News

• 13 March 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 6,000 Ugandans assigned to security in Iraq Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - There are 6,000 Ugandans working as mercenaries or “contractors,” as they call them in the official language, in Iraq. This is what has been revealed in a statement from Ugandan Employment M ...
• 13 March 2008
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - New India-Bangladesh Railway offers fresh hope for economic progress; country still immersed in poverty following the aftermath of Cyclone Sidr Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the re-opening of the railway between India and Bangladesh, scheduled to take place next April, has renewed hopes for progress, business, and cultural and economic exchange. Th ...
• 12 March 2008
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Possibilities and Challenges of the Latin American Family”: theme for the preparatory Congress in June for the 6th World Family Encounter Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - June 5-7, there will be a Latin American Family Congress held in Argentina, with the theme: “Possibilities and Challenges of the Latin American Family.” The Congress is being held in pr ...
• 12 March 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 5th National Missionary Congress, to recover the missionary strength of the Church in Bolivia and awaken missionary conscientiousness in all sectors Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we are living in a time of grace.(cf. DA, 548) Aparecida offers us a beautiful itinerary for fulfilling our missionary vocation, starting with that command we receive to “go and ma ...
• 12 March 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - Polish Catholic journal - “Niedzela” - supports moratorium on abortion Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” the most widely-read Catholic journal in Poland, has published the text of the moratorium on abortion being promoted by Italian journalist Giuliano Ferrar ...
• 12 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese pilgrimage to Saint Joseph Shrine on Mount Pin Yin begins Ping Tin Shan (Agenzia Fides) - During the month of March, a month dedicated to Saint Joseph according to Catholic tradition, the Chinese shrine to this saint on Mount Pin Yin, in the province of Shan Dong, is receiving ...
• 12 March 2008
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “The Church is non-bias, however she invites all to respect the laws of democracy and the commitment to the common good.” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - “An authentic democracy is fruit of a committed acceptance of the values that inspire democracy - the dignity of the human person, respect for human rights, vigilance for the common good - as t ...
• 12 March 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attacks in Lahore have also left some Catholic structures severely damaged Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The double suicide-bombing on March 11, in Lahore (Punjab province), has left 26 people dead, over 100 injured, and severe damages to structures and buildings. The two terrorist attacks, occurrin ...
• 12 March 2008
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Afghan civil society’s commitment to peace Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - It is an initiative of Afghan authorities, uniting over 300 non-government organizations who are present and working throughout the territory, in an attempt to once again try to reestablish peace ...
• 12 March 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The “sleep” of the disciples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - One of the episodes we will meditate during the days of the Lord's Passion, is that of the three disciples, Peter, James and John who fall asleep in the Garden of Olives while Jesus experi ...
• 12 March 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino immigrants working for dialogue, peace, and reconciliation Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 9 million of them scattered all over the world: in Europe, the Middle East, America. They are Overseas Filipino Worker - expatriates who have left their country in search of emp ...
• 12 March 2008
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Government assessment of late-February fighting: 40 dead, numerous injured Yaoundé (Agencia Fides) - 40 people were killed in the fighting that broke out in late February, between demonstrators and government forces of Cameroon (see Fides 26/2/2008), according to a press statement from Marafa ...
• 11 March 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Eshowe appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 11, 2008, appointed Fr. Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo, bursar of the diocese of Bethlehem, South Africa, as bishop of Eshowe. The bishop-elect was born Jul ...
• 11 March 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Celebration of Unborn Child Day: “the unalienable right to life of the human being is a natural law written deep in the heart of every man.” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference’s Commission for the Family and Defense of Life invites all to join in celebrating, on March 25, Unborn Child Day, especially in our time, when “life is threat ...
• 11 March 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “The Church is trying to respond to the present needs, by supporting support of farmers, working in favor of women, and education”: Interview with the Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Peten Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Ottavio Sassu, OP, Pro-Vicar Apostolic for the Vicariate of Peten, which depends from the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was in Rome for his recent “Ad Limina Apostolorum” ...