News

• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - “New initiatives in evangelisation will only be fruitful if... those proposing them are people who truly believe and live the message of the Gospel themselves”: Pope to the Bishops of the Philippines Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “While the Philippines continues to face many challenges in the area of economic development, we must recognise that these obstacles to a life of happiness and fulfilment are not the on ...
• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - Pope presented with 2011 Pontifical Yearbook: revised statistics of the Catholic Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning the Pontifical Yearbook was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. From reading this book we may gain an update about the life of the Catholic Church around the world. Th ...
• 19 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - A new service to bring the internet to remote zones around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010 in Sub-Saharan Africa only six people out of 100 used the internet. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the the Movement Fighting World Hunger (MFWH) has installed 10 satellite dishe ...
• 19 February 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives”: Bishop of Tunis' testimony to Fides about the murdered Salesian missionary Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives,” stated Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham of Tunis to Fides, defining the murder of Father Marek Rybinsk, the Polish Salesian missionary who ...
• 19 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The various positions on article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – In the debate on reform of the Egyptian Constitution, there are various positions on keeping or deleting Article 2, which establishes that the Sharia (Islamic law) is the main source of the law. ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Fr Amalan killed for a few rupees by a youth he was helping Palayamkottai (Agenzia Fides) – He was killed for a few rupees by a youth he often helped: Father G. Amalan, 54 years old, Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Family, in the Diocese of Palayamkotta, in Tamil ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Enthusiasm for the pilgrimage of relics of the parents of St Teresa of Lisieux: pray together for the family and for vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The “Pilgrimage in honour of the Blesseds Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin” – the pilgrimage of the relics of the parents of St Teresa of the Infant Jesus, beatified in Lisieux on 1 ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Mass vaccination to prevent the re-emergence of the polio virus that has paralysed 33,000 children Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Three years after the last epidemic, polio has reappeared in Myanmar. Following a confirmed case in December and two others with as yet undefined origins in January, the Ministry of Health has ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Innovative sewage treatment plant produces drinking water for remote areas Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – With the help of a German charity, the Servants (Siervas) of Christ the Priest, who run “Uñacha”, the children's home in the Quiquijana district, province of Quispicachi, in Cuzco, thanks t ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New community of religious sisters in Manaus to combat human trafficking Manaus (Agenzia Fides) – Almost a year has passed since the meeting in Brasilia for the Coordinatino of the Religious Network “Un Grito por la Vida”, which discussed and planned actions related to the fight against ...
• 18 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New threats to Christians in Bekasi: a spiral of violent reactions at risk Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – From the Courtroom where the defendant is on trial for inciting religious hatred, Murhali Barda, radical Muslim leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, now suspended from the movement, has laun ...
• 18 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Blasphemous” and “enemy of Islam" anyone who opposes the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Anyone who opposes the controversial law on blasphemy (art. 295b and 295c of the Pakistani Penal Code) “is considered blasphemous and an enemy of Islam”, sustain radical Islamic groups who ...
• 18 February 2011
  VATICAN - The relevance of St Paul for the life of the Church in her mission of evangelisation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pauline Year was “like a strategic moment in the life of the Church. It was strategic because it helped to bring to light not only the many-sided richness of thought by the Apostle ...
• 18 February 2011
  AFRICA/SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE - Following the pilgrim visit of Our Lady of Fatima, we expect “a renewal of Christian life of our diocese,” Bishop Santos tells Fides São Tomé (Agenzia Fides) – From 30 April to 4 June, the Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe will welcome the visit of the pilgrim image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. “We intend to show our devotion to the Moth ...
• 18 February 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New welcome and recovery centre officially opens for girls on the street Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The new “Anuarite Centre” for the recovery of the girls on the street will be officially inaugurated in Kinshasa, in the district of Tshangu. Already in operation since the beginning of t ...