News
5 October 2011
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Volunteer Missionary: more than 1,130 youth and adults involved this year in carrying out projects in 4 continents
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - "Voluntary work: to commit oneself to the world in which we are all responsible" is the theme of the Twelfth Day of the Volunteer Missionary to be held on October 15 in Lisbon, at the Park of Nat ...
5 October 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - The formation of the youth for a life of authentic faith
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - On the basis of experience in the field of youth formation in the last two years, from 2009 to 2011, the Commission for the Youth Pastoral in the diocese of Hong Kong has concluded that youth ...
5 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishop of Islamabad: Blasphemy is a "constitutional defect", Asia Bibi must be saved
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - As protests, and the maneuvers of the radical Islamic groups in favor of Mumtaz Qadri - government of Punjab’s murderer, guilty for having defended Asia Bibi and questioned the blasphemy law ...
5 October 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The march in defense of Itnpis starts again, Cardinal Terrazas meets up with the natives
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, met a group of Indigenous over the weekend who are camped in front of the Cathedral of Santa Cruz and are on a hunger strike in ...
5 October 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The village of Rokwe is a refuge for leprosy patients
Yuba (Agenzia Fides) - At first glance, the village of Rokwe, on the outskirts of Yuba, seems like any other village in Southern Sudan. However it is not a common town, as it is a colony for people who have leprosy, assi ...
5 October 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - "There are episodes of intolerance against the Copts, but now the mass media reports", says a missionary from Cairo
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - About 500 Copts marched yesterday through the streets of downtown Cairo protesting after the outbreak of fire in the church of Aswan in southern Egypt, demanding the resignation of the local gover ...
5 October 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Humanitarian Aid of the Church to the indigenous peoples who march towards the capital
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) –Some news on the Itnpis march, which has started again and is heading towards La Paz, was sent to Fides by the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia. Participants in the march told the international p ...
4 October 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Religious freedom is threatened so as to justify an "Ad Hoc Commission"
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the United States of America (Uscbb) has announced the establishment of an "ad hoc Commision" for religious freedom, which will be presided by Mgr.William Lori, Bi ...
4 October 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - "A great family of humanity" the 15th Day of the Migrants was celebrated
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "A great family of humanity" was the theme of the 15th Day of the Migrants which was celebrated on the last Sunday of September in Taiwan, according to the directions of the Pastoral Care Commis ...
4 October 2011
AFRICA/TUNISIA - "We need to see the movements of people in the Mediterranean as an opportunity", says the National Director of the PMS in Tunisia
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "We are close to the Tunisian people in this transitional phase of their history, with love and respect", says Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) of T ...
4 October 2011
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church is expecting greater state investment in health and education
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador considers education fundamental for the development of a country and, after the draft budget for 2012 recently presented by the Ministry of Finance, showe ...
4 October 2011
AFRICA/MALAWI - Hopes for Malawi with the election of the new President of Zambia
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Malawi is becoming a police state", denounces Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba to Fides, a Monfort missionary, who has been living and working in Malawi for 30 years. "Now the only concern is to ensure t ...
4 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of NGOs, Christian and Muslim leaders: "If Qadri is released at the 'price of blood', all the more Asia Bibi is to be released"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Islamic groups are orchestrating the release of Mumtaz Qadri, former Governor Salman Taseer’s murderer (see Fides 1/10/2011; 3/10/2011).At this juncture, NGOs, Bishops and moderate Islamic l ...
4 October 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Scalabrinians: verification of the activities undertaken in the last ten years, and new goals
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – As from today until October 7th, the Congress of the Scalabrini Missionaries which gathers together members working in different specific areas, according to the charism of the institute, ...
4 October 2011
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somaliland's first humanitarian mission in Mogadishu
Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time since the declaration of independence from the rest of the country, a delegation from the Republic of Somaliland has recently intervened in favor of 9 000 displaced families ...
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