News
2 September 2011
AMERICA/PERU - The pilgrimage of the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux in Peru have started
Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebrations for the centenary of the presence of the Discalced Carmelites in Peru (1911-2011), the relics of St. Therese of Lisieux arrived in Peru. According to the program pre ...
2 September 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - First national meeting of "Juntos por Mexico": 8 million Mexicans demonstrate in favor of the family
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - More than eight million between adults and young people who are part of the lay movements and organizations grouped in the Association for Episcopal Laity (DELAI), celebrated their first nat ...
2 September 2011
AMERICA/PERU - The Peruvian Bishops express support for the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Maldonado
Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops present at the Special Meeting of 98th Peruvian Episcopal Conference, taking place in these days, have decided to publicly support His Exc. Mgr. Francisco González Hernánd ...
1 September 2011
ASIA/CHINA-Firm commitment on behalf of the Diocese of Yan An to promote priests’ vocational and spiritual formation
Yan An (Agenzia Fides) - The ordination of three new deacons, celebrated on August 30, concluded the annual retreat of the clergy of the diocese of Yan An (Yulin), in the Shaan Xi Province. According to information gathe ...
1 September 2011
"So that the Christian communities scattered in Asia fervently proclaim the Gospel, witnessing the beauty with the joy of faith" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for September 2011
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Asian people are by nature religious. They have taken root on the continent since ancient times, ancient traditions that collect aspects of religious wisdom of all time. Paradoxically, ...
1 September 2011
AMERICA/PERU - Meeting of the Bolivarian countries PMS: new media in the service of mission
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivarian region countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela) are living a special moment of missionary work: from Monday 29, August until Friday, September 2, the National Direc ...
1 September 2011
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cardinal Jesús López Rodríguez to the media:
"Criminal violence provoked by drug dealers needs to be stopped"
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "What is happening in Santiago de los Caballeros is a scandal, we must stop the criminal violence provoked by drug dealers": with these words Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, ...
1 September 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Order for the arrest of Shahbaz Bhatti’s killers, but the country is struggling to combat terrorism
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has issued an arrest warrant against two men suspected of being the Christian Shahbaz Bhatti’s perpetrators. Bhatti was the minister of reli ...
1 September 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - Celebration at the end of Ramadan, lived in peace and in interreligious respect
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Eid-al-Fitr, the feast that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan (the Islamic month of fasting), was celebrated in Indonesia "in a peaceful manner, in respect of differences and inter-reli ...
1 September 2011
AFRICA/UGANDA - The serious economic situation puts at risk the closure of seminaries
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The rampant inflation and other economic problems which are seriously affecting Uganda, threaten the closure of seminaries despite the increasing number of priestly vocations in the country. Mgr ...
1 September 2011
AFRICA - Cholera continues to spread in the countries in Lake Chad area
Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - This year, due to cholera, about 1200 people in the countries bordering Lake Chad, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria have died. The disease, caused mainly by poor sanitation and lack of drinking w ...
31 August 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN-Ten elderly missionaries who have offered their lives for the mission in Taiwan continue to enlighten today's youth
Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - In the Nazareth Spiritual Center of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) of the Diocese of Hsin Chu in Taiwan, live ten simple and extraordinary religious women. The elderly nuns are aged ...
31 August 2011
ASIA/INDIA-The Supreme Court appeals for a new report, but "there is still no justice for Christians in Orissa"
Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) - Justice for Christians in Orissa affected by violence is still far off, despite faint steps forward. The Supreme Court has officially asked the National Commission for Human Rights to submit wi ...
31 August 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Christians discriminated and persecuted find asylum in India
Goa (Agenzia Fides) – Pakistani Christians, victims of violence, discrimination and persecution, are welcomed and may extend asylum in India and get Indian citizenship: is what the Indian Ministry of the Interior has d ...
31 August 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Stop the violence, the causes are not only religious": statement from the Archbishop of Jos
Jos (Agenzia Fides) - "The cycle of violence resulting in killings, bloodshed and the destruction of people’s hard earned means of livelihood in Jos and environs is, to say the least, very disturbing, a source of great ...
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