News
3 November 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic communities of the continent pray for the deceased, especially for the pioneers of the faith
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The continental Catholic communities prayed for the deceased and visited their graves on the day when the universal Church commemorates all the dead. In particular, they remembered those ...
3 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Pakistani Camillian priest ordained in Faisalabad
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, October 28, in the Cathedral of Faisalabad, His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutts ordained the first Pakistani Camillian priest, Fr. Mushtaq Anjum, and 2 deacons of the diocese. According ...
3 November 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA-Train runs down a bus carrying children bringing food and clothing to the poor of Cazador
San Luis (Agenzia Fides) - Argentina is in shock after the tragedy that occurred yesterday, November 2, near San Luis, which caused the death of six girls between 10 and 11 years of age, and two teachers. According to in ...
3 November 2011
ASIA/TURKEY - During the "Islamic Feast of Sacrifice" Christian Message of peace
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "In today's world, distance grows between Christians and Muslims. We know the suffering of our Christian brothers and sisters in many countries. It is, therefore, an opportunity for us, in this ...
3 November 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Human trafficking in the country is increasing: 37 children are missing in just 3 months
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - In just three months, 75 children have been reported missing in Sucre, and only 38 of them have been found, this leads us to think that the others are likely to be victims of human trafficking. Th ...
3 November 2011
AFRICA/NIGER - Drought and famine: the catastrophic situation in the country
Tera (Agenzia Fides) - The severe drought that has struck Niger for months has destroyed crops and amplified the serious problems of food supply that the country has been suffering from for years. The Spanish Catholic or ...
3 November 2011
VATICAN - Pope's Appeal: may the G-20 summit promote "a truly humane and complete development"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, November 2, the Holy Father Benedict XVI delivered this appeal on the eve of the G-20 summit: “The 3rd and 4th of November - tomorrow and ...
3 November 2011
ASIA/THAILAND - Hospitals on alert for the supply of drugs hampered by floods
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Hospitals in the capital of Thailand, Bangkok, are on alert for the supply of drugs that could be hampered by prolonged floods that are hitting the country. Local production and delivery of medi ...
3 November 2011
AFRICA/SOMALIA - "I am puzzled on the military offensive of Kenya in Somalia", says Mgr. Bertin who has just visited the Somali refugees in Ethiopia
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "I am puzzled, remembering what happened in the recent past with other adventures like that," says to Fides Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, re ...
3 November 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Anti-Christian slander campaign conducted by Hindu extremist leaders
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremist leaders have intensified a campaign of hatred and slander against Christians in India: this is the complaint Fides learns about on behalf of organizations like the "All India C ...
3 November 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - " We are deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in our two nations", say the Bishops of North and South Sudan that will remain united in the same Episcopal Conference
Wau (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply troubled by the ongoing violence in our two nations. Civil war has broken out in the Nuba Mountains / South Kordofan State and in the Blue Nile State, alongside the ongoing war in Dar ...
3 November 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - Violence of the military on the population in Papua: the Christian community has also been hit
Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian citizens of Indonesian Papua (also known as the province of "Irian Jaya") are victims of abuses and unjustified violence on behalf of the military, who accuse them of being "colla ...
31 October 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Fr. Fausto Tentorio, "an instrument of peace in Mindanao"
Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The investigation into the murder of Fr. Fausto Tentorio is underway and there is in Mindanao, a large island in the southern Philippines, a widespread desire for justice and peace: according t ...
31 October 2011
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Bishop of Dinajpur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Sebastian Tudu, of the clergy of Dinajpur, Vice Rector of the Holy Spirit Major Seminary in Dhaka and Diocesan Director of Pontifical Mission Soc ...
31 October 2011
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Erection of the Diocese of Kabwe and appointment of the first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI erected the new Diocese of Kabwe, in Zambia, with territory taken from the diocese of Mpika and the Archdiocese of Lusaka, making it a suffragan of the metropol ...
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