News

• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dengue spreads north, authorities call for continued vigilance Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever is declining in northern Sri Lanka, but health officials are wary to let their guard down and call for heightened vigilance. At the beginning of this yea ...
• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women continue to die from birth-related causes Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – In Myanmar, where abortion is illegal, complications due to dangerous abortion procedures are the third leading cause of maternal deaths after post-partum haemorrhage and eclampsia (seizures), ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest wounded last Sunday in Volta Redonda dies, funeral services held today Volta Redonda (Agenzia Fides) – Father Dejair Gonçalves de Almeida, age 32, died Tuesday, March 16th at 7 in the morning, at St. John the Baptist Hospital in Volta Redonda, about 80 km from Rio de Janeiro, after havin ...
• 17 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another massacre in Nigeria; Archbishop of Jos tells Fides “this is just another retaliation over loss of livestock, not a religious conflict,” talk of interreligious violence ends up spreading it Jos (Agenzia Fides) – "This is a retaliation against the Fulani herders against the villagers, for an alleged theft of livestock. This is not a clash between Christians and Muslims," Fides was told by Archbishop Ignati ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Blood and black magic in the “Red Shirts” protests: Buddhists reconsecrate stained palaces and, like Christians, pray for peace Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – "We are very concerned. Buddhist and Christian faithful are praying for peace. We hope and pray that the situation will not become more violent. The party of the 'red' is now divided between t ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 5, 2010, confirmed Fr. Walter Von Holzen, SVD as the National Director of Pontifical Mission So ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics send over 90,000 Euros in aid to Haitian earthquake victims Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – As of March 6, the Chinese Catholic community, under the leadership of Jinde Charities, the Chinese Catholic charitable organization, collected 852,036 Yuan (or 92,000 Euros) for the Ha ...
• 17 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Process of Beatification opened for Fr. Daniele Badiali, Fidei Donum missionary killed in Peru in 1997 Faenza (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, March 20th at 8pm in the Cathedral, the Bishop of Faenza, Bishop Claudio Stagni, will preside at Mass for the thirteenth anniversary of the assassination of Father Daniele Badiali, Fi ...
• 17 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pastoral care of immigrant children in Europe's big cities Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) – From March 7 to 10, Barcelona hosted the 21st Annual Meeting of the Pastoral Care of Migrants in the Big Cities of Europe," which brought together leaders and pastoral workers from Vienna, B ...
• 17 March 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Mysterious fire destroys Kasubi Tombs of ancient Buganda Kingdom, tensions and conflict feared Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – On March 16, a fire destroyed the "Kasubi Tombs," the mausoleum near the capital Kampala, belonging to the Buganda Kings who ruled the traditional southern Ugandan kingdom. The causes of the f ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Religious of Brazil work against trafficking in human persons Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Coordination Team for the religious network "Un Grito por la Vida" (A Cry for Life) will meet beginning today, March 17th, in Brasilia, to discuss and plan actions relating to combating a ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Primate of Argentina meets with President Cristina Fernandez Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez, will today, March 17, receive the Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Cardinal Primate of Argentina, Jorge Bergoglio. The meeting comes after th ...
• 17 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Catholic doctors protest distribution of “morning after” pill (Agenzia Fides) – The National Association of Catholic Doctors of Peru has criticized the Health Minister Oscar Ugarte, who intends to distribute the so-called morning after pill, through a ministerial resolution that ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - New center opened for street children Howrah (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of their 25th anniversary of working in favor of street children, on March 11, the Salesian community of Calcutta-Ashalayam opened a center, open 24 hours a day for child protection an ...
• 17 March 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 1 doctor:16,200 refugees, need for medical personnel at Kyaka Refugee Camp Kyaka (Agenzia Fides) – Inadequate health services is only one of many challenges faced by the 16,200 refugees in the settlement of the Kyaka II Refugee Camp in Western, where there is only one doctor. The lack of medi ...