News
12 March 2011
ASIA/INDIA - “Bhramyaman Pathabhavan”: mobile school for 40 students from disadvantaged villages
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A recent official survey shows that in the most remote and disadvantaged villages in the District of Hooghly, near Calcutta, there are still many children not attending school or who stopped go ...
12 March 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Meeting of catechumens with Godparents, for a joint spiritual journey towards Easter
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The first meeting of catechumens with Godparents was held on 6 March and the second on Sunday, 13 March, organised by the Diocesan Commission for Liturgy of the Diocese of Hong Kong. The aim ...
12 March 2011
AMERICA/PERU - The great challenge for the Continental Mission: 2,000 missionaries from Callao in action
Callao (Agenzia Fides) – It was three days of hard work, from 3 to 5 March, for representatives from the diocesan community of Callao who met for the IX Pastoral Assembly convened by Bishop Miguel Irizar. In the statem ...
12 March 2011
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Government initiative on drugs, critical position of the Church
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Commission for Social Pastoral Care who works with drug-affected youth, Bishop Jorge Lozano, challenged the way which the problem of drug addiction is being handled, ...
12 March 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Archbishop of Hyderabad
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, appointed as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad (India), Bishop Thumma Bala, until now Bishop of Warangal (India). (SL) (Agenzia F ...
12 March 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Archbishop Coadjutor of Calcutta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, appointed as Archbishop Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Calcutta (India), Bishop Thomas D’Souza, until now Bishop of Bagdogra. (SL) (Agenz ...
12 March 2011
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of Bishop of Mbinga and appointment of his Successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Mbinga (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Emmanuel A. Mapunda, in conformity w ...
12 March 2011
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Creation of Diocese of Kondoa and appointment of first Bishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, created the Dicoese of Kondoa (Tanzania), with territory from the Diocese of Dodoma, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Dar-es- ...
11 March 2011
AFRICA/LIBYA - “We are committed to instilling courage in the remaining faithful, largely African and Filipino,” Bishop Martinelli tells Fides
Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We will see today what the character is of our community who will gather to celebrate Mass on the first Sunday of Lent,” said Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripol ...
11 March 2011
ASIA/JAPAN - Tsunami in Sendai: Caritas has mobilised, a commitment of solidarity for Lent
Niigata (Agenzia Fides) – “A tsunami has hit our people. Is a tidal wave has come to overwhelm our lives. We are still in shock over what has happened. The news is mixed, but the diocese most affected is that of Send ...
11 March 2011
AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Apostolic Nuncio meets with refugees from parish of Saint Ambrose in Angré
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I brought the solidarity of the Holy Father with me and some material aid, supplies and other things,” Bishop Ambrose Madtha, the Apostolic Nuncio in Abidjan, tells Fides from the economic ...
11 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - 'Justice and Peace' calls for “more commitment to capture the masterminds behind Bhatti's murder”
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The perpetrators of Shahbaz Bhatti's murder are unknown, but, highlights the Commission for Justice and Peace of the Pakistani Bishops, there are things about which we can be certain: “There ...
11 March 2011
EUROPA/AUSTRIA - The missionary Church in Europe facing the signs of the times
Gottweig (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins today (11/03/2011) at the Abbey of Gottweig in Austria. Its theme is “The missionary Church in Europe: res ...
11 March 2011
AFRICA/UGANDA - Famine and drought afflicting thousands of Ugandans
Agago (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of people who live in 36 of the 112 districts of Uganda are in grave danger of famine due to the drought linked to the La Niña weather phenomenon. Health workers issued an epidemic wa ...
11 March 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The European Parliament: “Shed light on the crime, continuing the work of Bhatti”
Strasbourg (Agenzia Fides) – Shed light on all aspects of Pakistani Minister Shahbaz Bhatti's murder; bring the perpetrators of the crime quickly to justice; quickly appoint a new Minister for Religious Minorities and, ...
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