News

• 13 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child labor emergency for minor flood victims Jacobabad (Agenzia Fides) - Flood victims across Pakistan have been returning home to villages where houses have been reduced to piles of mud and brick, farmland ravaged and streets reduced to swamps. Some families are h ...
• 12 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pope's reflection at opening of Synod: “faith is the foundation, and, undoubtedly, the foundations of the earth cannot be shaken if they remain close to the faith, to true wisdom” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the First General Congregation of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, on Monday, October 11, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave the meditation followin ...
• 12 October 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Possibility of national unity government after presidential ballot is good news Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – "This is good news, because Guinea needs to continue on the road of national unity, which has until now been well managed by the National Transitional Council (CNT),” Fides learned from a lo ...
• 12 October 2010
  VATICAN - Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization instituted: “The whole Church presents herself to the contemporary world with a missionary thrust capable of promoting a new evangelization.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church has the duty to proclaim always and everywhere the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” These are the opening lines of the Apostolic Letter written in “motu proprio” entitled “Ubi ...
• 12 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian leaders in Sudan warn UN of risk for war if people are left unheard Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - “The people of southern Sudan expect to fulfil their right of self-determination on the 9th of January 2011. Denial of this right, for whatever reason, represents a fundamental denial of thei ...
• 12 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Refugee Card” amidst chaos, corruption, nepotism, and favors Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Chaos and corruption are impairing the project of "Watan Card," the so-called "Refugee Card" assigned by the government to displaced people. This is what local NGOs engaged in the field for ...
• 12 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, broadcast on Internet worldwide Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – The Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida de Bauru today celebrates its feast with five Masses, a parade, and a procession, in honor of Our Lady, who is the patron saint of Brazil. October 12 mark ...
• 12 October 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Aparecida and its Shrine - Brief Overview Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – In 1717, the governor of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, Don Pedro de Almeida e Portugal, Count of Assumar, was passing through Guaratinguetá and was on his way to the city of Villa Rica. For t ...
• 11 October 2010
  VATICAN - Synod for the Middle East opens: “living in a dignified manner in one's own country is above all a fundamental human right: therefore, the conditions of peace and justice” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Despite the difficulties, the Christians in the Holy Land are called to enliven their consciousness of being the living stones of the Church in the Middle East, at the holy Places of our ...
• 11 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Wen Zhou's work with deaf persons, to bring the God's love to everyone Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - “The faith has brought me peace and happiness. The Church is like a united family. We all love each other. I am delighted to be able to be a member of this family." This was one of the reflec ...
• 11 October 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - October 21-24: 14th National Missionary Congress dating back to 1942 expects 4,000 participants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The month of the missions in Mexico is widely celebrated by the entire Catholic community. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) have organized a full calendar of events in various dioces ...
• 11 October 2010
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - “Too many” seminarians: a challenge for the month of the missions Dili (Agenzia Fides) – Vocations boom in East Timor: in the small Asian country with a Catholic majority, the local Church smiles for the exponential growth of seminarians, which goes beyond the most optimistic forecas ...
• 11 October 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian Churches working for peaceful January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Christian communities that form a part of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC, which is also part of the Catholic Church of Sudan) have reached an agreement with the government of Southern Sud ...
• 11 October 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Less military spending, more funds to fight hunger: the Church and the MDGs New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – "The Catholic Church in India will continue to work tirelessly and to make a specific contribution to achieving the Millennium Development Goals set by the UN." This is what Fides has been t ...
• 11 October 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - “There are so many expectations of the Synod for the Middle East," says Fr. Pizzaballa, Custodian of the Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "There are so many expectations for the Synod, and there will also end up becoming a great many disappointments. We must approach the complexity of the issues with humility and willingness to lis ...