News
9 January 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - Archbishop of Concepcion’s appeal for the fires: "we are faced with an emergency"
Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal was launched by the Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali, to express solidarity to families who are suffering from the tragedy of the fires occurred in s ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/KENYA-Appointment of Bishop of Ngong
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on January 7, 2012 appointed Rev. John Oballe Owaa, Rector and Professor of the National Major Seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas in Nairobi, as Bishop of the dioc ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Resignation of the Bishop of Makeni and appointment of the Successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on January 7, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Makeni (Sierra Leone), presented by His Excellency Mons George Biguzz ...
9 January 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimage of the faithful of Shanghai at the beginning of the new year
Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - There were about 150 faithful of the diocese of Shanghai who participated in the pilgrimage to welcome the new year 2012. In particular, they prayed for the priest and the six major seminarians ...
9 January 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - Alert for minors in the country recruited by drug dealers
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Drug and Force Administration (DEA), U.S. anti-drug federal agency, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said that in Mexico there are many children between 11 and 17 yea ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Abolition of the subsidy on petrol, "a decision that affects the poor", say the Bishops, denouncing the "insensitive timing" in the face of attacks
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan (southern Nigeria) say they "saddened" for the "unpopular decision" to abolish subsidies on petrol, which has experienced a dramatic and sudden ...
9 January 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 9 million young people in the street for the "Nazarene", between devotion and terrorist threats
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - More than nine million faithful Catholics, regardless of the "attack alert" released by the government, took to the streets today, January 9, in Manila, for the solemn procession of the Nazarene, ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Birth and development of the African Church, which celebrates 50 years: the diocese of Makeni
Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - On July 8, 1950 a group of four Xaverian missionary pioneers landed in the port of Freetown, at the headquarters of the British colonial administration in Sierra Leone. A few days later, the new ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The current situation in Nigeria is more dangerous than during the civil war, because it involves the religious dimension", said Bishop Kaigama
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Biafra war had ethnic and political roots, the Boko Haram attacks imply ethnic, social, political, religious and even criminal dimensions. For this reason, the current situation is more dang ...
9 January 2012
EUROPE/FRANCE - Pauline Jaricot was "like David facing Goliath": the Secretary of the Missionary Congregation at the conference in Lyon
Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - "Re-reading the life of Pauline Jaricot, I think of David, the little shepherd, who faces Goliath. Yes, Pauline is David, and I would say that the religious and cultural climate following the stron ...
9 January 2012
ASIA/LAOS - Two pastors protested released after one year in prison, other Christians leaders arrested
Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The civilian authorities in the province of Khammouan have released two Protestant pastors Wanna and Yohan, after a year in jail, but they continue to arrest other Christians and consider Ch ...
9 January 2012
AFRICA/HAITI - A sad anniversary for Haiti
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - More than 7,000 people have died of cholera in Haiti and about 520,000 have been infected by the disease: this is what was reported by the Associate Director of the Pan-American Health Or ...
7 January 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN-More than a thousand children killed by their families because of poverty
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - According to local humanitarian sources, because of poverty, over a thousand children were killed by their families in Pakistan in 2011, of whom 90% were girls. The charitable organization Edhi F ...
7 January 2012
EUROPE/FRANCE-"Pauline Jaricot, a woman always present": international meeting for the Jubilee Year
Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Pauline Marie Jaricot (1799-1862), declared "venerable" by Pope John XXIII on February 25, 1963, devoted her life to the mission, prayer and service to the poor: she founded the Society for the Pro ...
7 January 2012
VATICAN-The Pope to the Missionary Childhood: "May your heart be open to the world, as the heart of Jesus"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, during the Angelus on January 6, recalled the Day of Missionary Childhood: "I highlight that the Epiphany is also the Children's Missionary Day, organized by t ...
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