News

• 16 June 2010
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - UNHCR Report: Some 43.3 million people forcibly displaced worldwide flee conflict and persecution Gineva (Agenzia Fides) - Some 43.3 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number of people uprooted by conflict and persecution since the mid-1990s. At the same time, the number ...
• 16 June 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Poverty and illiteracy produce child labour throughout Angola Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- The President of the Angolan Association for Disadvantaged Children speaking on a local Catholic media, Radio Ecclesia, said the Association had registered a steep increase in the number of cases ...
• 16 June 2010
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - In Brussels “Sister Churches” of Congo and Belgium celebrate Congo's 50 years of independence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Filled with deep gratitude we remember that the Church-Family-of-God in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the fruit of the apostolic zeal of missionaries, men and women, who came mostly fro ...
• 16 June 2010
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - A day of mourning; local Christians help collect aid for ethnic Uzbek refugees Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – “At present the situation appears calmer. Today is a day of national mourning and hundreds of people gathered in the principal square in the capital Bishkek to commemorate those who died in ...
• 16 June 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Catholic community in Zhu Shan prepares to celebrate a century of life and mission Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – In Taiwan, in the diocese of Tai Chung, the Catholic parish of Zhu Shan, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, is busy with preparations to celebrate 100 years of life and mission on 9 Octobe ...
• 16 June 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Digital culture impact in Latin America: Inter-continental Meeting Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – From today until 19 June representatives of various institutions participating in a continental study on "The impact of digitall culture in Latin America " are meeting in Bogota, at the head of ...
• 16 June 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Moron: “we must find specific forms of evangelisation suited to our reality ” Moron (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the diocese of Moron, considers the recent Diocesan Mission Congress a "grace from the Lord", and has connected it with the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, to encourag ...
• 15 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Master Degree in social communications in intercultural and missionary contexts Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Registration has begun for students interested in the 2010-2011 edition of a I level Master Degree in Social Communications in Intercultural and Missionary contexts. The course, offered by the Pont ...
• 15 June 2010
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - “The new Congo will be founded on ethics and gospel values" Congo's Catholic Bishops say on 50th anniversary of the nation's independence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Archbishop of Kisangani, Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa delivered the closing discourse at a National Symposium organised by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of D.R. Congo (CENCO), o ...
• 15 June 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - A mysterious trap for Ugandan troops deployed in Central Africa increases concern for the country's stability Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- Ten members of the Ugandan army were killed at the end of May in the south east of the Central African Republic by Sudanese Janjaweed pro-government militia. The news was made public on 13 June by ...
• 15 June 2010
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Silence in families is a major cause of abuse on girls aged 10-13 years Ziguinchor (Agenzia Fides) – According to a group of researchers in Casamance, a southern region of Senegal, the safety of children depends on whether the family has the courage to speak out about sexual abuse. A study ...
• 15 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New Bishops of Xiamen and Hohhot make pastoral visits to administer the Sacraments and encourage pastoral work Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – To give thanks to God, strengthen the faith of the flock entrusted to their care, promote evangelisation and pastoral activity, pray together for the Catholic Church in China and for the unive ...
• 15 June 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "No life can be taken for the sake of 'community justice' " warns the Bishop of Oruro Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – “Events in Uncia are deplorable, such crimes must never be repeated, the lynching seen in various parts, mainly in rural areas and poor districts, must not be allowed to happen again”: these ...
• 15 June 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Fighting poverty to eliminate child labour Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the recent annual recurrence of World Day Against Child Labour, Paraguay, like many other Latin American countries, tackled various issues connected with the elimination of ...
• 15 June 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies El Salvador confirmed in office Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 20 May 2010, confirmed in office for another five year term (2009-2014) the National Director of Pont ...