News

• 25 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An appeal on the case of Farah Hatim, the Catholic girl Islamized by force, will be presented to the UN Geneva (Fides Service) - A detailed report on the case of Farah Hatim, the Catholic girl kidnapped and forcibly Islamized (see Fides 13/6/2011 and previous days), will be presented in the next few weeks at the UN Council ...
• 25 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A documentary about Christians? No thanks: foreign journalists unwelcomed Islamabad (Fides Service) - Visa applications have been lying in the folders for several months. The Pakistani government shows they do not like foreign journalists who want to document and make inquiries about the lives ...
• 25 June 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI to MWAEC: "do everything possible in the East, where the pastors and faithful of Christ were born and may remain «not as foreigners», but as «fellow citizens» " Vatican City (Fides Service) - "I ask you to do everything possible, even affecting the Public Institutions with whom you come into contact on an international level, because in the East, where the pastors and faithful o ...
• 25 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The beatification of Father Clemente Vismara, PIME missionary, in the name of simplicity and solidarity Milan (Fides Service) – On Sunday, June 26, in Duomo Square in Milan, Father Clemente Vismara (1897-1988), missionary of PIFM (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions), known as the "Patriarch of Burma" for having sp ...
• 25 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Nan Jing, with a group of priests and faithful, in the pastoral exchange visit in the Korean diocese of Daejeon Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of vocations, evangelization and social services, in the footsteps of the Holy Martyrs in Korea, highly regarded by the local Church in Daejeon, South Korea, have strongly impresse ...
• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-Building a quality learning model of education, fair and right, is everyone's responsibility Santiago, Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of student protests, the Chilean bishops have stressed the urgency of researching proposals that meet with a broad consensus, in order to give the processes the go-ahead ...
• 25 June 2011
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-Poverty and malnutrition for 2 Malagasy children out of 3 South Amboasary (Fides Service) - Two out of three Malagasy children live in poverty and 50% of children under five years of age has growth problems because of malnutrition. The situation is particularly serious in the c ...
• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - Support of the Church to train managers in small and medium enterprises and cooperatives La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has organized a course for the training of experts in small enterprises (PYMES) and cooperatives, already approved among the reforms expected by Cuban President Raul Castro ...
• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The necessary distinction between child labor and exploitation La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Statistics indicate that over 800,000 children have a full time job in Bolivia, one-fifth of the population in the age group between 5 and 14 years. Shoe-shine boys and girls work in La Paz, wear ...
• 24 June 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - The first priest in the Latin American section of the seminary of the Missionaries of St. Charles Rome (Fides Service) - Patricio Hacin, 36 years of age, originally from Chiloé Island in Patagonia, who will be ordained a priest on Saturday, June 25 in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, is the first semina ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The "Project of the Builders of Peace" celebrates 25 years of path for peace Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The path of 25 years of commitment to peace, the reading of the letter of encouragement of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the testimony of the vocations awakened by the commitment to peace ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Bishops of Madhya Pradesh to the Prime Minister: "no to discrimination, yes to building harmony among religions" Bhopal (Fides Service) - To promote harmony between different religious communities, in respecting the prerogatives guaranteed by the Indian Constitution; to eliminate all forms of discrimination against members of relig ...
• 24 June 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA-The Vicar general of the Diocese of Mansa asks the authorities greater transparency Ndola (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar general of the Diocese of Mansa, Zambia, father Mambwe Mpas, said that failure to adhere to the present race in the country regarding the contract for road projects, could create a favor ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - War, violence and revenge: the plight of 10 thousand Christian refugees Kachin ethnic group Myitkyina (Fides Service) - " Fighting rages, the military governments do not hesitate to committing atrocities and revenge on the civilian population; there are over 10 thousand civil refugees of Kachin ethnic group, mo ...
• 24 June 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-"Only with effective changes to the prison system the country will be able to solve this problem", said Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The prison situation in Venezuela continues to be the focus of the general debate, this time it was the Catholic Church to ask the government for changes in the prison system. In the context of ...