News

• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The death anniversary of Fr. Tentorio, "Reviving justice and to heal the wounded peace" Arakan (Agenzia Fides) - On the first anniversary of the death of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, who was killed in Mindanao on 17 October 2011, "we are seeking to revive the peace justice to heal the wounded," says to Fides Agency ...
• 16 October 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Catholics at the school of "political formation" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the coming weeks the Egyptian Catholic communities will promote social political training courses to promote the common discernment before the full transition of ongoing uncertainties in the la ...
• 16 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Floods: the Nigerian Church appeals for national solidarity Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to national solidarity for the people affected by the floods was launched by His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria. The a ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - An orphanage in Laos and a school in Vietnam: two projects for disadvantaged children Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of seven Swedish professionals have founded the charity organization Together for Charity in Singapore. These are married women, expatriated from their country of origin, who have beco ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA - Catholic activist: "South Asia: a land of Christians persecution" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "South Asia is an area of great Christian persecution, subject to the violence of radical Islamic Hindus or also Buddhists": This is what John Dayal, a lay Catholic Indian, human rights activist an ...
• 16 October 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Year of Faith and the new evangelization at the center of the Assembly of Bishops Tungurahua (Agenzia Fides) – The CXXXII Plenary Assembly of Bishops of Ecuador, in the Casa Santa Marianita Baños (Ambato, Tungurahua) is still in progress. The central theme of this Assembly is the Year of Faith, whi ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/ EL SALVADOR - "Politics is discredited, it has to be retrieved" urges Mgr. Rosa Chavez San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, Monsignor Gregorio Rosa Chavez, harshly criticized the behavior of the politicians who run the so-called "buy-sell will" in the political sphere. Since ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - In the Year of Faith: the 90th anniversary of the Diocese of San Cristóbal San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of San Cristobal in Venezuela celebrates its 90 years, having been established on 12 October 1922 by Pope Pius XI, with the Apostolic Constitution "Ad Munus." The note sent to ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The "Door of Faith" in the Chinese Catholic communities of the continent opens Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Information and evidence concerning the opening of the Year of Faith in the Chinese Catholic communities of the continent continue to reach Fides Agency. Among these we mention a few. The dioces ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The whole of Pakistan in prayer for Malala; she and Rimsha symbol of change Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – While Malala Yousafzai, the girl victim of a Taliban attack is struggling between life and death and was transferred to a specialized hospital in London, the Pakistani nation is shaken and s ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Too many girls are forced to marry when they are minors or suffer sexual violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the first International Day of the Child, sponsored by the United Nations, which focused mainly on child marriage and its dramatic consequences, information related to Mex ...
• 15 October 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - A record for a new generation of Haitians Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Haitian children welcomed in the "Niños Casa de Esperanza" project, mostly orphans, who live in a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, has prepared a record that will be launched b ...
• 15 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Francophonie Summit in Kinshasa: a turning point in relations between France and Africa? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Africa is the future of the Francophonie and the old "Françafrique" is out-dated. These are the considerations that emerged in the Congolese and international press in the aftermath of the en ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fr.Tentorio’s murder: a year after his death the army has blocked the investigation Davao (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the death of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME missionary killed on October 17, 2011 in Arakan, on the island of Mindanao, the perpetrators are still unpunished. Fr. Peter Geremiah, PIME miss ...
• 15 October 2012
  VATICAN - Year of Faith: the site of the Campaign of Prayer for Evangelization is online Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The site of the Campaign of Prayer for Evangelization of the world is online, prepared by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Mission Societies, in parti ...