News

• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Progress regarding a new law for the protection of Christian minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a step forward for the protection of minorities in India": With these words Bishop Peter Machado, Bishop of Belgaum in Karnataka state, comments to Fides about the "Communal Violence Bi ...
• 24 May 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA- The Church is concerned about violence against women Panama City (Fides Service) - Concerned about the high number of women in Panama killed by their husbands or partners or former partners, the Archbishop of Panama, Mgr.José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, urged the authorities ...
• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-A new Catechism for young people within sight of the WYD Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A new Catechism for young people within sight of the World Day of Youth: an initiative of the Episcopal Conference of Korea, through a synergy between the Commission for Catechesis and a Cateches ...
• 24 May 2011
  AMERICA/JAMAICA-Proponents of peace excite feelings of hope in communities where there are victims of extreme violence Kingston (Agenzia Fides) - The work of the “International Ecumenical Peace Convocation” continues (see Fides 14/5/2011). Advocates of peace around the world, including top officials of the Middle East, India, Brazil ...
• 23 May 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN- The Fourth Day of Prayer for the Church in China was celebrated at the Shrine in Torreciudad Huesca (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Chinese families living in Zaragoza, Huesca, Builbao and Pamplona, gathered even this year at the Shrine in Torreciudad (Huesca) to celebrate the Fourth Day of Prayer for the Church in ...
• 23 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope recalled that "the commitment to proclaim Jesus Christ is the main task of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The commitment to proclaim Jesus Christ, 'the Way, the Truth and the Life', is the main task of the Church. We invoke the Virgin Mary to always help the Pastors and those in the various mi ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Pilgrimages and consecration of new churches: the Catholic continental communities towards May 24 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrimage to Marian Shrines and the consecration of new churches mark the intense journey of the Chinese Catholic communities of this period, towards May 24, World Day of Prayer for the Chu ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The alarm of a priest, "the country is in the hands of the Taliban" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pakistan is now in the hands of the Taliban. They have become even stronger, even after the death of Bin Laden. And enjoy the consensus of large segments of the population: the ordinary citizen, t ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"Abyei is a dead town: all the inhabitants have fled" the local priest says to Fides Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - "We have fragmented news from Abyei, but according to what we managed to find out the residents have evacuated the city, which is now empty," the priest of Abyei told Fides, who was not in town a ...
• 23 May 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-New nutrition centers and health care for 10 000 children affected by malnutrition Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The challenge of healing the wounds of many thousands of people severely affected by the earthquake that devastated the island of Haiti in January 2010 continues. Among these, there are n ...
• 23 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Annual celebration of the Eucharist thanking for the fruits of the earth and the protection of creation Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The issue regarding the protection of creation is strongly felt in Latin America, the Bishops of Bolivia have even spoken about it in recent meetings because it is considered of great importa ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-The Kenyan Episcopal Conference presents its new internet website Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan Episcopal Conference (KEC) inaugurated its new website with a ceremony presided over by His Eminence Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, at the "St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in ...
• 23 May 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-Small missionaries sent to proclaim Jesus Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the Day of Missionary Childhood in Huancayo, on Sunday, May 29 there will be a pilgrimage for children at Cerrito de la Libertad, three miles east of the city. This manifestation o ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA-Appointment of the Bishop of Queenstown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 23, 2011 appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Queenstown (South Africa) Rev. do Dabula Anthony Mpako of the clergy of Pretoria, the pastor of St. Thomas Mo ...
• 23 May 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-From Vietnamese refugee to auxiliary Bishop Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) – A Vietnamese refugee who arrived in Australia on a boat 20 years ago has been appointed the auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. It is the story of Vincent Van Long Nguyen, who ...