News

• 4 October 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Landslides, rains in Chiapas, over 30 dead; Bishop Arizmendi makes appeal Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Mexico has sent Fides a copy of the appeal made by Bishop Felipe Arizmendi, Bishop of the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas (Mexico), calling for more help for local poor people wh ...
• 4 October 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - UN report on human rights violations 1993-2003 published Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "I think the UN report will force the international community to carry out further reflection on recent events in the region," Fides was told by Fr. Loris Cattani, Xaverian missionary with a lo ...
• 4 October 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Overcrowded prisons are breeding ground for TB and HIV Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – Tuberculosis and HIV rates in Cambodia's largest prison are roughly six and four times the respective national averages. A screening of 1,783 inmates at the Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh ...
• 4 October 2010
  AMERICA - Ecclesial movements and missionary dynamism in light of the Great Continental Mission Atyra (Agenzia Fides) – The final document of the III Latin American Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities, which took place in Atyra (Paraguay), September 2-5, 2010, was recently published. Convened by t ...
• 3 October 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - Caritas workers and formation of the heart according to Mary's example Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Here I am Lord” (Is 6:8) is the theme of the spiritual exercises for the leaders of the diocesan Caritas and other Church agencies on the European continent, which ends today, 3 Decembe ...
• 3 October 2010
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - First Portuguese Volunteer Congress Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 and 5 December the First Portuguese Congress for Volunteers will take place in Lisbon at the Ismaili Centre, sponsored by the Portuguese Confederation of Volunteers (CPV), which aims to brin ...
• 2 October 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “We cannot accept the shedding of innocent blood,” Archbishop of Abuja tells Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "We are saddened by the loss of 10 lives and concerned that we are facing a new phenomenon, never before seen in our history: a double attack in the federal capital," Fides has been told by Arch ...
• 2 October 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Vicar of Phnom-Penh resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on October 1, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom-Penh (Cambodia), presented by Archbishop Emile D ...
• 2 October 2010
  VATICAN - Diocesan phase of cause for beatification opened for Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuân Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This October 22, there will be a solemn ceremony to mark the opening of the diocesan study of the life, virtues, and fame of holiness of the Vietnamese Servant of God Cardinal Francois Xa ...
• 2 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Forming the moral conscience well to better witness to our faith: theme for pastoral year in Diocese of Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The influence of the materialist and relativist mentality, propagated by the mass media and political organizations and national and international economies, is blurring the moral conscience of ...
• 2 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Refugee medical assistance improves, religious sisters working hard on health aid Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "In the area of medical care, the overall picture is improving, although there are still many refugees in remote areas who remain excluded from aid and exposed to diseases. In their work, Carit ...
• 2 October 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Church in Taiwan reaffirms desire to “share in the joys and sufferings” of migrants and refugees Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “With Migrants and Refugees Sunday, the Church of Taiwan assures immigrants of her determined desire to share in their joys and sufferings." Thus, Bishop Bosco Lin Chi Nan, Bishop of the Dioce ...
• 2 October 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops address importance of a “free and responsible vote” on October 3 Lima (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the electoral campaign, the Peruvian Bishops' Conference issued a statement to remind people of the importance of making a free and responsible vote in the elections on October 3. T ...
• 2 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ten arrested over attacks on Christians; surge in religious intolerance in “greater Jakarta” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesian police have arrested ten radical Islamic militants, accused of attacking two Christian leaders last Sunday in the suburb of Bekasi, part of the megalopolis of Jakarta. The parish prie ...
• 1 October 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops' Appeal: “Only a regular dialogue, frank and constructive, may lead to a better Ecuador" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Claims being made by various sectors of Ecuadorian society in recent months have led to the revolt of law enforcement officials. They have resorted to brute force and have injured the dignity of ...