News

• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Clashes in Tripoli confirmed to Fides by local sources Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Explosions and gun shots near the Mahary Hotel are reported, near the headquarters of the Military Commission of Tripoli": this is what local sources, contacted by Fides in the Libyan capital ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - "The suffering of Christians in Orissa is not in vain, it has increased our faith", says the nun raped in 2008 Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sure the Christians in Orissa have not suffered in vain. Our suffering has borne fruit: we grow in faith and the love for God", says to Fides Sister Meena Barwa, the nun raped during t ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "A seed, a life" campaign against malnutrition Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 400 000 children with their respective families in Mozambique will benefit from the effects of the campaign against malnutrition called "A seed, a life", promoted by the Spanish Anten ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian Girl kidnapped and converted to Islam back home after 10 years Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nadia Bibi, a Christian girl who was abducted and forced to marry a Muslim man, returned to her family, of Catholic faith, after 10 years. Nadia was only 15 when, in 2001, she was kidnapped in Ma ...
• 24 January 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New alarm of the missionaries on the abuse of millions of children in America and Africa Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the recent Day of Missionary Childhood 2012, celebrated in Spain on Sunday 22 January, the Spanish missionaries working in America and Africa have raised the alarm on the mis ...
• 24 January 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Assembly of the family pastoral: preparing for the World Family Meeting Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela has sent an informative note to Fides on the National Assembly of Responsibles and diocesan Directors of the Family Pastoral, held from January 20 to 22 at ...
• 24 January 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The II Symposium of preparation for the CAM4 has started: multiculturalism, the challenge to mission Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Under the slogan "multi-cultural present and future, the challenge for the mission", the work of the Second International Symposium on Missiology opened today, January 23 whose main goal is ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram from Maiduguri to Kano; the Bishop's testimony to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is a bit calmer. There is a heavy deployment of police and military. A curfew from 7 pm to 7 am is still underway. Although limited in its movements, however, the population tries t ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - A petition to save pastor Khanna, targeted by Islamic militants in Kashmir Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgent to save the Protestant Pastor Chander Mani Khanna, falsely accused of forced conversions and the victim of a deportation order issued by a local Islamic court, which also concern ...
• 24 January 2012
  VATICAN - Out of contemplation springs forth, with all its inner power, the urgent sense of mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Learning to communicate is learning to listen and contemplate as well as speak, and this is especially important for those engaged in the task of evangelization: both silence and word are ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP), Archbishop Filoni, to the Bishops of Western Africa: "to live fully, and in truth, an effective and affective pastoral solidarity" Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) -Congratulations with particular satisfaction and gratitude on this most significant advancement "towards an affective and effective pastoral solidarity among the Bishops of Western Africa" w ...
• 23 January 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope’s best wishes to the Countries which celebrate the Lunar New Year: "May the new year be marked by justice and peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In these days, various countries of the Far East will celebrate the Lunar New year with joy - said the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the Angelus on Sunday, January 22 -. In the present world ...
• 23 January 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-"To become a fraternal and fair Nation" Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez at the feast of the Virgin of Altagracia Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, has asked the Dominican people to join efforts and determination to overcome the situation of violence and moral ...
• 23 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - "One Hundred Years of Grace" for the Diocese of Tian Jin Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn Mass celebrated on January 18 in the parish dedicated to Mercy, the celebrations for the centenary of the founding of the Diocese of Tian Jin opened. On April 27, 1912 the Apostol ...
• 23 January 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN-Challenges and threats that the women in the South of Sudan face every day Juba (Agenzia Fides) - According to the "Small Arms Survey," an annual study that provides information on the spread and use of weapons in the world, the main threats for women in the South of Sudan derives from multiple ...