News

• 31 August 2010
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Sharp increase in child malnutrition in north Kousseri (Agenzia Fides) – In northern Cameroon, as in much of Africa’s western Sahel band, there is an unusually high child malnutrition rate. Six children died from malnutrition in Kousseri hospital, northern Camer ...
• 30 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Three volunteers killed were Americans from one of the 1,500 foreign NGOs Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The three aid workers killed in the Swat Valley between August 24 and 25 by an attack waged by Islamic fundamentalist groups (see Fides 27 and 28/8/2010) are American citizens local sources ...
• 30 August 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Xi Ning celebrates first baptisms with 5 Tibetan catechumens Xi Ning (Agenzia Fides) – Over 700 faithful of the Catholic community of the Diocese of Xi Ning, in the Province of Qing Hai attended the first baptism to take place in their community. The five Tibetan catechumens wer ...
• 30 August 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Formation course for 20 new missionaries concludes; first Guinean priest ordained for the PIME Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The sessions of the Missionary Training Course begun August 2 ended on August 27 with a Mass presided by two bishops of Guinea Bissau. According to information sent to Fides from the Curia of B ...
• 30 August 2010
  AFRICA/NIGER - Nearly 200,000 refugees following severe flooding Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Further heavy rains in Niger have caused the number of people displaced by flooding to soar from 111,000 last week to 198,740 this week, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Af ...
• 30 August 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishop of Wollongong calls for tolerance towards refugees Wollongong (Agenzia Fides) - Wollongong's Bishop Peter Ingham has celebrated Refugee and Migrant Sunday at his diocese with a call for openness and tolerance towards new arrivals. “Today is a time to remember the many ...
• 30 August 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for September: “That by opening our hearts to love we may put an end to the numerous wars and conflicts which continue to bloody our world.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Created in harmony with God and with the rest of humanity, man has abused the freedom that he had received from God. This disobedience to God the Creator has caused an interior division w ...
• 30 August 2010
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - “A pastor who knew how to live suffering with strength and serenity, along with the sense of giving one's life until the end.”: PMS Director's testimony of Bishop of Ziguinchor Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Bruno Favero, OMI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Senegal and Mauritania sent Fides his testimony on Bishop Maixent Coly, Bishop of Ziguinchor (capital of Casamance ...
• 30 August 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic organizations lobbying for pro-life legislation Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic groups that defend the value of human life have launched a campaign to convince members of the Filipino Congress to approve two important documents that promote the value of human life ...
• 30 August 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary School in San Ramon: “Sharing missionary experiences and being sent out as disciples” San Ramon (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, Sunday, August 29, marked the end of the "Mission School for Teens" held in San Ramon, a city that belongs to the Vicariate of Ñuflo Chavez, Bolivia. The School began on Thursday ...
• 30 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - A special prayer to Saint Rose of Lima on the Internet Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Lima has opened a website to help the faithful of the world to celebrate the feast of Saint Rose of Lima. A note sent to Fides says: "On the feast of St. Rose of Lima, the Arch ...
• 28 August 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Franciscan priest killed along with assistant in downtown Lima Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Sadness and bewilderment has followed the violent death of a Puerto Rican Franciscan priest (OFM) and his young assistant in the Convent of “San Francisco,” located in the heart of the Peruvi ...
• 28 August 2010
  VATICAN - “Christians and Muslims: Together in overcoming violence among followers of different religions” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “There are many causes for violence among believers of different religious traditions, including: the manipulation of the religion for political or other ends; discrimination based on eth ...
• 28 August 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Spreading the Gospel in a context marked by violence: theme of Missiology Conference in East Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – How should we communicate the Good News to the victims of recent wars? How should we communicate the Gospel of peace to those who find it difficult to live as brothers, after the horrors of w ...
• 28 August 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Conclusion of Taiwan Youth Day 2010 Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) – Taiwan Youth Day 2010 is in full swing in the Diocese of Hsinchu. This year it is the Diocese of Hsinchu's turn to host the annual youth event held August 23 to 30, on the topic indicated by t ...