News

• 23 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For the Year of Faith, the Catechism of the Catholic Church in urdu Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Pakistan is preparing to publish the Catechism of the Catholic Church in Urdu language, the national language. As reported to Fides, the initiative will be launched on the occasi ...
• 23 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians injured by a group of armed Muslims: accusations of "conversions" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians were wounded by a Muslim armed group who burst into an Evangelical church and in the attached residence in Faisalabad. The incident, which occurred a few days ago, after other ...
• 23 February 2012
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Help for displaced people due to the torrential rains in the Gatumba is urgently needed Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains are hitting Gatumba, a suburb of the capital of Burundi, Bujumbura, where at least 2 000 people are displaced and need food and shelter. The rains have destroyed about 400 hom ...
• 23 February 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - On the eve of the vote the atmosphere is tense, the Church offers a third of electoral observers Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere is tense, to the point that private schools in Dakar have canceled classes until after the vote," local Church sources told Fides from the capital of Senegal, where next Sunday, Fe ...
• 23 February 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops deplore the repression of peaceful protest and demand guarantees concerning the mining activity Patagonia-Comahue (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina's Patagonia region-Comahue have criticized the mining operation in progress and called for respect for the international and national law for this activity, be ...
• 22 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-Fishermen killed in Kerala: Cardinal Alencherry defends "truth and justice" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Truth and Justice" on the case of the fishermen killed in Kerala on February 15: this is what Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-malabrese Church, based in Kerala asks for in ...
• 22 February 2012
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on November 30, 2011 appointed the Rev. permanent Deacon Martin Brunner-Artho, of the clergy of the diocese of Basel as Na ...
• 22 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - Outbreaks of cholera and measles within 500 km Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - The health authorities of the Republic of Congo have recorded 340 cases of cholera, nine of them fatal, since June 2011, in the northern district of Likouala. They also launched the alarm of ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-A new radio station online, Radio Cristo Rey, prepares the Pope's visit to Mexico Leon (Agenzia Fides) - There are only 30 days to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit in Mexico, and the Archdiocese of Leon have announced the opening of a radio via internet, Radio Cristo Rey, which also has a presence in socia ...
• 22 February 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Works of love and special attention to disadvantaged groups: the invitation of the Organizing Committee of the Campaign for Lent Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Carrying out works of charity and to give full attention to disadvantaged groups: is the lenten invitation to the faithful of Hong Kong by the Organizing Committee of the Campaign for Lent o ...
• 22 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - On the eve of the Summit on Somalia the military option seems to prevail Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the International Conference on Somalia, which opens tomorrow, February 23, in London, from the Country of the Horn of Africa there are reports of intensified fighting. In partic ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The gaze of the missionary disciple on the global reality of ": the First Encounter for missionary formation has concluded Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - the first national Meeting of the missionary formation for Coordinators and Animators of the Diocesan Missionary Councils (COMIDIS) and of the Parish Council Missionaries (COMIPAS) has conclude ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Alarm concerning violence throughout the country: children in particular are abused, sold, exploited Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Honduras is the poorest of the 7 nations of Central America, and complains of a very serious situation especially for the violence against children. Out of a population of over 8 million inh ...
• 22 February 2012
  ASIA/IRAN - There are fears for the execution of the Christian Pastor Nadarkhani, sentenced to death for apostasy Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - There are fears for the execution of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, sentenced to death for apostasy. As reported to Fides by the NGO "Christian Solidarity Worldwide" (CSW), the Pastor’s lawyer is tr ...
• 22 February 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Clashes in a suburb of Kano, a missionary to Fides: "The city center is calm" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The city is calm and we have no news of terrorist attacks in the area where we are," says to Fides Fr. Thomas, of the Society of African Missions (SAM), from Kano in the north-west of Nigeria, wh ...