News

• 28 September 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "Hundreds of Eritreans detained in police stations", reports don Mussie Zerai Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of refugees and Eritrean refugees in Egypt is even more dramatic: we have been denouncing the kidnapping of people, human beings for one year, which is ongoing in Sinai at the refuge ...
• 28 September 2011
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - National Commitment to curb violence against children Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - Authorities in Tanzania have recently launched a five-year National Program for Prevention and Response to Violence against Children, which aims to eliminate all forms of violence against ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Permanent Episcopal Council of CEI recalls Mgr. Mazzolari "among the greatest missionaries of all times", the story of Africa and persecuted Christians Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In Africa, as everyone knows, the fiftieth nation was born, South Sudan, to which we express our affection and our friendship. Main protagonist of this independence was one of our missionary broth ...
• 27 September 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The participants dispersed by the police in the march for ITNPIS; for the Bishops “violence denies the dignity of persons” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Church is deeply saddened because of the violence exercised by the police against the participants in the march in defense of the indigenous territory National Park Isiboro Secure, I ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/MACAO - Caritas and government give life to the Food Bank in Macao, for families affected by the economic crisis Macao (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, September 26, the Food Bank was born in Macao, run by Caritas in collaboration with the Social Welfare Bureau of MSAR (Macao Special Administrative Region) Government, to meet the most ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Archbishop Kim after the trip to the North: "A trip centered on religious themes, a hope for peace" Kwanju (Agenzia Fides) - The journey of seven religious leaders in North Korea leaves a door open to hope that religion may again flourish beyond the "Bamboo Curtain": this is the wish expressed at the end of the journey ...
• 27 September 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Nigerians are not intimidated by threats of attacks", says the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Life continues normally, at least here in Abuja. Let us not be frightened by these threats or warnings. We will continue our usual life, trusting God that follows our steps", says His Exc. Mgr. J ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For an error of pronunciation, a-13-year old Christian girl is accused of "blasphemy" Abbottabad (Agenzia Fides) – Due to an error of pronunciation during a school exam, a-13-year old Christian girl has been accused of "blasphemy". A trivial mistake in urdu becomes an excuse to attack a girl, a family, ...
• 27 September 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Nubians dig shelters to protect themselves from Sudanese aircraft attacks Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - People who live in the Nuba Mountains in the state of South Kordofan, were invited to dig shelters to protect themselves from the Sudanese Air Force attacks. According to reports from the Sudan ...
• 27 September 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A hundred years ago the Australian Province of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was born Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart celebrates this year the centenary of the founding of the Australian Province. Also known as "OLSH Sisters" (Our Lady of the Sac ...
• 27 September 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pontifical Mission Societies: 75 years of missionary work in Salta Salta (Agenzia Fides) - This coming Saturday, October 1, the Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the beginning of the Missionary month, in the Basilica Cathedral of Salta dedicated to the Virgin of the Miracle a ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Rudimental bombs in front of the churches in the Moluccas: Christian leaders reject "religious war" Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - Two rudimental bombs were found in Ambon in front of the Synod Office of the Protestant Church of the Moluccas and in front of the protestant church "Marantaha" in Ambon. The two unexploded bombs ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/ ITALY - 50 years of commitment to the Italian Association Friends of Raoul Follereau Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - From 21 to 23 October 2011, the Italian Association Friends of Raoul Follereau (AIFO) will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation on the occasion of the XXIII International Confere ...
• 27 September 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Multi-purpose school and training center for girls in the province of Gourma Gourma (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of the Australian Province of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) are involved in the project for the construction of a multi-purpose school and a ...
• 27 September 2011
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - A statue of Mother Teresa has been inaugurated in Moscow, but her sisters are homeless Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 September, a statue dedicated to the Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta was inaugurated in Moscow, during the celebrations for the centenary of the consecration of the Immaculate Conception ...