News

• 14 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Dharmapuri and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 13, 2012, the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Dharmapuri (India) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Anthony Iruday ...
• 14 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Auxiliary of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 14, 2012, the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the office of His Exc. Mgr. Bosco Penha, Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Bombay (India) in accordance with ca ...
• 14 January 2012
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the Diocese of Ifakara and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 14, 2012, the Holy Father Benedict XVI erected the new Diocese of Ifakara in Tanzania with territory taken from the Diocese of Mahenge, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese o ...
• 13 January 2012
  VATICAN-The Holy Father’s intentions for prayer, entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for the year 2013 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides)-The Holy Father’s intentions for prayer, entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for the year 2013 January General:That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the ...
• 13 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The Islamic court in Kashmir incriminates a Catholic missionary and a Protestant Pastor: alarm for Christians Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic Supreme in Kashmir Court has incriminated the Catholic missionary Father Jim Borst and the Protestant Pastor Chander Mani Khanna for their involvement in fraudulent activities of pr ...
• 13 January 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The most urgent needs and expectations for 2012, first among all national reconciliation Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The 97th Assembly of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, CEV (see Fides 10/01/2012) has just ended with the publication of a Message to the people of God, entitled "2012: Year of national reco ...
• 13 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-New Report on persecution against Christians: more than 2,000 cases in 2011 Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - 2,141 Christians suffered aggressions, attacks and persecutions in 2011, not counting their families, relatives and friends, indirect victims. It is expected that the persecution by Hindu extremi ...
• 13 January 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Church's commitment to the poor and to uphold the fundamental values in society Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has the duty to give full attention to the poor through the parish, formation and social services, taking its social responsibility: this is how His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of ...
• 13 January 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Floods block the repatriation of Angolans Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Several thousand Angolans repatriated from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded due to floods in northeast Angola. These are the first victims of what promises to be a very ...
• 13 January 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "We must begin to appreciate life more": an appeal to stop violence in the area of Cajamarca Jaén (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 7 three armed men entered the police station in the district of Santa Rosa, province of Jaen, and killed three policemen cold-bloodedly, the pregnant wife of one of them and ...
• 13 January 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH-National campaign of vaccination against polio for 22 million children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Mobile health teams, in Bangladesh, are doing a research "child-child" aimed at achieving the remaining half a million children who have not been vaccinated during the national campaign against po ...
• 13 January 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amnesty for 650 political prisoners; the Bishops: "a sign of hope and peace for the future" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The president of Burma Thein Sein has today issued a measure of amnesty, ordering the release of 650 political prisoners. Among those released are important prisoners such as former Prime Ministe ...
• 13 January 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Message of the Bishops: "The election process was fraught with serious irregularities, that have put into question the credibility of the published results" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From the final report of the Electoral Observation Mission of CENCO and testimonies collected in various dioceses and other sources, today it is noted that the election process took place, in ...
• 12 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA- Emergency in the villages of Tamil Nadu affected by the typhoon Thane continues Madras (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in many of the villages in the State of Tamil Nadu scourged by the typhoon Thane remains serious and difficult (see Fides 09/01/2012). Although the news seems to have been downgra ...
• 12 January 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The indigenous people of Taiwan reject electoral fraud, for a a transparent and clean vote Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - For the dignity of the indigenous people, to be the best indigenous in the world and to be loved by God, the indigenous people of Taiwan say 'no' to fraud, to electoral corruption, and claim tra ...