News

• 1 December 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians and Buddhists sign a joint declaration for the abolition of the death penalty: “We universally support the complete elimination of such extreme punishment that does not consider the sacredness of life.” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Every life that has come into existence on this earth is sacred. The death penalty is for us 'murder' in the name of law and institution that artificially deprives a human being of his irreplacea ...
• 1 December 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Consolata Missionaries' Advent Campaign to ensure a safe childbirth and postnatal care for mothers and infants of Congo and Ethiopia Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Today, December 1, 2009, marks the beginning of the campaign being led by the Foundation MCO (Consolata Missions), called "Give the gift of life at Christmas.” The campaign aims to ensure a saf ...
• 1 December 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Xaverian Missionaries say: “Do not blame missionaries and small charities for the scandalous involvement of well-known mining companies and Western governments in the war in eastern Congo." Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “A group of UN experts has presented the UN Security Council with its latest report on the implementation of UN Resolution 1533 from 2004 on the DR Congo, in particular on the embargo of ar ...
• 1 December 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “The Eucharist, Strength of Evangelization”: thousands participate in 30th International Encounter of the New Pentecost Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Santa Cruz, La Mansion, hosted the 30th International Encounter of the New Pentecost with the theme "The Eucharist, Strength of Evangelization.” This meeting saw the participation of people ...
• 1 December 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - “A Peru that defends life and fights against poverty” - President of Peru meets with Holy Father Benedict XVI Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The collaboration between Church and State and defense of life were the main topics covered in the meeting that the Holy Father Benedict XVI held yesterday with President of Peru, Alan García P� ...
• 1 December 2009
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - "There has been some progress, but there are serious problems hindering integral development of the person" say Bishops of Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "There has been significant progress, but there are still concerns about the difficulties and problems that are undermining the overall development of people." This is what the Bishops of the Inte ...
• 1 December 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - World AIDS Day 2009: microsite by Doctors Without Borders on the fight against AIDS in South Africa Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2009, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is launching a microsite dedicated to AIDS in South Africa where they tell the stories of the people from Khayelitsha, ...
• 1 December 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Married at age 13, HIV-positive and widow at 14: the story of Tatu Saidi Mombasa (Agenzia Fides) - "When I found out I was HIV-positive, I immediately told my husband, who warned me not to tell anyone. And I did not dare contradict him.” Thus began the story of Tatu Saidi, a Kenyan girl of ...
• 1 December 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - The practice of "three stones" widespread in district of Kilifi, where a population of half a million people finds 1 in 7 HIV-positive Mombasa (Agenzia Fides) - Among the traditional practices that contribute to the spread of HIV in Kenya is the 'meko tatu ", i.e. when a woman has three relationships simultaneously. Common among Miji Kenda tribes that p ...
• 30 November 2009
  VATICAN - At First Sunday of Advent Angelus, Benedict XVI highlights that “Jesus Christ is not only for Christians, or believers, but for all men,” and recalls that “the Church does not cease to combat AIDS, through her institutions and the personnel dedicated to it.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The contemporary world needs above all hope: It is needed by developing peoples, but also by those economically developed. We increasingly see that we are in the same boat and that we mu ...
• 30 November 2009
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “With AIDS orphans, the challenge is not only health care but above all to give meaning to the all too short life of these children" - Missio Austria's commitment to support projects for AIDS victims Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - "AIDS is a terrible plight. Particularly with regard to AIDS orphans, the challenge is not only health care but above all we must try to give meaning to life that is too often short of these chil ...
• 30 November 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - “We proclaim Christ. The Church is missionary. Whoever is united to God-Love should bring God to others”: Pastoral Letter from Archbishop of Czestochowa for Advent Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "Give an authentic testimony of God who is Love" is the main theme of the Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa, for this Advent. The Archbishop urges his followers to ...
• 30 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Day Against the Death Penalty: 1,150 cities around the world to abolish the death penalty and respect for human rights Rome (Fides Service) - Today, November 30 is World Day of "Cities for Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty": celebrated in over 1,150 cities worldwide, including 60 capitals, who are involved in the battle for the abol ...
• 30 November 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Talks between the junta and the opposition resume; group of Guineans criticize report on September 28 events which seems to be trying to provoke ethnic and religious conflict Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – Talks resume today, 30 November in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, between the military junta of Guinea and the "Live Forces", the symbol beneath which several opposition groups fall. Ac ...
• 30 November 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - 50th anniversary of First National Catholic Congress: looking with new prospect to the challenges of the Church, trying to discover the task of Christians today Santa Clara (Agenzia Fides) - "Human society and social order must receive their primary power from a multifaceted action guided by the conviction of members of the community toward the common good." So wrote the Blessed ...