News

• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Diamonds and tensions between Hindus and Muslims behind the attacks in Mumbai Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The diamond industry and tensions between the Muslim militant community and the Hindus: these are the two key elements to understand the reasons and responsibility for the recent bomb attacks ...
• 22 July 2011
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL-Voluntary Missionary: 1,130 Portuguese around the world, many will spend their holidays in mission lands Lisbon (Fides Service) - More than 1,130 Portuguese youth and adults will dedicate themselves this year in carrying out voluntary missionary projects in developing countries and also in Portugal, about half of them will ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Major seminarians: to experience the Love of Christ to be authentic witnesses of charity Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – To experience the Love of Christ, to know the importance of the Church's charitable and voluntary work, to train qualified people for the social service of the ecclesial base communitie ...
• 22 July 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-In two months 21 health centers have closed down because of poor hygiene Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The precarious sanitary conditions of Centre Médico Honduras in Santo Domingo, have led the Ministry of Local Public Health to close down the facility. The state of abandonment of areas s ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Thousands of faithful attend the funeral of Msgr. Mazzolari; Cardinal Wako urges to follow the example of the late Bishop Rumbek (Fides Service) - The funeral of His Exc. Mgr. Cesare Mazzolari, Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan), who died on July 16 at the State hospital in Rumbek, where he was hospitalized after feeling ill while he was celeb ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Displaced because of the drought, affected by the rains: the tragedy of the Somali people continues Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has degenerated into famine in the two regions of Lower Shabelle and Southern Bakool and could still get worse. Pouring rain is hitting the capital Mogadishu ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops are "deeply concerned" about the violence, they ask the government to dialogue Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released yesterday afternoon, July 21, and sent to Fides, the Bishops of Malawi declare they are "deeply concerned about the turn of events regarding the demonstrations on 20 Jul ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Church and NGOs take to the field to save Wilfrida, Catholic girl who risks death penalty Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - An Indonesian Catholic girl, Wilfrid Soik, lies in Malaysian prisons, accused of killing her employer, and could be sentenced to death. In her defense some non-governmental organizations, i ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Very weak children abandoned by their families to try and save the other children Mogadishu (Fides Service) - Another tragedy hits the people of Somalia who are dying of hunger and continue to seek shelter and food in Mogadishu. Many families, in desperation, decide to leave the children who are too w ...
• 22 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-"Witnesses of Christ, all witnesses and every day": the commitment of the PMS for the missionary formation Santiago (Fides Service) - The commitment of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Chile for animation and missionary formation of the animators and all the baptized continues. On 15 and 16 July a basic Course of f ...
• 21 July 2011
  AFRICA-Emergency in the Horn of Africa: Appeal from Caritas Africa to Caritas regional to increase fund raising campaigns Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Given the catastrophic situation resulting from the severe drought experienced by the Horn of Africa as well as East Africa and affecting more than 10 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Eri ...
• 21 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- Conclusion of the general chapter of the Missionary Sisters of the Souls in Purgatory Xing Tai (Fides Service) - "We have renewed the spirit of the congregation, consolidated our charisma, strengthened our relationship with the Lord": are the results of the general chapter of the religious congregation of ...
• 21 July 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Peace can be reached through dialogue, not only with weapons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (CEC), His Exc. Mgr. Ruben Salazar Gomez, Archbishop of Bogota, recently launched a new appeal for peace in the Latin American country through ...
• 21 July 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "I am amazed by the indifference of NATO and Europe to the proposal of a truce for Ramadan", says Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "Bombs keep falling. But at least a new 'humanitarian strategy' has been adopted to try to avoid victims among civilians " says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar ...
• 21 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Meeting of the Jesuit coordinators of Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean Guadalajara (Fides Service) - From 1 to 6 August the V Meeting of the Provincial Coordinators for Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Five main goals: 1. To analyze the i ...