News

• 31 January 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - India celebrates Pope John Paul II, on the 25th anniversary of his Visit to the nation New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – From tomorrow, 1 February, India will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Visit of John Paul II to the Asiatic nation in 1986. It will be “an event which carries a strong message of pea ...
• 31 January 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - A village of vocations on the Silk Road Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – A small village on Silk Road, inhabited by 660 people, of whom 400 are Catholic (about 130 families), has given 14 vocations to the Church in recent years: 7 priests, 1 deacon, 3 religious si ...
• 31 January 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Legal fraternity witnesses to “importance of our Christian values in our day to day work” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – This morning at St Mary's Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Sydney, Bishop Anthony Fisher, OP, of Parramatta, celebrated the Red Mass. This Mass is “a very public witness of the importance of o ...
• 31 January 2011
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Alert in the region of Caprivi for the breaking banks of the Zambezi River Widhoec (Agenzia Fides) – More than 1,000 people have been “relocated permanently” from the 32 villages at risk of flooding in Caprivi, the most northerly province of Namibia, preparing to meet a Zambezi River swol ...
• 31 January 2011
  VATICANO - In light of the Beatitudes “the Church does not fear poverty, humiliation or persecution in a society often attracted by material wellbeing and worldly power” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Beatitudes are a new programme for life, to free ourselves from the false values of the world and open ourselves to true goodness, now and in the future, said the Holy Father Pope ...
• 31 January 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A centre to young Christians and Muslims in the State of Plateau to not take the path of violence to resolve problems Jos (Agenzia Fides) – A formation centre for young Christians and Muslims was officially opened on 27 January in Hai-Hong, Bokkos, 70 km from Jos, capital of the Nigerian State of Plateau, where in recent times various ...
• 31 January 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 99% of voters in favour of independence of Southern Sudan while in Khartoum the students are in revolt Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Southern Sudan will become an independent State. The results from the referendum held from 9-15 January were published yesterday, 30 January. The announcement was made from Juba, capital of the ...
• 31 January 2011
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - "Day for street children" to remember the 30 million abandoned children Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – Currently there are about 30 million children in the world who have been abandoned to live on the street, victims of drug traffickers, exploiters of child labour and prostitution, according to ...
• 31 January 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops reiterate the denunciation of the lack of respect for the Constitution of the Republic Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Nicaragua have reiterated once again the need to respect the Constitution which prohibits the President from being re-elected, criticizing the judges of the Court who approved ...
• 31 January 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The phenomenon of emigration always proposes new challenges Valencia (Agenzia Fides) – The call for “laws that encourage the integration of immigrants, which may promote their professional development and thus may afford them decent accommodation where the whole family can li ...
• 29 January 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The police have disappeared from the centre of Cairo while demonstrators march again”: a missionary to Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The police have retreated from the centre of Cairo. The army only protects the buildings of importance such as the Parliament. There is an atmosphere that has never been seen before,” Fides w ...
• 29 January 2011
  VATICAN - The Church's commitment to those sick with leprosy: 529 lepers around the world Vatican (Agenzia Fides) – The missionary Church has a long tradition of helping those sick with leprosy, often even abandoning their own families and always giving them, apart from medical help and spiritual assistance ...
• 29 January 2011
  VATICAN - Unite efforts to guarantee justice and love to people suffering from Hansen's disease: World Leprosy Day, 30 January Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Unite our efforts in order to better express Justice and Love to people suffering from Hansen’s disease.” This is the title of the Message of Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, President ...
• 29 January 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Archbishop of Manila: “To respect life in family policies and in society is the correct path for the Country” Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “To promote respect for life at levels throughout the Country: both in family policies, which should be based on the values of unborn life and responsible parenting; and in the daily pattern ...
• 29 January 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops ask Spanish Government to unite with Europe's call to stop violence against Christians Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – In the final note of the CCXVIII meeting of the Standing Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, held on 26 and 27 January 2011, the Bishops asked the Spanish Government to join the call ...