News
4 December 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorist groups raise aim: “Eliminate Minister Bhatti”
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic terrorist organization “Lashkar-e-Toiba”, one of the largest in Southern Asia, and other Taliban groups have launched a type of “fatwa” (an official proclamation) against t ...
4 December 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minister Bhatti tells Fides: “My commitment to justice goes on”
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister for Minorities, Shabhaz Bhatti, is not discouraged nor impressed by new threats by terrorist groups: “My mission for justice, human rights and the protection of minorities will ...
4 December 2010
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Religious leaders have called for caution, but have not been heard
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “The fear of a split in the Country becomes more realistic,” a source from the local church in Abidjan tells Fides, in the capital of Côte d'Ivoire, where yesterday the Constitutional Counc ...
4 December 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - “Poverty is a violation of human dignity,” affirms Minister for Social Development
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - “We will not be able to overcome extreme poverty if we do not build a country with equal opportunities, where all Chileans may be involved in the development of the country,” said the Minis ...
4 December 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Social sin prevents commitment to the common good
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Argentinean region of Patagonia-Comahue have renewed their commitment to “help create a society without exclusion, in justice and solidarity”, and invited us to “im ...
3 December 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Diocese of Bissau pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Natividade for peace and reconciliation
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Bissau will go on pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of “Nossa Senhora da Natividade” in Cacheu on 4 December. The event is considered the greatest show of popular religion in Guinea ...
3 December 2010
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Christmas carols with African sounds in the Moré dialect
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A young Camillian priest and songwriter has reworked some of the most traditional Christmas carols, introducing African sounds and added parts within the songs, sung in the Moré dialect, on ...
3 December 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Advent, an opportunity for reflection and renewal of faith
Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) - “With the start of the new liturgical year, we also renew our life of faith, to follow the path of the Church awaiting the coming of the Lord”. This is how the community of Sui Ning in the ...
3 December 2010
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “Safe Cities”: the security of women in poor and marginalized urban zones
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The abuse of women has been going on for centuries and it is often the case that a woman is killed before the problem is taken seriously. In this regard, the United Nations Fund for the Developme ...
3 December 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA - Supreme Court confirms the election of Alpha Condé as Head of State
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of the Republic of Guinea has confirmed the election of Alpha Condé to Head of State. The Supreme Court decision was announced on the night between 2 and 3 December. “The Ca ...
3 December 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi, lawyers working to expose the false testimonies
Lahore (Pakistan) – To expose the false witnesses, highlighting the “castle of liars” that accuses Asia Bibi; to demonstrate the failures of the police and the conditions suffered by the judge who in the first inst ...
3 December 2010
ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of Bishop of Pyay and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 3 December, 2010 accepted Bishop Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe's resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Pyay (Myanmar), in accordance with cano ...
3 December 2010
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - One and a half million people affected and over 167 deaths due to the rains; the Church calls for solidarity
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The National Secretariat for Social Pastoral Care (SNPS/Caritas Colombia) has appealed for solidarity with the thousands of families affected by heavy rains in Colombia, now estimated to be more ...
3 December 2010
AMERICA - Bishops of four Latin American countries against the violence and corruption that shakes the region
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of four Latin American countries have expressed their deep concern over the spread of violence and contempt for human life which has ravaged the region and called on authorities to a ...
2 December 2010
ASIA/TAIWAN - The first non-Chinese Superior General for the Congregation of the “Disciples of the Lord”
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Father Xie Qi Long, current provincial superior of the province of Malaysia, was elected Superior General of the “Disciples of the Lord”, the Chinese national religious Congregation founded ...
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