News

• 15 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-A Center of Evangelization in the Cathedral of Beijing to respond to the Year of Evangelization of the Lay Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To strengthen and better coordinate the activities of evangelization thus responding to the needs generated by the Year of Evangelization of the Lay promoted by the diocese, the Cathedral of Bei ...
• 15 June 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-The Church and the natural resources: development, law and quality of life Chaclacayo (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of natural resources and the mission of the Church": this is the theme of the international seminar on mining industry (mining and hydrocarbons) and natural resources that takes p ...
• 15 June 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-General Assembly of Catholic Bishops in the United States Seattle (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of the United States of America gather for the Spring General Assembly from 15 to 17 June, in Seattle. Among the measures scheduled on the agenda: discussion and vote on a document ...
• 15 June 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-"The LRA could offer its cooperation to Al Qaida": the alarm of the Archbishop of Kisangani Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "If you do not put an end to the regionalization of the crisis, the LRA will geographically expand its danger and may even attack the interests of the nations beyond the borders of Africa, offe ...
• 15 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Vatican Observer at the United Nations: the case of Farah-only a UN intervention Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Farah Hatim, the Christian girl kidnapped and forced into marriage and conversion to Islam "is an abuse of freedom of conscience and religion", so "an intervention of UN High Commissi ...
• 15 June 2011
  AFRICA-File: the regional threat of the LRA Rome (Fides Service) - The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) was born in 1987 in northern Uganda, on the basis of a previous insurrectionary movement. In the early 90s it begins to install some bases in the south-east of Suda ...
• 15 June 2011
  AFRICA-File: the Regional and Interfaith Network of Religious Leaders for Peace (RINRLP) Rome (Fides Service) - The Regional and Interfaith Network of Religious Leaders for Peace (RINRLP) was born at the end of the international Conference of religious leaders of the 4 countries affected by the LRA (Lord's R ...
• 15 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-Prayer vigil for victims of the trips to Europe: in 2011 more than 1820 Rome (Fides Service) - Since 1990 at least 17,597 people have died on the journey along the borders of Europe. The change that is affecting the geopolitical organization which is affecting Countries of North Africa and i ...
• 15 June 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-The priest, author of "communion" in a pluralistic nation Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - The priest is a man called to build "community" at all levels: in the community, in relationships with other religions, in civil society in a pluralistic nation like Indonesia. This is what was ...
• 15 June 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-Beggars in Addis Ababa and the Day of the African Child Addis Ababa (Fides Service) - The African Union has promoted in the month of June, the Day of the African Child. The Salesian missionaries, have been present in the continent for over 100 years, have developed many proje ...
• 15 June 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Mobile units to fight the cholera outbreak Lodi (Fides Service) - An emergency operation for the creation of mobile units against cholera in Haiti has recently been approved. OCHA, the United Nations Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid, has ap ...
• 14 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The month of the Sacred Heart lived in the spirit of charity towards young children Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Whatever you have done to even one of my younger brothers, you have done it to me": following the teachings of Jesus, the faithful of the Cathedral dedicated to S. Peter and Paul of the Dioces ...
• 14 June 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY-A Christian lawyer elected to Parliament: new hope for the country Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - A Syriac Christian, lawyer Erol Dora, 47, was elected to Turkey’s Parliament during the elections on June 12 and, as sources of Fides say, he has said that he will "become the voice of the C ...
• 14 June 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Violence in the northeast of Nigeria: the testimony of the Bishop of Maiduguri to Fides Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Maiduguri, whose territory covers two and a half states situated in the northeast of Nigeria, for years has experienced series of sectarian crises. His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe Do ...
• 14 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Christians and the future of India: priority to peace, justice, education, religious freedom New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The priorities for the future of India are the issues that affect peace, justice, education, religious freedom, respect for minorities: this is what Christian Indians say, considering the nex ...