News

• 17 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - After the violence of yesterday new clashes feared Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Abidjan is completely paralysed: the movement of public and private transport is blocked; shops, schools and offices are closed, while there is a heavy presence of presidential security force ...
• 17 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack of vandalism on a Marian Shrine New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Health, in Guntkal within the Diocese of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, was attacked by vandals who have destroyed sacred statues and paintings. The Bishops' Confe ...
• 17 December 2010
  ASIA/MACAO - New priestly ordination in the Diocese of Macao after 18 years Macao (Agenzia Fides) – There is much celebration in the Diocese of Macao for the first priestly ordination in 18 years. The deacon, Li Xian Jun, of Korean origin, who entered the Diocese of Macao in 2005, was ordaine ...
• 16 December 2010
  AFRICA - Malaria: significant steps forward in endemic countries but more work needed to defeat it Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Since the last Report on malaria by the World Health Organization (WHO), published on 13 December, it appears that, over the past decade, programs for disease control in Africa recorded 200,000 ...
• 16 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Malnutrition continues to have a lethal effect on children in the tribes of Madhya Pradesh Shivpuri (Agenzia Fides) – According to a report by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in two months five children from the Sahariya tribe in Madhya Pradesh have died from malnutrition, and another ten are serio ...
• 16 December 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A long pilgrimage to commemorate the efforts of the first missionaries, opens the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Kaohsiung Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - “Always continue the journey of the 150 years of Evangelization of Wanchin” is the theme of the celebration of the 150 year anniversary of the foundation and commitment to evangelization b ...
• 16 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Violent clashes in Abidjan between police and supporters of Ouattara Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Violent clashes are underway in the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, where supporters of Alassane Ouattara, the President recognized by the international community, have organi ...
• 16 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic radicals: a Christmas protest against Asia Bibi, for “the honour of the Prophet” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - It promises to be a difficult Christmas for the Christian community in Pakistan. An alliance among radical Islamic groups - which includes religious parties, Islamic movements, organizations a ...
• 16 December 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A nation searching to be reborn from nothing after the rains, with the help of Eudist missionaries Santa Barbara de Pinto (Agenzia Fides) - “We are working with great joy, because we find ourselves among the poorest and most disadvantaged, in the situation which this winter has left us in, destroying everything. We ...
• 16 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan politicians' names published, suspected by the ICC for the violence of 2008 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The publication of the politicians' names under investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a political earthquake, however for the moment it has not provoked ...
• 16 December 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Inauguration of a School for Missionary Promotion in Jaen “to revitalize the missionary spirituality and missionary movements” Jaen (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, 11 December, a School for Missionary Promotion in the Diocese of Jaen was officially inaugurated. The event, held at the diocesan seminary, was attended by Bishop D. Ramón del Hoyo ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Vocations Training” theme for Forum organized by Faith Institute for Cultural Studies in collaboration with seminaries, religious congregations and dioceses Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - “Vocations Training” is the main theme of the Forum for the modern formation of vocations, organized by the Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS) in collaboration with 16 mainla ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Kiran's foetus is malformed, the pregnant Catholic girl who was raped Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – The foetus suffers from a severe form of hydrocephalus; no higher or lower limbs are present. It is destined for certain death due to miscarriage, or, should it come to light, in the first ...
• 15 December 2010
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A bus to assist street kids with emergency medical services, food, clothing and educational activities Freetown (Agenzia Fides/ANS) - The Salesians in Freetown, through the NGO “Don Bosco Fambul”, have launched the “Don Bosco Mobile”, a bus that will serve to help street kids with emergency medical assistance, foo ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Food security at risk in the north of the Country Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Food security remains very precarious in the northern part of Sri Lanka. According to the latest information from the World Food Programme (WFP), the majority of the 1,755 families monitored in ...