News

• 12 November 2009
  VATICAN - Sixth World Congress of Pastoral Care for Migrants concludes: "We can not remain silent in the face of those who speculate on the lives of migrants and refugees”; call for adoption and ratification of international laws that protect and promote human person Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning saw the end of the sessions held at the Sixth World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees, with the approval of the Final Document which will be made public ...
• 12 November 2009
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishop of Rumbek's concern for lack of preparation among population for 2010 elections and referendum of 2011 Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Efforts are needed to prepare the population and the leaders of South Sudan for the 2010 elections and the referendum on independence in 2011.This is what Bishop Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek, in ...
• 12 November 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “With the rehabilitation of refugees, peace and reconciliation are established." Archbishop of Colombo comments on Benedict XVI's appeal for Sri Lanka Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – "It has been an appeal of great help to the country. We are honored that the Holy Father has devoted his attention and we thank him whole-heartedly. He has highlighted the difficult issues of ...
• 12 November 2009
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic hospital in Bethlehem offers aid to poor women in four refugee camps Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem is a hospital that provides care to poor women and their newborn children. It is a structure that provides a service of obstetrics and gynecology, offering ...
• 12 November 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Combating child malnutrition: FAO summit on food security likely to fail if governments continue spending little Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Funds from wealthy countries towards combating malnutrition has remained unchanged for seven years, according to the report, "Malnutrition: what has been spent? - An analysis of financial flows t ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Franciscan priest working in Honduras found murdered in Guatemala after being kidnapped days ago Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Guatemalan Franciscan priest Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who had been assigned to a parish in Ocotepeque (Honduras) and who had disappeared last weekend, was found dead in a province of ...
• 11 November 2009
  VATICAN - Archbishop Migliore at the UN: religious freedom includes the full respect and promotion not only of the fundamental freedom of conscience, but also the expression and practice of religion by every person without restrictions New York (Agenzia Fides) - “The United Nations’ specific and primary responsibility vis-à-vis religion is to debate, elucidate and help States to fully ensure, at all levels, the implementation of the right to relig ...
• 11 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Yong Nian Catholic Hospital of Diocese of Han Dan at the service of the suffering for 20 years, as "a window of evangelization" Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – The Yong Nian Catholic Hospital, now in the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Han Dan, in mainland China, is celebrating 20 years of caring for the sick and witnessing Christian love through heal ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - After the hurricane: "get busy and help the children" says second report from Caritas San Vicente on the situation San Vicente (Agenzia Fides) – Manuel de Jesus Moran Hidalgo, Assistant Director of Caritas in El Salvador, said in a press conference that we are all called to help our brethren, especially in these times of need: “A ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' appeal for peace between Venezuela and Colombia Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Baltazar Porras of Merida, has launched an appeal for peace after the statements by the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ...
• 11 November 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Increasing outbreak of HIV, urgent need to focus on prevention Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - According to new estimates by the National AIDS Council in Zambia, there are about 82,700 persons tested HIV-positive in 2009, up compared with over 70,000 in 2007. The Zambia HIV Prevention Resp ...
• 11 November 2009
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - New Dictionary of Pastoral Care for Health and Bioethics, first in Spanish Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – Pastoral Health of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz (Bolivia) has recently published the first Dictionary for Health Pastoral Care and Bioethics in Spanish, with over 200 entries. The work has ...
• 11 November 2009
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Religious minorities under pressure and deprived of religious freedom,” Human Rights Watch reports Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - "We have documented many cases of intimidation and violence by security forces. Christian communities and other religious communities are in a state of obvious distress. This is why Human Rights W ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida: national emergency, initial report from Caritas sent to Fides San Vicente (Agenzia Fides) – In the night between November 7-8, 2009 heavy rains fell on El Salvador, as a result of Hurricane Ida, and caused landslides from the volcano Chinchontepec and flooding of rivers in the mu ...
• 10 November 2009
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest found dead in Brazil, the fourth in the last five months Maceio (Agenzia Fides) – Father Hidalberto Henrique Guimaraes, 48, is the fourth priest to be murdered in Brazil in less than five months. He was pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Grace in the town of Murici, on the ...