News

• 31 March 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Human Rights Watch denounces abuses and violence against Somali refugees in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – A report from the humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounces the abuse and violence being used by police against Somali refugees living in Kenya. There are over 250,000 Soma ...
• 31 March 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Prayer and hopes for the Red Cross workers held hostages by Abu Sayyaf, following Pope's appeal Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Christians and Muslims of Mindanao and the Sulu Islands await amidst prayer and a cautious hope, any word on the fate of the three hostages who were kidnapped on the island of Jolo this past Ja ...
• 31 March 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar to decide whether or not to continue in the Southern Africa Development Community following yesterday's suspension Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Madagascar's suspension from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) does not seem to be cause for concern among the island's new leaders. “Andry Rajoelina, President of the Tr ...
• 31 March 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop of Kaohsiung launches campaign: “My Daily Bread,” to help the needy and unemployed affected by the economic crisis Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – The plague of the economic crisis has struck the entire world, affecting many families, but it has also served as a wake-up call to many Christians, intensifying their adhesion to the faith and ...
• 31 March 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Human Rights Report 2008 on Bangladesh: torture, abuse against women and minority rights and freedoms Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The “Human Rights Report 2008,” has been published by the Bengali Non-Governmental Organization “Odhikar” (meaning “rights” in Bengali), which began in 1994 with a group of activists ...
• 30 March 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus recalls his trip to Africa: “There where, like Jesus, missionaries gave, and continue to spend, their lives for the Gospel, abundant fruit is harvested. I would like to express my gratitude for the good that they do.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The visible joy in the faces of the people, the joy of feeling part of the family of God” and “the strong sense of the sacred that one breathes in the liturgical celebrations” are ...
• 30 March 2009
  ASIA/MYANMAR - First Visit of Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio to Pyay Diocese in Myanmar, priestly ordination of 3 deacons Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops, Clergy, Religious and the Faithful of Pyay Diocese have had the honor of offering a warm welcome to Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, who paid a visit ...
• 30 March 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Jinde Charities launches a Lenten Prayer campaign for the earthquake victims of Sichuan: “continue offering prayer and support for the earthquake victims still living in precarious conditions” Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Jinde Charities, the Chinese Catholic charitable organization, working alongside foreign collaborators (Caritas of Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Australia...) has launched a Lenten ...
• 30 March 2009
  VATICAN - Holy Father tells Italian Civil Service Youth Volunteers: “May you be persons willing to dedicate their lives to others and even suffer for what is good and just.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear Friends, what can the Pope have to say to youth working in national civil service?” This was the question that Benedict XVI used in addressing the Italian Civil Service Youth Volu ...
• 30 March 2009
  ASIA/KOREA - Bishop of Suwon resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - he Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 30 March 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Suwon (Korea) presented by Bishop Paul Choi Deok-ki, in conformity ...
• 30 March 2009
  VATICAN - Meeting in the Vatican on the Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In a communique published today the Holy See Press Office announces that the commission established by Benedict XVI in 2007 to study questions of importance concerning the life of the Catho ...
• 30 March 2009
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Madrid, capital of the Civil Alliance in defense of the right to life: 700 associations from across the world, representing 20 million people, take part in the March for Life Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, Madrid became the capital of the Civil Alliance in defense of the right to life. This is what the Institute for Family Policies said in commenting on the Right to Life March that was ...
• 30 March 2009
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Diocese of Loja drafts its Missionary Project 2009, for a missionary church par excellence, in “permanent missionary status” Loja (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Loja, located in southern Ecuador, has drafted its “Missionary Project 2009,” under the guidance of the Diocesan Offices of the Pontifical Mission Societies led by Fr. Wilson C ...
• 30 March 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - “The Church lifts her voice once more to proclaim: You shall not kill,” says Bishop of Ayaviri on the “Day of the Unborn Child” celebrated March 29 Ayaviri (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, March 29, the Prelature of Ayaviri celebrated a special Mass for the “Day of the Unborn Child,” presided by Bishop Kay Schmalhausen of Ayaviri, in which he once more brought to ...
• 30 March 2009
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angolan Bishops express their gratitude to the Holy Father for his recent visit and congratulate local media on their coverage of the event Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe (CEAST) thanks Pope Benedict XVI for his visit to Angola on March 20-23 and congratulate local media on their coverage of the event. ...