News

• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/LEBANON - Confirmation of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 6 March 2011, confirmed Fr Paul Karam, from the clergy of the Diocese of Gibail, in his role as the Nati ...
• 28 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Thank you, Holy Father, for your beautiful words of peace”: testimony to Fides from the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father's appeal was wonderful news and gives us great comfort. The Pope spoke words that affirm the need for reconciliation, peace and dialogue,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Mar ...
• 28 March 2011
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Bishops of Northern Africa: “No to war. We will make the Pope's appeal our own” Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - “The Bishops of Northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), who are faced with the processes of historical development concerning Arab countries and especially the Maghreb, wish to re ...
• 28 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - A Korean missionary, “hand from the Pope” to help fishermen hit by the tsunami Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See hopes to help the fishermen hit by the tsunami to rebuild their livelihoods: the person responsible for realising this intention in Japan is Soon-Ho Kim, a St Columban lay missiona ...
• 28 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka: “We will help the fishermen who don't receive government aid” Osaka (Agenzia Fides) – The Japanese Bishops and the Apostolate of the Sea are concentrating on helping the fishermen and those people, who, for diverse reasons do not qualify for government aid: so says Bishop Michael ...
• 28 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu and militant extremists united to sow terror among Christians, denounces an NGO Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) –There is a criminal alliance - between various leaders of the army and the Hindu extremist militia - behind the anti-Christian violence which has occurred in recent years in the States of Orissa ...
• 28 March 2011
  VATICAN - New appeal from the Pope “for the immediate launch of a dialogue” that will bring agreement and peace to Libya, to the entire northern region of Africa and to the Middle East Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the Angelus prayer with the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square on Sunday, 27 March, he issued a new, urgent appeal to initiate dialogue and susp ...
• 28 March 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - German and African Bishops discuss African migration to Europe Munich (Agenzia Fides) - German Bishops and a delegation from the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are holding a five-day joint meeting on migration with particular reference to African migrants in ...
• 28 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's appeal: “I dream of meeting the Pope” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – From her isolation cell in Sheikupura, Asia Bibi, the Christian woman condemned to death for blasphemy, issues her appeal to the world to meet the Pope. Asia, confides her husband Ashiq to Fide ...
• 28 March 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - New President of the Association for Chinese priests in Hong Kong: “the priesthood should be a testimony to the vocation” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – That “the priesthood should be a testimony to the vocation” is the hope expressed by Fr John B. Kwan Kit Tong, new President of the HK Diocesan Chinese Priests Association, straight aft ...
• 28 March 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Elections: Bishops open a site for “choosing in good conscience” the presidential candidate Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) – In order to provide a space for reflection that contributes to the current presidential election campaign, the Archbishop of Trujillo and President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, Archbi ...
• 26 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops write to Pope: “Shahbaz Bhatti is a martyr and patron of religious freedom” Multan (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Pakistan, meeting for their Assembly from March 20 to 25 in Multan, decided to formally make a request to the Holy See to proclaim murdered Catholic Minister ...
• 26 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bhutto's murderers found: more work needed to flush out killers of Minister Bhatti Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Minister of the Interior Rehman Malik announced with satisfaction the Pakistani Government's success in identifying the perpetrators and instigators of the murder of Benazir Bhutto, the ...
• 26 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Hopes for peace with the African Union; “we are waiting for events to evolve”, says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We have been invited to a big event to be held in Tripoli. I am not exactly sure what it is about. If it is a peace rally we have no problems with participating,” says Bishop Giovanni Innoc ...
• 26 March 2011
  VATICAN - “Christianity in India has long made its proper contribution to culture and society, and to its religious and spiritual expressions,” recalls the Pope to the Bishops of the Syro-Malankars, India Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Due to its ancient roots and distinguished history, Christianity in India has long made its proper contribution to culture and society, and to its religious and spiritual expressions. ...