News

• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope during the Angelus recalls the rights of disabled people Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After praying the Angelus yesterday from the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the need to protect and promote the rights of disabled people ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Helping children to live the Year of Faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A Facebook page entitled "Let the little children come to me", a workshop on "The heart and faith of the child" dedicated to the education of children, a seminar on the adoration of the Euchar ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Accusations of blasphemy in a Christian school; a young Muslim man died in prison Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The controversial blasphemy law continues to claim victims among Christians and Muslims. A Muslim mob threatened and attacked a Christian school against false charges of blasphemy, the "Community ...
• 3 December 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa is the new President of SEDAC Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, Archbishop of Panama, was elected President of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) for a term of four years. The Auxiliary Bis ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kota Kinabalui and Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 1, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalui (Malaysia), by His Exc. Mgr. John Lee Hiong Fun-Y ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - New food crisis in Malawi, denounces a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "In many parts of Malawi, the district of Balaka is among the most affected, so many people are starving," writes to Fides Agency Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary who for over 30 ye ...
• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - Fides Agency: 85 years of service to the missionary world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To get the people of God to know the missions through the press, with the aim to elicit missionary cooperation through vocations, spiritual communion and materials: This is the purpose that ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections in Madhya Pradesh: yes to the commitment of Christians in politics Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Christians are called to commit themselves to contribute to building a truly democratic nation that respects dignity and human rights, based on the values of fraternity, equality, common good: is ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Vote on the "Reproductive Health Bill ": Church opposes with prayer and fasting Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The political struggle in the Philippines for the Reproductive Health Bill" gets to the heart of the matter, the document which is intended to introduce measures in the country such as abortion, ...
• 3 December 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: the houses of the Israeli government in the Occupied Territories is a challenge and a retaliation after the UN vote Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The decision to build 3 thousand housing units in East Jerusalem is a retaliation after the recognition of Palestine as a non-member State of the UN. It expresses a clear rejection and a chal ...
• 3 December 2012
  VATICAN - Day of the Disabled: "The world of rights cannot be the privilege for the few, the strong and successful" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - There are over one thousand million people with disabilities around the world, 15% of the entire population in the world. Of these, nearly 200 million suffer from very severe disabilities a ...
• 3 December 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - An investigation into alleged violence of the soldiers in the south has been announced Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Madagascar has announced the opening of an investigation to see if the soldiers involved in the "Tandroka" operation committed violence against civilians. "Authorities den ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - In Goa Masses also in Spanish for St. Francis Xavier Goa (Agenzia Fides) - To meet the needs of foreign pilgrims, Catholic religious authorities of Goa, in western India, have planned the celebration of Mass in Spanish, on the occasion of the feast of St. Francis Xavier, P ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Delhi and Appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Delhi (India) by His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Michael Concessao, in ac ...
• 1 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Khunti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 30, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Binay Kandulna, Titular Bishop of Auzegera and Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, currently Apostolic Administrator of Khu ...