News

• 18 December 2010
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Rebirth of “Radio St Gabriel", authentic voice of the Church Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) – The diocesan radio stations are spreading the authentic voice of the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea according to the Bishops of Papua New Guinea, informing Fides that the service “is bei ...
• 18 December 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Catholic youth, ambassadors of peace and reconciliation Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The young people of Central Africa want to be “messengers of peace and reconciliation” in their land, marked by violence and conflict, is what the participants say at a meeting on the the ...
• 18 December 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Save Rizana, sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia”: appeal by religious leaders and human rights groups Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal and a petition to save Rizana Nafeek, a young Sri Lankan Muslim woman sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia is the initiative, Fides is told, undertaken by Christian, Muslim and ...
• 18 December 2010
  VATICAN - “Freedom of religion and mission” - Fides Editorial Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his Message for the XLIV World Day of Peace, 1 January 2011, Benedict XVI assigns “an historic and prophetic mission” to religious freedom so that humanity may live in peace and sere ...
• 18 December 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - A radio station promotes AIDS initiative for young freelance journalists Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), the global radio station, has just launched a new competition to Nairobi via the web to create greater awareness about the impact of HIV and AIDS on children i ...
• 18 December 2010
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “The world needs priests!”: “Missio Austria” raises funds for priests from three continents Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - “The world needs priests because it needs Christ. If the world no longer has Christ it will degenerate. Therefore investment in the formation of priests is the best investment in the future of ...
• 18 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic girl raped by a Muslim Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Gulfam, a nine year old Catholic girl, was raped by a Muslim man in the district of Samundari Tehsil, in the district of Faisalabad. Today the child is in shock and in the throes of a physica ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - The only hospital in Les Irois lacks medicines and doctors to combat the cholera Jeremie (Agenzia Fides) - The Camillian Task Force (CTF) continues its activities in Haiti. Father Scott Binet and his collaborators, residing permanently in the Country for several months, are trying to respond to not o ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Child marriage is a form of violence and abuse of human rights, women's rights groups increasingly committed New York (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Senate recently adopted the 'International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act', against the premature marriage of under age girls which often causes death. In many devel ...
• 17 December 2010
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Dialogue is the only path to overcoming religious persecution”, Bishop of Luxor tells Fides Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church, since she was born, also and especially in the person of Jesus Christ, lives in the shadow of the Cross. But this is the strength of Christians, from the persecutions of the early m ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - The Archdiocese of Huancayo proclaims 2011 the Year for Social Action in the Church Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Huancayo, have proclaimed 2011 as the year dedicated to social action to help the poor, the suffering and the dispossessed by society, according to the instructions of the S ...
• 17 December 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Christmas will be the guide says a message to the reconstruction of Bishops Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Preparation this year for the celebration of Christmas is marked by the force of nature that, because of torrential rains, has terrorised millions of Colombians, with an unusual force of destr ...
• 17 December 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - After the violence of yesterday new clashes feared Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Abidjan is completely paralysed: the movement of public and private transport is blocked; shops, schools and offices are closed, while there is a heavy presence of presidential security force ...
• 17 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack of vandalism on a Marian Shrine New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Health, in Guntkal within the Diocese of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, was attacked by vandals who have destroyed sacred statues and paintings. The Bishops' Confe ...
• 17 December 2010
  ASIA/MACAO - New priestly ordination in the Diocese of Macao after 18 years Macao (Agenzia Fides) – There is much celebration in the Diocese of Macao for the first priestly ordination in 18 years. The deacon, Li Xian Jun, of Korean origin, who entered the Diocese of Macao in 2005, was ordaine ...