News

• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope receives the General Assembly of the PMS and encourages " worldwide campaign, which, through the prayer of the Holy Rosary, accompany the work of evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI received the National directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in audience on Friday, May 11, during their annual Assembly of the Board of Governors, ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians expelled from Hama Homs (Agenzia Fides) - A disturbing news reaches Fides from the province of Hama, in the north of Homs: armed men have expelled all Christian families in the village of Al Borj Al Qastal, in the province of Hama. The new ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Catholic priest in the province of Damascus was victim of an attack Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Severe attack against father George Louis, priest of the Greek catholic church of San Michele, in the historical center of Qara, in the province of Damascus. As Fides sources in the Greek Catho ...
• 12 May 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appeal of the Church for the journalist kidnapped: 28 journalists murdered since 2003 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, and of the Association dei Media of the Central American country, have strongly condemned the kidnapping of ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The "Party of Solidarity" at risk, accused by "warlords" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – It is an "uncomfortable" party and therefore in danger of disappearing, accused and delegitimized by "warlords" and by criminals. The Democratic Party of Afghanistan "Hambastagi" ("Party of Soli ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - A former persecutor of Christians and Hindus in Orissa converts and becomes a preacher of the Gospel Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The story recalls that of St. Paul: Niladri Kanhar, leader of a Hindu village in Orissa, known for his hatred towards Christians and who once persecuted and killed them, has converted to Chr ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ordains in St. Peter’s: 4 priests and 17 deacons of the Urban College from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside this afternoon at 3pm, in the Vatican Basilica, a Mass with the ordinations of Priests ...
• 12 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Three hundred years of the "Fiesta de los Indios" in honor of St. Michael the Archangel Puerto Montt (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Chile, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, along with the Archbishop of Puerto Montt, His Exc. Mgr. Cristián Caro, presided the celebration of 300 years of the "Fiesta de los I ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The funeral of Father Massimo Cenci, Undersecretary of the CEP will be held on Monday: "an enthusiastic missionary of the mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, May 14, at 11 a.m, in the parish of "Regina Pacis" in Monteverde (Rome), the funeral of Father Massimo Cenci, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), Undersecr ...
• 10 May 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "The Church in Egypt is in a phase of discernment" says the National Director of the PMS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Egypt is in a phase of discernment" says to Fides Fr. Nabil Fayez Antoun, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Egypt who is in Rome for the General Assembly ...
• 10 May 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - A survey reveals the importance of the formation of faith for an integral growth of the young Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of the Christian faith is essential for an integral growth of young people today: is the result of a survey conducted by "Hong Kong Family Movement" in collaboration with the Gro ...
• 10 May 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - After more than 2 years since the earthquake, seminarians still study in tents Rome (Agenzia Fides) - For Father Clark de la Cruz, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Haiti, the biggest concern right now is caused by the Seminary, because after the earthquake, in January ...
• 10 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Catholic journalist killed in Mindanao, committed to a "culture of life" Davao City (Agenzia Fides) - His final broadcasts were devoted to the defense of the "culture of life", a topic that fascinates Philippine politics and society: Nestor Libaton, a 40-year-old Catholic journalist engaged i ...
• 10 May 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - Jesuits: the highest presence is confirmed in South Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to information sent to Fides from the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, to 1 January 2012 the total number of Jesuits was 17,637 units, with an overall decrease of 296 members compar ...
• 10 May 2012
  ASIA/TURKEY - Distorted translation of the Gospel, to make it "close to Muslims"-Christians protest Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - A distorted translation of the Gospel and not authorized by the Christian Churches has created a public protest on behalf of Christians in Turkey. In a statement sent to Fides, the "Alliance of ...