News

• 23 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - New Evangelization and Continental Mission: meeting of missionary organizations Mexico D.F. (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Pastoral Missionary Action and the Interecclesial Cooperation, together with the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), are attending the Meeting of the Latin Ameri ...
• 23 January 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - On Sunday the prayer for peace in Holy Land in three thousand cities around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 27, three thousand cities around the world will pray for peace in Holy Land in the context of the Fifth International Day of intercession, promoted in 2009 by some Catholic you ...
• 23 January 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC- The government accuses the rebels of having resumed hostilities Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite agreements in Libreville on 11 January, the coalition Seleka continues its march," said a statement from the Ministry of Defence of Central Africa, accusing the rebel groups of having ca ...
• 23 January 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Japan closes its embassy in Bamako, but there are no specific threats against foreigners Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The closure of the Embassy of Japan in Bamako is a preventive measure, taking account of the terrorist attack in Algeria during which several Japanese citizens lost their lives, but to our knowl ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Christian candidates in the elections do not go unnoticed Amman (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than forty Christians who will present themselves as candidates in the parliamentary elections for the renewal of the Lower Chamber, scheduled for tomorrow in Jordan. This is confir ...
• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 40 deaths in 15 days, blackmails and threats also to priests and members of the Church Netzahualcoyotl (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Netzahualcoyotl, His Exc. Msg. Luis Hector Morales Sánchez, who alleged that the priests who work in the eastern part of the State of Mexico have been threa ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Bishops of Taiwan practice the use of the mass media and public relations management Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the reality of the contemporary world, the Bishops of Taiwan are acutely aware of the importance of the media and of the proper management of public relations, especially in the conte ...
• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Vatican - observer of the Central American Integration System (SICA) San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican has become the ninth extra-regional observer of the Central American Integration System (SICA). The official ceremony was held in San Salvador, at the SICA headquarters, yesterd ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The typhoon also has an impact on maternal and child health Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the typhoon that hit the population of Mindanao (see Fides 6/12/2012) are severely having an impact on the structure of the local health system, in particular on neonatal assi ...
• 22 January 2013
  EUROPE/POLAND - A missionary priest of Czestochowa sent to Kazakhstan Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 20, in the Parish of the Divine Mercy in Cieciulów, in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa the sending of a missionary priest of the Archdiocese, Father Slawomir Porebski wa ...
• 22 January 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New Bishops' appeal: "release the three Assumptionist Fathers kidnapped in October" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The three Assumptionist Fathers who were kidnapped last October are still in the hands of their kidnappers. The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and, in particular, the Diocese o ...
• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Basic necessities for half of the families in Durango are lacking Durango (Agenzia Fides) - Five families out of 10 in Durango, in northern Mexico, live in food poverty. Of the 203,000 families who do not have sufficient means to purchase basic necessities, partly because of the severe ...
• 22 January 2013
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Uncertain situation in Asmara after the revolt of a group of soldiers Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - Calm seems to have returned in Asmara, capital of Eritrea, where last night a group of soldiers occupied the Ministry of Information. From the limited information that come from the Country, the ...
• 21 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Year of Faith: each parishioner donates two copies of the Bible per month for evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Every parishioner's commitment is to donate two copies of the Bible per month during the Year of Faith, to be destined to non-Christians: is the initiative of the parish of the Miraculous Medal ...
• 21 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Pope's Angelus: "Let there be an end to all conflicts and violence, let there be found the courage to dialogue" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To the prayer for Christian unity I would like to add once again that for peace because, unfortunately there are various conflicts under way around the world and the slaughter of innocent ...