News

• 3 April 2004
  PERU - “Hogar San Cammillo Peru’s first Family Home opened in 1997 for HIV+ mothers and infants” by Father Zeffirino Montin director of the Centre. Lima (Fides Service) - HOGAR SAN CAMILO, the first home for HIV+ persons in Peru was inaugurated on 30 September 1995 by Camillan Father General, Father Angelo Brusco. It was opened at a moment when there were no struc ...
• 3 April 2004
  BRAZIL - In 2003, the number of new cases reported was 5,762 (3.693 men and 2.069 women) From the beginning of the 1980s to the end of September 2003, the health ministry registered 277,154 cases of AIDS in Brazil, (197,340 men and 79,814 women). In 2003, 5,762 new cases were registered, (3,693 men and 2,06 ...
• 3 April 2004
  VATICAN - HIV/AIDS among children: the HIV+ child becomes an adult By Dr. Castelli Gattinara, of the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, President of the Paediatric Infectivology Society Vatican City (Fides Service) - The pandemic of the HIV virus which can cause AIDS, continues to spread all over the world. According to recent reports by the World Health Organisation, as many as 40 million people in the ...
• 3 April 2004
  PERU - 14.718 cases of Aids: summary by Doctor Doris Portocarrero, Directress of the National Initiative for Children’s Rights Group Lima (Fides Service) - According to a recent government report sent to the Committee for Children’s Rights, cases of HIV/AIDS among young people are caused mainly by sexual activity. The ratio of AIDS patients man woma ...
• 3 April 2004
  ITALY - “FAMILIES FOR AFRICA”: UNESCO programme to reduce progression of AIDS in women of child bearing age and prevent HIV/AIDS mother/child infection birth and through breast feeding (Italy) Rome (Fides Service) - The “Families for Africa” project aims to address the serious threat of HIV/AIDS and its impact on families in West Africa. The project launched by UNESCO in July 2002, funded by the Italian go ...
• 3 April 2004
  ITALY - ARCHE’: for association in Italy to care for HIV+ children. Summer holidays 2003 for HIV+ children and mothers living in poor social or health conditions with particular attention for rehabilitation of HIV/AIDS children and adolescents Rome (Fides Service) - It was the first association in Italy to address the problem of HIV/AIDS and children in need of assistance and to guarantee them a life as normal as possible like other children of their age. Born ...
• 3 April 2004
  EUROPE (BALKAN STATES)- Civil wars, economic crisis and political changes among the causes of spreading HIV/AIDS Rome (Fides Service) - The International Organisation for Migration and UNICEF have issued a Report on HIV/AIDS in South East Europe One of the main concerns is constant movement of people workers, refugees, victims of ...
• 2 April 2004
  VATICAN - Twenty years on the Pope entrusts Rome’s youth with the Cross: “Nourished by the Eucharist, united in the Church, carrying your own crosses, let your faith explode as you tell everyone about God’s mercy!” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Dear young friends with ever new creativity inspired by the Holy Spirit in prayer, continue to carry the Cross of Jesus which I entrusted to young people twenty years ago. Those young pe ...
• 2 April 2004
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Concerns voiced by Cardinal Stephanos II Ghattas, Patriarch of Alexandria of Copt Catholics Cairo (Fides Service) - Cardinal Stephanos II Ghattas, Patriarch of Alexandria of Copt Catholics has denounced discrimination against Christian churches in Egypt in an article published by the “The Southern Cross” we ...
• 2 April 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CAM 2 Conclusions officially handed over to diocesan delegates for implementation in ordinary pastoral care: mission must be the basis of diocesan and parish pastoral plans Guatemala (Fides Service) - The Conclusions of the Second American Mission Congress CAM2 were officially handed over to delegates from every diocese in Guatemala and representatives of church groups, movements and instit ...
• 2 April 2004
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Three million refugees repatriated in two years: returnees assisted by UN High Commission for Refugees and Christians agencies, particularly Jesuits and Salesians Berlin (Agenzia Fides) - This year alone, more than 65,000 Afghan refugees have gone home from Iran and Pakistan to rebuild their war-torn homeland. UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has called for improved security a ...
• 2 April 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Maternity Hospital in Ternate, Moluccas, reopens: Christians and Muslims welcome this sign of hope and confidence Jakarta (Fides Service) - The Catholic Maternity Hospital on the small Island of Ternate, in the Moluccas, vitally important for the local people who are Christians and Muslims, has been reopened. The hospital, which is ...
• 2 April 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “To protect life is a duty for everyone ”: Catholic Bishops of Venezuela launch appeal in the face of a national crisis Caracas (Fides Service) - Profound concern for the serious situation which threatens to destroy peace in Venezuela was expressed by the Conference of Venezuelan Bishops at the end of its 31st special assembly on March 30 ...
• 2 April 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 338 Street children find a Home at the Arnold Janssen Centre in Luanda which has cared for orphaned children and victims of violence since 1993 Luanda (Fides Service) - Children who live on the streets, children victims of violence in the family find a home at the Arnold Janssen Catholic Children’s Centre in Luanda, capital of Angola. The Home was opened in 1 ...
• 2 April 2004
  AFRICA/GREAT LAKES - Burundi and Rwanda: repatriation of refugees marks important step on the path towards reconciliation in these two countries. Many had not seen their home country for 10 years Rome (Fides Service)- Some 500,000 Burundi refugees remain in camps and settlements or have spontaneously settled in Tanzania, and UNHCR hopes to help approximately 150,000 of them return home this year. Since 2001, ap ...