News

• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - Day of the Disabled: "The world of rights cannot be the privilege for the few, the strong and successful" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are over one thousand million people with disabilities around the world, 15% of the entire population in the world. Of these, nearly 200 million suffer from very severe disabilities a ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - An investigation into alleged violence of the soldiers in the south has been announced Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Madagascar has announced the opening of an investigation to see if the soldiers involved in the "Tandroka" operation committed violence against civilians. "Authorities den ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - In Goa Masses also in Spanish for St. Francis Xavier Goa (Agenzia Fides) - To meet the needs of foreign pilgrims, Catholic religious authorities of Goa, in western India, have planned the celebration of Mass in Spanish, on the occasion of the feast of St. Francis Xavier, P ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Delhi and Appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Delhi (India) by His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Michael Concessao, in ac ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Khunti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Binay Kandulna, Titular Bishop of Auzegera and Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, currently Apostolic Administrator of Khu ...
• 30 November 2012
  EUROPE/POLAND - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world": pilgrimage and missiological session in Jasna Gora Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "With joy we announce faith to the whole world" is the theme of the missiological session and of the pilgrimage promoted by the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU) in Poland to be held on 1 an ...
• 30 November 2012
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Holy Name of Mary" in Honiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 13 January 2011 appointed Fr. Augustinus Marsup, of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) as Rector of the inter-diocesa ...
• 30 November 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The 500th anniversary of the first diocese: Cardinal Ouellet meets with the President of Panama; Santa Maria La Antigua’s story on the web Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, received yesterday, 29 November, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for La ...
• 30 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Helping the sick and fighting AIDS is a lifelong commitment for Jinde Charities Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting AIDS, help the sick and those who have AIDS: is a permanent commitment for Jinde Charities, the charitable Chinese Catholic of He Bei. According to what was reported to Fides Age ...
• 30 November 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Child labor and gender discrimination for Afro-Uruguayan children Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - According to data from the National Statistics Institute of Uruguay, 10.6% of the Uruguayan population is of African descent, about 13.4% in the age group ranging from 5 to 17. The majority a ...
• 30 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "More than persecution against Christians one should speak about the weakening of the rule of law," said the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of a political will to end to impunity and enthrone the rule of law, a corrupt judiciary system and balkanization by Europe and the United States have been identified as some of the cause ...
• 30 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - A young Christian of the opposition: "Minorities crushed in the conflict" Hassake (Agenzia Fides) - The minorities of the Syrian society, vulnerable and defenseless, are crushed in a conflict that grows in intensity, it establishes itself as being a struggle between different factions, sectari ...
• 30 November 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Fouad Twal: "The UN decision will restore credibility to the government of Abu Mazen. May President Obama remember his speech in Cairo " Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "For once the international community and the leaders of the nations had the courage not to be influenced by the pressures and to decide in conscience, without calculation. I am grateful and h ...
• 29 November 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal to eradicate the scourge of AIDS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, November 28, Pope Benedict XVI made the following appeal: "On 1 December World AIDS Day, a United Nations initiative intended to draw attent ...
• 29 November 2012
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 17 April 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Bernardo Espirito, SVD (Society of the Divine Word) as National ...