News
2 April 2011
EUROPE - CCEE Presidency: solidarity of all peoples and European institutions for African refugees
St Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – Confronted with the mass of African refugees who are reaching Europe via Italy's coasts, we need “the solidarity, and institutional solidarity, too, of all peoples on the European continen ...
2 April 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Communion, vocations, mission: the greatest fruits of Card. Varkey Vithayathil's work
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “the greatest fruit of Card. Varkey Vithayathil, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India, is communion, within the community, with other Indian Bishops and wi ...
2 April 2011
ASIA/NEPAL - Fires in two refugee camps: over 5,000 civilians without assistance
Jhapa (Agenzia Fides) – Many questions have been raised about what occurred in Nepal in recent days: two refugee camps in the eastern part of the country were set alight, with a hefty toll of over 700 homes destroyed a ...
2 April 2011
ASIA/CHINA - Group for theological formation of the laity in the Diocese of Shang Hai recalls their 15 year journey
Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – A meeting on 29 March recalled the 15 year journey of the group for theological formation of the laity in the Diocese of Shang Hai. This journey has demanded strong support from Bishop Ali ...
2 April 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of Bishop of Kroonstad
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 1 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Kroonstad (South Africa), Fr Peter Holiday, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, Par ...
1 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Fighting continues around the Presidential Palace in Abidjan
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Fighting between the armed forces of Ouattara and those of Gbagbo have gone on all night and are continuing today,” say Fides sources from the local Church in Cocody, in Côte d'Ivoire, Abi ...
1 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Two testimonies to Fides on the humanitarian situation in Côte d'Ivoire, shocked by the fighting
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is very confusing. Fighting continues. The soldiers barricaded in their barracks in Abidjan seem to be resisting. There is no news about Gbagbo, his family and members of his Go ...
31 March 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “At least 40 civilian deaths in air raid on Tripoli,” complains Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, repeating the urgency for a diplomatic solution
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The so-called humanitarian air raids have taken the lives of dozens of civilians in various areas of Tripoli,” complains Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, t ...
31 March 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - The situation in Abidjan rapidly evolving; Republican Forces win Yamoussoukro; meanwhile they wait in hope for the Pope's Envoy
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation in Abidjan is rapidly evolving. We don't know what could happen in the next few hours,” say sources from the local Church in Abidjan to Fides, in Côte d'Ivoire, where yesterd ...
31 March 2011
ASIA/JAPAN- Welcome and sharing by Franciscan missionaries for victims of the tsunami
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – The “Franciscan Chapel Centre”, beating heart of the Franciscan spirit in Tokyo, has become after the tsunami and the earthquake an oasis of welcome and solidarity. During the emergency, the ...
31 March 2011
VATICAN - Appeal by the Pope for an end to the violence and reprisal of dialogue in Côte d'Ivoire
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the General Audience on Wednesday, 30 March, in St Peter's Square, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI greeted the pilgrims in various languages and issued an appeal for the C ...
31 March 2011
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - First national conference for Afghan civil society: rights and dignity for all
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – Civil Afghan society wants to play a role in this phase of pacification and reconstruction of the Country. On this point began the first national conference for Afghan civil society, held in Kab ...
31 March 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Landmines: After Afghanistan, Colombia is the nation with the greatest number of victims in the world
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – International Day for Mine Awareness will be celebrated on 4 April. The date has been promoted by the General Assembly of the UN to reject the indiscriminate use of these devices and create aw ...
31 March 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Archbishop Sainz: respect for Catholics not discrimination
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – “We cannot talk about discrimination but rather respect for people.” With these words, Archbishop Luis Sainz, Auxiliary Archbishop of Cochabamba and President of the Episcopal Commissio ...
31 March 2011
OCEANIA/TAHITI - Resignation by Archbishop of Papeete
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 31 March 2011, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Papeete (Tahiti), presented by Archbishop Hubert Coppenrath, in confo ...
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