News

• 25 January 2013
  VATICAN - The social network, an instrument of evangelization and development factor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The challenge facing social networks is how to be truly inclusive: thus they will benefit from the full participation of believers who desire to share the message of Jesus and the values o ...
• 24 January 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionary mandate to the new members of the Apostolate of the Laity of the Diocese of Kao Hsiung Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Peter Liu, Archbishop of the Diocese of Kao Hsiung, presided over the ceremony of the missionary mandate for new members of the Council of the Apostolate for the Laity of the ...
• 24 January 2013
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Two purifiers will allow 1,800 people to have drinking water Kaolack (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign initiated in these past 12 months by the Catholic Spanish organization Manos Unidas La salud, derecho de todos: ¡Actua! is about to end, which has been busy around the world to try ...
• 24 January 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "From the heart of Aparecida, to live as missionary disciples": a thousand young people at the First National Congress of Catholic youth Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - Young Catholics throughout Chile arrived in Concepcion to participate in the First National Congress of Catholic youth, from 23 to 27 January. From 6am yesterday, 23 January, the PalaSport in ...
• 24 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Violence: work together for the good of society" Mgr. Rogelio Cabrera Lopez for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with the violence that is registered in the country, the Archbishop of Monterrey calls to promote unity, especially these days, when the Church celebrates the Week of Prayer for Christ ...
• 24 January 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Stop the war in South Kordofan and Blue Nile" is what 350 African civil societies ask for Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Stop the war between the Sudanese army and SPLM-N (Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North) in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. This is the appeal launched by 350 African civil societies on the e ...
• 24 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Bishops’ appeal for prayer and solidarity, who today will be received by the Head of State Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "For over a year our Country has been in a deep crisis. At the beginning of the new year, this crisis has entered a crucial phase," say the Bishops of Mali in a letter to the local Catholic commu ...
• 24 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Armed conflict exacerbates the already precarious country's education system Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - The armed conflicts underway in Mali continue to aggravate the already precarious education of children, and to cope with this emergency, the Spanish NGO Intervida is committed to the educatio ...
• 24 January 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Turkish authorities restructure the Foundations linked to religious minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish General Directorate of Foundations has embarked on a radical review program of procedures and statutes that govern the functions of Foundations that are part of religious minorities. ...
• 23 January 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Archbishop Sako’s appeal: "What future for Christians in the Middle East?" Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in the Middle East "is worrying, as are certain things that one hears on the Arab Spring by certain leaders." This is how the appeal on the future of the Middle Eastern Christians b ...
• 23 January 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "Faith grows in Love" theme of the Lenten Campaign of the Year of Faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith grows in Love," is the theme of the 2013 Lenten Campaign in the diocese of Hong Kong. According to information collected by Fides Agency, the Preparatory Commission has indicated a spec ...
• 23 January 2013
  EUROPE/ITALY - The percentage of children affected by leprosy and the stigma that still marginalizes the sick remains high Bologna (Agenzia Fides) - On January 27, we celebrate the 60th World Day of Leprosy, established by the French physician Raoul Follereau and recognized by the UN to focus the attention of the world to the plight of lepro ...
• 23 January 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Kidnapping is the worst thing one could do": Bishop Jaramillo’s appeal Magangué (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Magangué, Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Hernán Giraldo Jaramillo (Bishop Emeritus of Buga), has launched an appeal calling for the respect of life and ...
• 23 January 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Floods and earthquakes: no assistance for victims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the floods in Jakarta, a strong earthquake struck the island in the Indian Ocean. Despite the state of emergency declared by the local government, hundreds of people have not ye ...
• 23 January 2013
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal for the people of Indonesia affected by the flood Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of today's general audience, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made the following appeal to the people of Indonesia affected by the flood: "I am following with concern the news coming ...