News

• 8 March 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope encourages Pastors and faithful of the Middle East "not to lose hope, even in hardship" that beset them Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the general audience Wednesday, March 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI greeted the Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics and the Bishops attending the Synod of the A ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protestant Pastor stabbed by Islamic extremists, saved by a miracle Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Evangelical Christian Pastor John Pervaiz was attacked and stabbed by a group of Islamic extremists who wanted to kill him. The attack took place in past days, for reasons entirely unknown ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Limiting the rights of women: the government agrees with the Ulema Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai has given public support for a "code of conduct" that limits women's rights, issued by the influential Council of the Ulema, an Islamic body that br ...
• 8 March 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Catholic Church signed an agreement with the police to combat violence against women Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – The Rwanda National Police (RNP) and the Catholic Church have entered a partnership to strengthen the campaign against Gender Based Violence (GBV). The partnership comes one year to the end of ...
• 8 March 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - "Water and medicine are the most urgent needs," says the Nuncio in Brazzaville, who visited the most important reception centre Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "What continues to worry us are the homeless who have had their homes destroyed or are still in the area closed by the military authorities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Jan Romeo Pawlowski, ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Morning Star College" in Barrackpore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 23, 2011 appointed rev. Fr. Patrick Walsh, of the Society of Jesus (SJ) as Rector of the inter-diocesan Semin ...
• 7 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA-Social institutes dedicated to St Joseph celebrate their patron saint Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The social institutes named after Saint Joseph are celebrating with intense prayers the month dedicated to their patron saint, Mary’s husband and Jesus’ foster father. According to what wa ...
• 7 March 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-The commitment to human ecology and the environment is a responsibility for every Christian Catamarca (Agenzia Fides) -The Bishops of NOA (Northwest Argentina) have called for a "credible and honest dialogue" between the political and social institutions, in particular, on issues related to the mining industry ...
• 7 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN- High political and religious dignitaries remember Shahbaz Bhatti Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - High civil and religious dignitaries in Islamabad recalled the late Catholic minister for minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, in a convention organized yesterday, March 6, by his brother Paul Bhatti, ...
• 7 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-" Blood cries out": a pop song dedicated to Shahbaz Bhatti London (Agenzia Fides) - "These are the hands, praising your life. Peace is the star that guides our hearts to you. Your blood cries out": are words of the song "Blood cries out", composed by the British pop music group ...
• 7 March 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Worldwide over 40 million children do not attend school and 500 million women are illiterate Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the forthcoming International Women's Day, the Salesian missionaries wanted to highlight the importance of schooling for women, claiming that "educating a woman is equivalent ...
• 7 March 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops launch a national collection for the victims of the tragedy of Brazzaville Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Republic of Congo have launched a national collection to help the victims of the series of explosions in the barracks of Mpila (see Fides 05/03/2012). In a message sent t ...
• 7 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Women’s rights and development: a commitment of Caritas India, which celebrates 50 years Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Emancipation of women, ensuring women rights and development in the social, economic and political field; services to the poor and marginalized groups such as Dalits, outcasts and indigenous peop ...
• 7 March 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The problem of Haitian migration, priorities for the Bishops’ meeting Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of the Dominican Republic and Haiti will meet next Monday, March 12 in Santo Domingo to analyze the problems of the two nations and the progress of the process of rebuilding th ...
• 7 March 2012
  AMERICA - Fr.Kino, missionary "straddling" between different people’s and cultures whose message is still relevant Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The tercentenary of the death of a man who belongs to different people’s and nations ends in these days. Italian by birth, from the Val di Non, Trentino; but German for the education and format ...