News
18 February 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Blasphemous” and “enemy of Islam" anyone who opposes the blasphemy law
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Anyone who opposes the controversial law on blasphemy (art. 295b and 295c of the Pakistani Penal Code) “is considered blasphemous and an enemy of Islam”, sustain radical Islamic groups who ...
18 February 2011
VATICAN - The relevance of St Paul for the life of the Church in her mission of evangelisation
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pauline Year was “like a strategic moment in the life of the Church. It was strategic because it helped to bring to light not only the many-sided richness of thought by the Apostle ...
18 February 2011
AFRICA/SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE - Following the pilgrim visit of Our Lady of Fatima, we expect “a renewal of Christian life of our diocese,” Bishop Santos tells Fides
São Tomé (Agenzia Fides) – From 30 April to 4 June, the Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe will welcome the visit of the pilgrim image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. “We intend to show our devotion to the Moth ...
18 February 2011
AFRICA/CONGO DR - New welcome and recovery centre officially opens for girls on the street
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The new “Anuarite Centre” for the recovery of the girls on the street will be officially inaugurated in Kinshasa, in the district of Tshangu. Already in operation since the beginning of t ...
18 February 2011
ASIA/MACAO - Spiritual preparation begins for the delegation from Macao for WYD in Madrid
Macao (Agenzia Fides) – Monthly preparatory courses have begun for the delegation from the Diocese of Macao which will travel to Madrid next August to participate in World Youth Day (WYD). According to information prov ...
18 February 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Dicoesan directors of U.S. PMS pay visit to the Church in Kenya
New York (Agenzia Fides) – A group of ten diocesan directors and coordinators from the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in the United States, accompanied by two journalists from Catholic News Service (CNS), led by ...
18 February 2011
AMERICA/HAITI - Reconstruction has not begun and people lack food security
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti needs about a billion dollars to realise the reconstruction projects approved by the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti, says the Haitian Prime Minister, Jean Max ...
18 February 2011
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Justice is the foundation of human society”: Bishop's letter
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The Pastoral Letter written by the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala, published at the conclusion of the Annual Plenary Assembly this year, is called “Construir en justicia, inspirado ...
18 February 2011
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino considers the students' strike for human rights “commendable”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – According to a note sent to Fides by Unión Radio, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, has expressed his support for the hunger strike carried out by a group of students around ...
18 February 2011
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Bishop of Yola
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 18 February 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Dioceses of Yola (Nigeria) Father Stephen Dami Mamza, of the clergy of Maiduguri, currently in Ireland studyi ...
17 February 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - A site dedicated to historic buildings recounts 170 years of missionary history within the diocese
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To use the most advanced technology and new media to build an information archive on historical diocesan buildings; to realise the mission of evangelisation through this web platform: these ...
17 February 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sherry Rehman, promoter for amending the blasphemy law, incriminated for blasphemy
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Sherry Rehman, Parliamentarian from the Pakistan People’s Party, the woman who presented the motion to the Pakistani Parliament to modify the blasphemy law has been formally charged with blas ...
17 February 2011
AFRICA/EGYPT - The days of the Egyptian revolution according to a missionary's testimony
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Fr Renzo Mandirola, SMA missionary (Society of African Missions) sent Fides his testimony on the recent events in Egypt, which occurred from 24 January to 12 February.
“I am in Egypt to run a s ...
17 February 2011
AFRICA/UGANDA - 14 million Ugandan voters: Bishops hope for “a proper electoral process”
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – About 14 million Ugandans will vote tomorrow, 18 February, in the presidential and parliamentary elections. The outgoing President, Yoweri Museveni, is the favourite going up against seven can ...
17 February 2011
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Visa restrictions for Christian missionaries who want to go abroad
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The South Korean Government has imposed limits on issuing visas for Korean Christian missionaries who want to go abroad, especially to countries in the Middle East and Central Asia, which are mo ...
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