News

• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "turns over a new leaf": new hope for the future of the nation ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "change skin": new hope for the future of the nation Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia), the main Islamic party in Malaysia, has opened a new era of reform, aba ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-"The Muslim community isolates the extremists" asks the Archbishop of Abuja, where an attack struck the national headquarters of the police Abuja (Fides Service) - "It is a very worrying development, because it is the first time in the history of Nigeria where a suicide bombing is carried out followed almost immediately by the claiming of responsibility on b ...
• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Helping young people in Hong Kong to get to know the refugees’ reality, making them aware about the rights to development for everyone Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A photo exhibition regarding the 60 years of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a journey of the Catholic university students in northern Thailand, in the refugees c ...
• 17 June 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-"Prayer and Solidarity for the inhabitants of Patagonia": PMS appeal following the eruption of the Puyehue volcano Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - All the parishes, chapels, schools and Catholic institutions in the country, like all men of good will belonging to any religious denomination, are called to show their solidarity, to refle ...
• 17 June 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Inauguration of the Holy Family House, at the service of the South American immigrants Philadelphia (Fides Service) - A new welcome house will be inaugurated on June 24 in Chester, Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It will be the Auxiliary Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. John McIntyre, to bless the premises of the Holy F ...
• 17 June 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN-Despite the economic crisis the number of people assisted by the Church has increased, especially in the healthcare field Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice President for Economic Affairs of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Fernando Giménez Barriocanal, said that "despite the economic crisis", the number of people assisted by the Catholic ...
• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Hindu political leader incites religious hatred: the Christians protest Bhopal (Fides Service) - A formal complaint was submitted by Christian leaders and organizations against Prabath Jha, President of the state of Madya Pradesh (central India): The President, political leader who is an act ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI-The revolution " colored red " by professors and university students continues Lilongwe (Fides Service) -The clash between the government and the academic staff to defend the freedom of teaching continues, recognized both by the local Constitution as well as the Treaty of Kampala, of which Malawi i ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO- About one thousand suspected cases of chikungunya have been identified in the capital Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - In the last two weeks nearly a thousand suspected cases of chikungunya have been identified in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo, a mosquito-borne viral disease which causes ...
• 17 June 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO-Appointment of the Rector of the Major Seminary "St. John the Baptist" in Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -On 15 April 2011, Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rector of the Major Seminary interdiocesan "St. John the Baptist" in the Archd ...
• 16 June 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL- Another defender of the Amazon rainforest has been murdered Tucurui (Agenzia Fides) - The farmer and activist for the defense of the Amazon, Obed Loyla Souza, 31, was killed on Thursday, June 9 in the Brazilian state of Pará (North Brazil). The news was released on June 14. The ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Bishop of Tai Chung will celebrate Mass at the peak of the highest mountain in Taiwan to raise money for the poor in Swaziland Tai Chung (Fides Service) – Welcoming the invitation of the American foundation "Heart for Africa," His Exc. Mgr. Martin Su Yao-Wen, Bishop of the diocese of Tai Chung, will celebrate Mass at the peak of the highest mo ...
• 16 June 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Mgr. Martinelli notes "a sincere desire for dialogue to restore peace" after a meeting with the Islamic Call Society Tripoli (Fides Service) - "There is a sincere desire for dialogue and to bring back peace", says His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli to Fides, who yesterday, June 15, met the manager ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-One person arrested for the murder of Shabhaz Bhatti; for the Christian community it is "urgent to do justice" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A man suspected of being involved in the murder of the Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, was arrested by the police in Karachi. The man admitted, in a wiretap, that he took part in the pl ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-Six years after the tsunami, 170 families still live in unhealthy shacks Banda Aceh (Fides Service) - After more than six years after the devastating tsunami that struck Indonesia in December 2004 hundreds of residents of the city of Banda Aceh in northwestern Indonesia, are still living in " ...