News
6 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “The appeal by the Pope is encouragement not to give up on diplomacy,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a further boost to diplomacy to not give up strength and to act in a way that keeps the possibility of reconciliation alive. I think the appeal of the Holy Father, whom I offer my heart ...
6 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - The Nuncio in Abidjan denounces the serious violations of human rights and gives witness to the aid to victims provided by the Church
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Civilians are the first victims: they suffer serious violence,” says Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, to the French section of Aid to the Church in Need (Aide ...
6 April 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Oppression for Dalits in Orissa who come to the Christian faith; new Archbishop's hopes
Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) – The tribal families of Dalits (the “untouchables”) in Orissa are subjected to constant harassment and oppression, based solely on caste discrimination. These dalits, deprived of land, owne ...
6 April 2011
ASIA/YEMEN - Children the main victims of armed conflicts in Yemen
Taiz (Agenzia Fides) – Many Yemeni children have been affected by the violence that has accompanied nationwide protests which began in February 2011 against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. A statement from UN ...
6 April 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti among the “new witnesses to the faith”, an example for “Christians in politics”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Shahbaz Bhatti has been named among the “new witnesses to the faith”, in a solemn prayer vigil last night in Rome in the church of St Bartholomew on Isola Tiberina, organised by the Sant'Egid ...
6 April 2011
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Alarms for child marriage, despite various initiatives and laws
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - “Early marriage is a big problem for Bangladesh. We cannot reduce maternal mortality and morbidity if we do not stop early marriage,” Gias Uddin, a project manager for the Family Planning Asso ...
6 April 2011
ASIA/CHINA - From 9 April - Year for Evangelisation by the Laity in the Diocese of Beijing
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Beijing will celebrate a special year, dedicated to promoting the formation and commitment of the laity in evangelisation – the Year for Evangelisation by the Laity – from 9 ...
6 April 2011
AMERICA/HAITI - Michel Martelly, new President with 67 percent of the vote, makes appeal for national reconciliation
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti officially has a new President, singer Michel Martelly, who won the election over moderate candidate Mirlande Manigat, with more than 67% of the preferences. It was a highly conte ...
6 April 2011
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of Bishop of Chittagong
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 6 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Chittagong (Bangladesh), Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C, until now Bishop of Dinajpur. (SL) (Agenzia ...
6 April 2011
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Alotau-Sideia
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 6 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Alotau-Sideia (Papua New Guinea), Fr Rolando Santos, C.M., Provincial Superior of the Lazarist Fa ...
5 April 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “Turkey's position on Libya is good,” Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “It seems to me that Turkey has taken a good position in the Libyan crisis,” Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, tells Fides alluding to the efforts of mediatio ...
5 April 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian threatened and accused of blasphemy, forced into hiding
Mardan (Agenzia Fides) – “Convert or die”. Masih Gill, Christian from the city of Mardan, in the province of “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” (Northern Pakistan), was threatened with these words by a group of Muslims with ...
5 April 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Serious battle in the centre of Abidjan, while at the city's port, the parish priest works towards peace
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The battle rages in the centre of Abidjan. Shots from canons and guns have continued all through the night and this morning,” local sources from the Church tell Fides from Abidjan, the econ ...
5 April 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - 26 June: Beatification of Fr Clemente Vismara, PIME missionary, “Patriarch of Burma”
Milan (Agenzia Fides) – The Beatification of Father Clemente Vismara, PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions), will be celebrated in Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Sunday, 26 June. He is known as the “Patriarch ...
5 April 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Hindu or a Christian in Parliament? Controversy about the vacant seat of Shahbaz Bhatti
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – There is current controversy about who will occupy the seat left vacant in the Pakistani Parliament by Shahbaz Bhatti, the Minister for Minorities that was killed a month ago. The seat is re ...
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