News

• 5 February 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “The Holy Father's gift to displaced persons in Côte d'Ivoire shows the proximity of the Church to the least,” said the Apostolic Nuncio Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church has always been closer to all those who suffer, without exception,” said Bishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, in a statement sent to Fides, in which it was ...
• 5 February 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - To stabilise a frequent dialogue with the Church on fundamental values: initiative by Catholic parliamentarians Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Members of the Independent Democratic Union Party (UDI), Gonzalo Arenas and Gustavo Hasbun, have asked Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago, for the creation of an opportunity for dialogue b ...
• 5 February 2011
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of Rector of inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Suwon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 6 August 2010 appointed as Rector of the inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Suwon (Korea), Father Yong-Hwa ...
• 5 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radio Veritas Asia in Urdu celebrates 25 years Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Radio Veritas in Urdu is readying to celebrate its 25 year anniversary: the celebrations will commence in August to commemorate its beginnings on 14 August 1987, and will culminate on 4 August ...
• 5 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “I have seen the best of Egypt,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia who saw the demonstrators in Tahrir Square tells Fide Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation has greatly improved,” Father Luciano Verdoscia told Fides, the Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo. “Yesterday, 4 February, the army took significant steps, ...
• 5 February 2011
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Jesuits in Asia and in the Pacific: an enormous region, young and growing, with many challenges Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – Jesuit major superiors met at the Asia-Pacific Conference from 23 to 27 January in Singapore. Participating were, Superior General of the Society of Jesus Father, Adolfo Nicolás, accompanie ...
• 5 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Prevention of abandonment from schooloing and chronic malnutrition for the most vulnerable sectors in Puerto Piraya Puerto Piray (Agenzia Fides) – The town of Puerto Piray, Misiones province, a region in the north-east of Argentina, is characterised by a very complex socio-economic situation. It is a region of the country with one o ...
• 5 February 2011
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of Rector of inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Suwon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 6 August 2010 appointed as Rector of the inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Suwon (Korea), Father Yong-Hwa ...
• 5 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The “Day of red hands” to say “enough with child soldiers!” Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The recruitment of children for armed conflict has been banned since 12 February, 2002 by Protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children. However, adoption of this protocol has not s ...
• 5 February 2011
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - New secondary school opens dedicate to Don Bosco Nila (Agenzia Fides) – A new secondary school was recently opened in Nila, dedicated to Don Bosco, the “Saint John Bosco Senior Secondary School and Training Centre”. As it said in a statement issued by the “Nil ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Election of new Prime Minister: the hopes of Christians Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – After six months of stalemate, the political parties of Nepal have come to an agreement to elect the new Prime Minister. He will be Jhalanath Khanal, head of the Communist-Leninist Party of ...
• 4 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “The opposition could talk with Suleiman if they want to assume power in the meantime,” missionary tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Country is expecting demonstrations after Friday's prayers,” Fides was told by Father Luciano Verdoscia, Comboni missionary who has worked for years in Cairo among children who make a liv ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia's Bibi's lawyers: “Confidence in the retrial” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Confidence in the outcome of the retrial, confidence in Pakistani justice, confidence in being able to demonstrate the complete innocence of Asia Bibi: these are the premises and impressions wi ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's deposition at the first hearing Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In the testimony, received by Fides, which Asia Bibi gave at the first hearing in court in Nankana Sahib, she claims her innocence with the following words: “I am a married woman. My husb ...
• 4 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “At the heart of the revolt is also the divide between the consumerism diffused by the media and the poverty of the people,” Bishop of Luxor tells Fides Luxor (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is calm because everyone in Luxor, Christians and Muslims, work with tourism,” Fides was told by Bishop Joannes Zakaria of the Coptic Catholics in Luxor, Egypt. “Everyone has ...