News

• 23 September 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian Bishops condemn violence against Guarani-Kaiowa Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, September 22, the bishops of Brazil called for an urgent government intervention to stop the "armed attacks" that are being conducted against two communities of Guarani Indians in ...
• 23 September 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “True democracy is not built on death”: Bishops' appeal on lynchings and violence in the country La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – "Life, a sacred gift of God" is the title of the statement that was read during a press conference by Bishop Oscar Aparicio, Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz and Secretary General of the Bolivian Bis ...
• 23 September 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Caxito tells Fides: “Greater efforts in evangelization are needed in order to combat witchcraft.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The situation eight years since the war's end, the spread of beliefs like witchcraft, the abyss between rich and poor, the need to re-evangelize part of the country after 20 years of Marxism, are ...
• 23 September 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - October 10 vote: "We need to reverse the trend in the country," Church source tells Fides Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "We need to go and vote on order to reverse the trend in the country and continue on the road to democracy," Fides has been told by a source from the Church in the Republic of Guinea, where th ...
• 23 September 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Aquaculture is vital to food security in Asia Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – "We have to produce 30 million more [metric] tons of fish - 50 percent more - by 2030 or people will not be able to eat," said Rohana Subasinghe, a senior aquaculture specialist for the Food a ...
• 23 September 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Cholera continues to spread in northern Nigeria Kano (Agenzia Fides) – Poor diagnostics and weak surveillance are hampering government efforts to stem cholera in Nigeria. The disease is most severe in the north; as of September 8, 781 people have died and 13,000 cas ...
• 22 September 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides: “Personal ambitions are undermining the Somali government.” Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – "Personal ambitions and rivalries for control of resources donated by the international community are behind the resignation of the Prime Minister," Fides has been told by Bishop Giorgio Ber ...
• 22 September 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Indigenous Christians denied right to build church Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - A small evangelical Christian community in the state of Kelantan (northeast of Peninsular Malaysia), composed of the indigenous group “Orang Asli,” has been denied the right to rebuild ...
• 22 September 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Missionary Expedition for 72 Salesian priests, sisters, and lay volunteers Turin (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 26 September, from the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin-Valdocco, the 141st Missionary Expedition will officially depart. The missionary mandate will be given by the Recto ...
• 22 September 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - World Youth Day helps youth to strengthen their faith and hope Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – World Youth Day helps young people in Hong Kong to strengthen their faith and hope, to be more satisfied with life, and enjoy good moral and mental health. This is the result of a recent sur ...
• 22 September 2010
  VATICAN - New Coadjutor Bishop for the Archdiocese of Taiyuan in Shanxi (China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Thursday, September 16, the episcopal consecration of Bishop Paul Meng Ningyou, as Coadjutor Bishop of Taiyuan, took place in the cathedral. Bishop Meng is a member of the diocesan cle ...
• 22 September 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Drop in maternal mortality rate, although daily rate averages 1,000 women per day Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The number of women dying from pregnancy complications has dropped worldwide. Sub-saharan Africa is still the site of the highest maternal mortality rate, although the area has seen a 26% decr ...
• 22 September 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “101 Days of Prayer for Peace in Sudan” campaign launched by Catholic Church Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – September 21, the International Day of Peace, marked the start of a campaign: “101 Days of Prayer for Peace in Sudan,” sponsored by the Sudanese Bishops' Conference, the U.S. Conference ...
• 22 September 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Church warns: Orissa becoming a “realm for trafficking of women” Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – "There are alarming reports of trafficking of young women on a large scale in Orissa. The victims are mostly young Christian women. The violence against Christians in 2008 gave the opportu ...
• 22 September 2010
  VATICAN - Holy Father's appeal for the consolidation of peace and harmony among the baptized, to offer the world “an ever more authentic evangelical testimony” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience held today, Wednesday, September 22, during which he spoke of his recent apostolic journey to the United Kingdom, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made an ...