News

• 20 October 2011
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionary October amid difficulties and indifference, in a poor and starving country Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, the celebration of Missionary October is not felt for several reasons: the different calendar, the major presence of communities of the Eastern rite, the weakness of the structu ...
• 19 October 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA- A member of the Social Pastoral, committed to the farmers and builders of peace in Popayan was assassinated Popayan (Agenzia Fides) - The National Secretariat of the Social Pastoral of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia issued a statement of solidarity with Luis Eduardo Garcia’s family, leader of the group of Popayan, assas ...
• 19 October 2011
  VATICAN - Interview with Fr. Fernando Domingues, Rector of the Pontifical Urbano College: "we try to cultivate a strong missionary spirit in our seminarians, which could then become a foundation in their dioceses" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Every year a large group of seminarians in mission territories is sent by their Bishops to Rome to complete their studies and then go back to the local Churches of origin with a conspicuous ...
• 19 October 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "Every parish, home and workplace is a land of mission", says the National Director of the PMS in Zambia Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "As part of our baptism, we are called to the mission of proclaiming and living the Word of God", said Fr. Bernard Makadani Zulu, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Za ...
• 19 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fr.Tentorio: murder on commission, the work of professional killers Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of Father Fausto Tentorio, PIME, was commissioned and carried out by professional killers. This is what the police authorities claim, responsible for investigating the crime. As Fid ...
• 19 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Our nation is in a state of serious crisis", say the leaders of Christian Churches in South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Our nation is in a state of crisis, a crisis of dignity and discipline, a crisis of education and crisis in our communities. Together, the Christian communities can help turn this situatio ...
• 19 October 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Missionary Congresses, conferences, peace marches, missionary rosaries in parishes: Nicaragua prepares itself for World Mission Day Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the celebration of World Mission Sunday 2011 (Domund), the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Nicaragua have started the preparation for this great missionary celebration since th ...
• 19 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - After 150 years of mission in Hong Kong, the Dominicans confirm the commitment of evangelization and the formation of preachers Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Our celebration of 150 years of mission is a time of commemoration and missionary celebration, confirming the mission of evangelization. The province of Hong Kong continues to be the basis of ...
• 19 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishop at the head of the Commission for the Indigenous: "A well-organized plan to eliminate the missionary" Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - "The presence and responsibility of high-profile killers makes us think of a well organized plan to kill father Fausto Tentorio. There are many open questions. The missionary was working for t ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionaries at risk: "Father Tentorio gave rights, education and awareness to the natives: this is why he was considered troublesome" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - "He was a troublesome character, he offered his service to literacy and education, taught the natives their rights, increased their civil awareness, their responsibilities and possibilities. Th ...
• 18 October 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - "Angola is a country in rapid transformation; poverty, sects and immigrants are a challenge and an opportunity for the Church" says the Bishop of Caxito to Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Our diocese is young, since it was established on June 6, 2007, derived from one part of the Archdiocese’s territory of Luanda. It spreads out over two provinces of Angola, Luanda and Bengo, of ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Minister of Harmony: "I have been assured on Asia Bibi's treatment" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi’s case is one of those which "is uppermost in our thoughts" and the salvation of the woman "is a goal we will work hard on": says to Fides the Catholic Akram Gill, Minister of fede ...
• 18 October 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Forum "Migration and Peace": promoting human dignity and peaceful coexistence as a universal right for all Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 and 21 October 2011, as part of the National Week of the Migrant, the third International Forum on Migration and Peace will be held in Mexico City, organized by the National Institute ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 4 thousand faithful pay homage to St. Roch in the parish of Shi Pu Xia Men (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4 thousand faithful paid homage with the pilgrimage and the novena to St. Roch, in the parish of Shi Pu dedicated to the Patron Saint of plague victims in the diocese of Xia Men in Fu ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Flores there is "freedom of conversion from Islam to Christianity", notes the Bishop of Ruteng Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - Compared to other countries of the Islamic world, where conversion from Islam to another religion is punishable even by death "in Flores, the cradle of Christianity in Indonesia, in the diocese o ...