News

• 16 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Autonomy and federal state : how the Burmese government betrayed the Kachin Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "The key point is the agreement of Panlung in 1947: the Kachin signed it, like other ethnic minorities, supporting the struggle of General Aung San for the independence of Burma from the Briti ...
• 16 July 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-30 years after the discovery of the virus about 25 million people have died of AIDS: the Sixth World Conference in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - After Buenos Aires, Paris, Rio De Janeiro, Sydney and Cape Town, Rome is to host from July 17 to 20, the VI World Conference on AIDS, organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS) and the Insti ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-Appointment of the Bishop of Ihosy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 16, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Fr. Fulgence Razakarivony, MS, Vice-Secretary of the Administrative Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Madagascar, Bish ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN- The Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari dies during Mass Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari, died this morning, July 16, at 8 am at the State hospital in Rumbek, where he was hospitalized after the illness that struck him while he was celebra ...
• 16 July 2011
  VATICAN-Declaration of the Holy See with reference to the Episcopal Ordination in the Diocese of Shantou (Province of Guangdong, Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The following clarifications are issued with reference to the episcopal ordination of the Rev. Joseph Huang Bingzhang, which took place on Thursday, July 14. l) The Rev. Joseph Huang B ...
• 15 July 2011
  AMERICA /UNITED STATES-Forgiveness and reconciliation are essential for durable peace in South Sudan and for the entire region New York City (Fides Service) - "Just days after the July 9 inauguration of the Republic of South Sudan, the new state was admitted as a Member State in the UN by acclamation of the General Assembly. The Delegation of th ...
• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - The first national office in Tunis for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - The first national office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in North Africa (Hcdh) will open in Tunis: The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 July, by the Tunisian Foreign ...
• 15 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR Congo - Hundreds of victims infected with cholera and measles, alarm for new cases of polio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have lost their lives due to a serious outbreak of measles and cholera, as well as thousands of people who have been infected. Since Septe ...
• 15 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Last farewell to Fr. Franscesco Wei, 95 years old, more than 20 spent in prison Chang Sha (Agenzia Fides) - At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, July 14, the Church of Chang Sha, the capital of the Hu Nan province, was packed with people who wanted to give a final farewell to the 95-year old Franciscan ...
• 15 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- "Center for Studies and integral human development" becomes a reality: the inauguration on July 19 Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - After ten months of uninterrupted work, on Tuesday, July 19 at 11:30am the first phase of the "Centre for Studies and integral human development (CSIHD) - New Arequipa" will begin, an initiat ...
• 15 July 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH-Serious sanitary problems in the remote Chittagong Hill Tracts Bandarban (Agenzia Fides) - The remote area of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in Bangladesh, registers the poorer levels of health care. The rate of infant and maternal mortality is among the worst ever achieved by the na ...
• 15 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA- Negotiating table on mediation for peace in Papua will soon take place: ok from the political leaders and indigenous religious Jayapura (Fides Service) – Between the Indonesian government and representatives of Papua an official table of negotiations will soon start, to deal with delicate political, economic and social aspects of the region, a ...
• 15 July 2011
  VATICAN - Meeting of the Populorum Progressio Foundation in Brazil: 216 projects in favor of indigenous communities, mestizos and Afro-American are to be examined Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From July 19 to 22, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Populorum Progressio, entrusted since its foundation in 1992 to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, will tak ...
• 14 July 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN-In Madrid, may the missionary vocation find a generous response from the young people of WYD Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Madrid has 1,278 missionaries scattered across all continents, in 94 countries, belonging to 164 different religious and secular institutes. Madrid has to be, on the occasion of World Youth Day ...
• 14 July 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND-Buddhists massacred by Islamic rebels in the South: the first challenge for new government Bangkok (Fides Service) - While the country is looking for a "common ground" on which to rebuild the fabric of a split society, and seeks paths for "national reconciliation" after the general elections won by the young l ...