News

• 23 January 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA-The Day for interreligious dialogue in Semarang has been established Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue among religions "is a challenge and an opportunity to create peace and harmony in Indonesia": So says His Exc. Mgr. Johannes Pujasumarta, Archbishop of the diocese of Semarang and Secr ...
• 23 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The kidnapping of the two aid workers: some arrests, but the government withdraws the NGO WHF license Multan (Agenzia Fides) - Police in Multan arrested 12 people suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of Giovanni Lo Porto and Bernd Johannes, the two German NGO "Welthungerhilfe" (WHF) ("Help to world hunger") aid ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Jos, "they are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and of the only Nigerian people" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "They are destroying the hope of a united Nigeria and the only Nigerian people," said in an interview with Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, who launches an alarm on th ...
• 21 January 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Peru, will have a new president Lima (Agenzia Fides) -With a Mass concelebrated by all the Bishops of Peru, on January 23 the 99th Plenary Assembly of Peruvian Bishops will begin. The event, which ends on January 27, will be held at the headquarters of ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Catholic Church condemns the recent attacks on the stripping of women off their clothes Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The stripping off of women’s clothes in Lilongwe and Mzuzu is unbecoming and unacceptable", is what is said in a statement sent to Fides by the Gender and Civic Education Desk in the Catholi ...
• 21 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christian leaders and Muslim "at the school for dialogue" Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - It is a widespread need, reaffirmed at an international and local level: Christian and Muslim leaders of Mindanao go to "the school for dialogue" in a formation program organized by the I ...
• 21 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks in Kano: even a Catholic church in the sights Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I am trying to get in contact with Mgr. John Namanza Niyiring, Bishop of Kano but the lines do not work", says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos, in Central Nigeria. ...
• 21 January 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR-The week dedicated to Peace ends today San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Assembly for Peace," the week dedicated to the "World Day of Peace" of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, (14-21 January) ends today. The purpose is to spread the Message for World Day o ...
• 20 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The two aid workers kidnapped by Pashtun speaking militants, in a "fast and focused" action Multan (Agenzia Fides) - The two aid workers (an Italian and a German) working for German non-governmental organization "Welthungerhilfe" ("Universak help for hunger"), were kidnapped in Pakistan yesterday, "they were ab ...
• 20 January 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong's religious leaders hope for a better new year and invite the faithful to act to overcome the global financial crisis Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A harmonious society, local and the global financial crisis, the importance of religion in public life: these are the topics covered in the Message for the Chinese New Year, which will be cele ...
• 20 January 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Educating for justice, peace, social and political commitment": three days of formation for young people Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme "education for justice, peace, social and political commitment", the Social Pastoral Commission of the Archdiocese of Concepcion together with the Catholic University of the Ho ...
• 20 January 2012
  ASIA - "Asian Cultures in Dialogue": Archbishop Menamparampil’s greetings Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The dialogue between cultures and religions is the main road to ensure Asia a future of peace and development: this is what emerged from the recent seminar titled "Asian Cultures in Dialogue" or ...
• 20 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "No to the new draft law on State security", says the Archbishop of Cape Town Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a bill that undermines the right to information which is of vital importance for the full exercise of other civil rights, and violates the constitutional commitment to create an open ...
• 20 January 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The kidnappers of the two priests have demanded a ransom for their release Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "The two priests are held near the town of Wadakona, on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. We asked the authorities in Juba (South Sudan) not to intervene, so as not to endanger the live ...
• 20 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop of Multan’s appeal to the kidnappers; for Caritas it is "red alert among the NGOs" Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in close contact with the government and the police. We have activated all the contacts of the local Justice and Peace Commission, we hope to have positive news on the two aid workers kid ...