hong Kong t ...
• 9 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-To teach the values in order to put an end to violence: the Church's commitment to public education Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The 92nd Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM) is being held in Cuautitlan Izcalli. There are a hundred Bishops and 3 Cardinals attending this meeting: Juan Sandova ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - "Forty Catholic buildings have been attacked in two and a half months", reports the spokesman of the Archdiocese of Abidjan, while robberies continue Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "In two and a half months, about 40 churches and religious men and women’s houses all over Abidjan have been attacked by armed bandits with the aim to steal" the complaint to Fides is by Fr. ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Public schools teach intolerance towards religious minorities: a U.S. Report Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The textbooks used in public and private schools in Pakistan teach Pakistani children prejudice and intolerance towards non-Muslim religious minorities: this is what a study reveals, the first ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - With regard to Fr. Tentorio’s case, the Church has "patience and trust" Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - "Our basic attitude is patience. The Special Task Force appointed by the government to shed light on Fr Fausto Tentorio’s murder is doing its job, and we are waiting for the investigation re ...
• 9 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - " The education system is at the root of religious extremism", says a Dominican Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The teaching of religious intolerance in schools is at the root of the rise of violent religious extremism in Pakistan, the weak religious freedom and national instability" is what the Dominican ...
• 9 November 2011
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Poor turnout for the ballot; the candidate of the opposition denounces an assassination attempt, the police denies Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Low turnout in the second round of the presidential elections in Liberia, where one of the two candidates, Winston Tubman, the rival of the outgoing President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has sent v ...
• 9 November 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Maryknoll Missionaries: A video tells the story of the missions in Latin America Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the Centenary of the foundation (see Fides 31/10/2011), the Maryknoll Missionaries (Society for Foreign Missions of the United States of America) have made a video that shows the e ...