News

• 31 March 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO - Removal of Bishop of Pointe-Noire Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 31 March 2011, removed from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville), Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loemba. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 31 ...
• 30 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Christian heroes in Fukushima, who sacrifice their lives to avoid a nuclear catastrophe Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – Among the workers who are truly sacrificing their lives in the Fukushima nuclear power plant, to quell the growing radioactivity and to try to secure the power plant, are also some Christians. ...
• 30 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The road to peace passes through the African Union,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, who adds: “the humanitarian bombs are creating civilian casualties” Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “IF we really want to find a diplomatic solution to the Libyan crisis, we need to go through the African Union. Its absence from the Conference in London disappointed me,” says Bishop Giovan ...
• 30 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “We are pleased about the Holy Father's words. We hope that his voice is heard,” says the Archbishop of Abidjan after Benedict XVI's appeal for peace in Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We are pleased about the Holy Father's words and we thank him for them. We hope that his voice is heard,” says Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire to Fides. In additi ...
• 30 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest beaten in Madhya Pradesh: the Church writes to the Prime Minister Khandwa (Agenzia Fides) – Another serious act of aggression has shaken the Catholic Church in India: Fr Sebastian Kaiparambil, a Catholic priest of 45 years, residing in Badwha in the Diocese of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh ...
• 30 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Support via radio for victims and prayer for “friendship between China and Japan” Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – In addition to humanitarian aid, the Japanese people also need psychological and spiritual sustenance: Christian radio began with this conviction, reported missionaries in Japan to Fides, and ha ...
• 30 March 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Scrutiny of 1,700 catechumens, who “are witnesses to the faith by their words and actions” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Faith is a gift from God; faith is built on Jesus; keep away from sin; bear witness to Jesus: these are the four recommendations of Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong, to the catechumens during ...
• 30 March 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Diocese of Bissau opens a house for 100 children Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – With the approval of the Guinean executive, expressed by the Minister for women's affairs, social cohesion and the fight against poverty, the Babaram House for Children in the Diocese of Bissa ...
• 30 March 2011
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - “That by proclamation of the Gospel and the witness of their lives, missionaries may bring Christ to those who do not yet know him” - Comment on the Missionary Intention for April 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI's Homily on 9 March, Ash Wednesday, he highlighted the need for Christians to be a living message, through their witness to the Gospel. Many peopl ...
• 29 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli is grateful “for the fraternal solidarity from various Episcopal Conferences” Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “In Tripoli the situation is quite calm but the mood of the people is brought down by the continual queues for fuel and the difficulties in obtaining food, even office work and schools are aff ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic church attacked in Rawalpindi. The Archbishop: “Trust in God and in the institutions” Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – New alerts in the Pakistani Catholic community: the Catholic church of St Thomas, in the town of Wah Canntt, about 50 km from Rawalpindi, was attacked by a groups armed men last night, Mond ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The nuclear disaster is “a lesson for Japan and for the whole world,” notes Bishop Osaka (Agenzia Fides) – Alarm is rising amongst the Japanese people with regard to the high levels of radioactivity recorded near the nuclear facility in Fukushima, and even the Catholic Church is asking the “nuclear ...
• 29 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Violent combat pushes people to flee to Liberia: “The humanitarian situation is dramatic,” says Bishop of Man to Fides; appeal for refugees Man (Agenzia Fides) - “The humanitarian situation is dramatic because the fighting has gone on for three days,” says Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba, Bishop of Man, in the west of the Country, to Fides. “The conditions ...
• 29 March 2011
  VATICAN - Message by the Pope: “the Church puts her trust in Christian families, calling them to play a role in evangelisation and the apostolate” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The pastoral care of families has an important place in the evangelising activity of each one of the particular Churches, promoting a culture of life and working to ensure the rights o ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Church burned, Stations of the Cross destroyed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – There is much sorrow in the Christian community in India due to the new episodes of violence and damages done to the community. A Christian church in Kerala, Southern India, was completely ...