News
-
17 March 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - PMS National Director of Mexico: “the laity is the cornerstone of the mission
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) National Director of Mexico, Fr Guillermo Alberto Morales Martínez, who attended the continental meeting of PMS Directors of American countries in S ...
-
17 March 2011
EUROPE/ENGLAND AND WALES - Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 12 January 2011, appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies of England and Wales for ...
-
17 March 2011
EUROPE/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 28 February 2011, appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies of Bosnia-Herzegovina f ...
-
17 March 2011
ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas: “We are ready to work side by side with the Government during the emergency and the reconstruction”
Rome (Agenzia Fides ) – Caritas Japan, with the support if the Caritas Internationalis network, is ready to work side by side with the Government during the emergency and in the rehabilitation of the people struck by t ...
-
17 March 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - “Our presence serves to give some serenity to the population”: the testimony of a sister from one of the combat areas in Abidjan
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “In our part of Abobo, the situation is a little calmer, even if the area is controlled by the so-called 'invisible commando',” says Sister Rosaria to Fides, from the Congregation of the Hol ...
-
17 March 2011
ASIA/CHINA - New or restored churches for some mainland communities in view of Easter
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – If all the Catholic mainland communities are intensely going through Lent with prayer, fasting and alms-giving, in communion with the universal Church, some, in a certain way, have a fo ...
-
17 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian is Minister for Finance in the Government of Punjab
Lahore (Agenzia Fides ) – In Punjab, the most important province of Pakistan, a Christian politician, Kamran Michael, is playing an increasingly important institutional role, report local Fides sources. Michael has jus ...
-
17 March 2011
AMERICA/JAMAICA - More than a thousand people expected from around the world for Peace Sunday, 22 May
Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – During a recent ceremony in Kingston, Jamaica, organised by the Councils of Churches of Jamaica and of the Caribbean, the Antilles was chosen as the host of the imminent International Ecumeni ...
-
16 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic accused of blasphemy died in prison: not convinced about a heart attack, the Church calls for clarity
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Regarding the case of Qamar David, the Catholic condemned to life in prison for blasphemy was found dead yesterday, 15 March, in the Karachi jail (see Fides 15/3/2011). The Catholic Church is ...
-
16 March 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “The World Islamic Call Society invites the Holy See to contribute to finding a peaceful solution,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) – “Yesterday I had a fruitful meeting with the Secretary General of the World Islamic Call Society (WICS), an institution funded by Libya, which is involved in interreligious dialogue and the ...
-
16 March 2011
ASIA/JAPAN - An “Emergency Centre” for helpers in Sendai, deaths also among Christians
Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – “There have been deaths among the Christian faithful, but we do not have precise numbers yet. We are shocked, but today we received comforting support from the Japanese Bishops who are meetin ...
-
16 March 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - The martyrs, sign and source of hope: 24 March - XIX Day of Prayer and fasting for missionary martyrs
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Enlisting the martyrs under the sign of hope is certainly an audacious undertaking: the martyr is by definition one whose circle of life is brought to an abrupt halt, often a life full of wisd ...
-
16 March 2011
EUROPE/ITALY - Free access to childbirth and infant care in 15 hospitals in Africa
Padova (Agenzia Fides) – Since 1950 the Doctors with Africa Cuamm organisation has worked side by side with the Africans, facing emergencies but with the end goal of maintaining a health service. Day after day, volunte ...
-
16 March 2011
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Southern African Catholic Bishops express solidarity for the Japanese people
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - On behalf of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Catholic Community of Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, OMI, of Johannesburg and Presi ...
-
16 March 2011
ASIA/JAPAN - “We need to recognise the mistakes made on the nuclear issue,” says a missionary
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – “We will be able to better assess the tragedy in the coming months, and it will take years to rebuild the thousands of lives destroyed. I am sure that the Japanese will live through this terr ...
Total articles: 43636 - Page 1663 of 1663