News

• 9 August 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY-Missionary Childhood supports 2,785 projects for children around the world Aachen (Fides Service) - German Missionary Childhood (Die Sternsinger) reported a 9.9% increase in donations in 2010 for a total of 73 million of which almost 41 million euros have been collected by the initiative of th ...
• 9 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - A missionary project to tackle drought in northern Kenya helps to save local farmers Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)-A Catholic mission in the most arid area of Kenya, drought-stricken, continues to provide meat to various religious centers in Nairobi and in the central area of the country. This is the Catholic ...
• 8 August 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo celebrated its 500th anniversary Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) -With a solemn Eucharistic celebration, presided by the papal legate, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo yesterday concluded the ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A Congolese Bishop denounces the attacks on behalf of monkeys: "Protect humans not only nature" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Mokobé, Bishop of Basankusu, the capital of Equateur province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, protested against the insecurity caused by the Bono ...
• 8 August 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "The situation is tragic but the media pressure recalls the one that preceded " Restore Hope", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I wonder if that of the Shabab is a strategic retreat to bring together humanitarian aid to Mogadishu and then suddenly come back and take a part, or their management has felt the strong inte ...
• 8 August 2011
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI launches a new appeal for peace and reconciliation in Syria and Libya Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am following with great concern the dramatic and growing violence in Syria, which have caused numerous deaths and severe suffering" - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI, yesterday, Aug ...
• 6 August 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - The diaconate of communications as an instrument of evangelization and missionary action of the Church Warsaw (Fides Service) - "The mass media as an instrument of evangelization and the diaconate of social communications" was the theme of the meeting that was held on August 3 at the House of Light-Life Movement of the A ...
• 6 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church against death penalty: it does not solve the problem of violence in the country. Panama City (Fides Service) - Congressman Marcos Gonzalez, of the Democratic Change (DC) party, has introduced a bill to introduce death penalty in Panama, in cases of murder and femicide, crime against the collective ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Twenty people were killed in an attack by Ethiopian bandits in the area of Lake Turkana, severely drought-stricken Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - On August 5, at least 20 people were killed by a group of Ethiopians who attacked the area of Todonyang, in the Turkana County , in northern Kenya, on the border with Ethiopia. This is what Hi ...
• 6 August 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Missionary experience for a group of young Portuguese for the whole month of August Bissau (Fides Service) - A group of young Portuguese havearrived in Guinea-Bissau to carry out a missionary experience at the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Hospital. According to a statement sent to ...
• 5 August 2011
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - 4.5 million sick people will benefit from the aid sent by the organization Missio Austria to fight leprosy Vienna (Fides Service) - For over 25 years the organization for the fight against leprosy (Aussätzigen-Hilfswerk) of the national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria (Missio Austria) is organizing a ...
• 5 August 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy celebrate the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan Rome (Fides Service) - The Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy will celebrate on August 11 the National Day of Minorities in Pakistan. According to a statement sent to Fides, the National Day of Minorities in P ...
• 5 August 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Balkanization of the DRC: an analysis of the real dangers Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)-In the colonial history two methods were used to conquer other territories and other empires or independent States. One is the "balkanization" which consists of replacing a large or medium-Stat ...
• 5 August 2011
  ASIA - "Caritas In Veritate in the Asian context": a meeting in Thailand sponsored by the Asian Bishops Pattaya (Fides Service) - Respect and solidarity towards immigrant domestic workers and indigenous people according to the teaching of Pope Benedict XVI in theEncyclical "Caritas In Veritate". This is the invitation to t ...
• 5 August 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The PMS inaugurate a new website Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brazil have launched their new Internet portal (www.pom.org.br). The site replaces the previous one that was online for four years. Completely redesign ...