News

• 14 June 2010
  VATICAN - “Economy and finance cannot be an end to themselves, they are simply a means, a tool. Their only goal is the human person and the full realisation of the human person in dignity ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Today the world and Europe are experiencing a period of particularly serious economic and financial crisis. This period should not produce restrictions based solely on a strictly finan ...
• 14 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Clerics Regular of the Mother of God meet for Chapter; in August the Order's first Nigerian priest Rome (Agenzia Fides) – From 7 June to 4 July the town of Lariano (Rome) will host the 110th General Chapter of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God (OMD), founded in 1574 by Saint Giovanni Leonardi, who was also c ...
• 14 June 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA -“Hopefully the attack was not fired by a desire to destabilise ” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “It is still too soon for an appraisal of the attack, the police are still investigating and we are waiting for the first official findings ” Fides was told by a local Catholic Church source ...
• 14 June 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The situation is tense, but we still hope for a positive solution to the crisis” says a local Church source Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “ The situation is tense but all parties are still determined to find a solution to the political crisis” a local Church source told Fides from the Burundian capital Bujumbura, where a seri ...
• 14 June 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO - Inaugurated in Kinshasa a new Day Centre for street children Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A recently inaugurated Centre Sainte Famille - Point d’eau, in Kinshasa, run by Guanelliani religious will offer daytime assistance to street children. Congo's children live on the streets ...
• 14 June 2010
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Water supplies for 69,300 people: health, hygiene, agricultural development, better livestock Kibungo (Agenzia Fides) - Work on a Ndamira-Ngoma water pipeline in Kibungo has been completed. In just one year the Movement to Fight Hunger in the World together with the local community, built 6.6km long water pipelin ...
• 14 June 2010
  ASIA/TURKEY - The blood of Bishop Padovese “will not be sterile”: the Catholic Church in Turkey “ finds new hope” Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – “We are filled with Christian hope that the blood of Mgr Padovese will not be sterile, instead it will bear fruit for a new flourishing of Turkey's Christian community”: said Dominican Fa ...
• 14 June 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pastoral Commission for Workers appeals for minimum wage to guarantee basic necessities of families Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Hong Kong diocesan Pastoral Commission for Workers has launched an appeal and a collection of signatures to obtain a minimum wage to meet the basic necessities of all families and ensure a d ...
• 14 June 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pastoral Commission for Workers appeals for minimum wage to guarantee basic necessities of families Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Hong Kong diocesan Pastoral Commission for Workers has launched an appeal and a collection of signatures to obtain a minimum wage to meet the basic necessities of all families and ensure a d ...
• 14 June 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico's prisons are full of innocent victims of the 'crime' of 'crimes' : poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican city of Acapulco is hosting a National Meeting on Pastoral Care in Prisons which opens today at the city's new Cathedral dedicated to Christ the King. A report sent to Fides fr ...
• 14 June 2010
  AMERICA/CUBA - 10th Catholic Social Week “on line” Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Cuba will celebrate the 10th Catholic Social Week in Havana 16 - 20 June with the main slogan: “Witnesses of Hope and Builders of Peace”. The news was sent to Fides by the Coun ...
• 12 June 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - PMS aim to end child labour: safeguard freedoms of children and adolescents and provide new opportunities Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – “We want to provide more opportunities to children and families! This is why we support projects aimed to end child labour”. But the struggle to end child labour must go hand in hand with a ...
• 12 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Child abuse denigrates minors and marks them for life Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 12 June, is the annual Day Against Child Labour. An estimated 215 million of the world's children are forced to work in order to survive, more than 115 million in conditions of total exploit ...
• 12 June 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Capuchin Friars in the world: 10,519 in 106 different nations on all five continents Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to the most recent figures available, on 31 December 2009 the number of Capuchin Friars in the world was 10,519, a figure which showed a slight decrease compared with the previous year (1 ...
• 12 June 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Catholic Church in South Africa hopes to harness media impact of World Football Cup to draw attention to African issues and difficulties Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – South Africa is hosting the 19th World Football Cup, the first to be held on the continent of Africa. In view of this the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Southern Africa, SABC, has plann ...