News

• 12 October 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Despite the difficulties that can arise we must support the peace process": Bishops' appeal to prayer Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the start of the second phase of the negotiation process for peace (see Fides 05/10/2012), the Catholic Church in Colombia calls the faithful and all people of good will to pray ...
• 12 October 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Conversion, relationship with God, community life for the new evangelization: Cardinal John Tong’s exhortation Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Conversion, a more intense relationship with God, faith formation, community life marked by the participation and prayer, service to the poor in order to witness faith, to fulfill the mission ...
• 12 October 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - There is always a high number of children who lose their basic right because not registered Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of minors in the Republic of Santo Domingo do not have access to the study and other basic services simply because they are not registered in the census, because either immigrant ...
• 12 October 2012
  VATICAN - Year of Faith: to revive in the whole Church that yearning to announce Christ to contemporary man Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Faith which we launch today is linked harmoniously with the Church's whole path over the last 50 years," said Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Mass he presided at St. Peter' ...
• 12 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - An Indian court: praying at home does not have to be authorized Madras (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom to carry out prayer meetings in private homes, of any religion cannot be prevented and do not need any permission on behalf of the civil authorities or police: is what was laid down b ...
• 12 October 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Violence on the rise: trade unions are losing control of the protest" said the Bishop of Rustenburg Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence is growing and I do not know what will happen. The unions are losing control of the miners in protest. The miners are abandoning unions and want to choose their own representative ...
• 11 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community lives the opening of the Year of Faith also live on the web with St. Peter’s Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides Agency, dioceses and parishes in mainland China are living with great fervor the opening of the Year of Faith, proposing a number of religious a ...
• 11 October 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A nun collects abandoned disabled children from landfills and adopts them Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Spanish organization Mensajeros de la paz, a project to build two new shelters was presented, one for children with severe disa ...
• 11 October 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Celebrating democracy means rejecting all forms of violence": the Bishops for the 30years of democracy La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Commemorating 30 years of uninterrupted democratic life in Bolivia, the Episcopal Conference issued a statement entitled "Bolivia, 30 years of democracy, justice and respect for all", a copy of w ...
• 11 October 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Not only the M23, even other groups commit violence against civilians in North Kivu Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continues. According to the local media, three days ago the men from the rebel leader Manu attacked the village of Bilulu, aft ...
• 11 October 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - For the Year of Faith Biblical prayer in families and catechism for young people Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Biblical prayer meetings organized within families; special sessions of catechism for young people, with the use of the subsidy "Youcat"; a monthly pastoral letter and prayer for the Year of Fait ...
• 11 October 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A pilgrimage with stops to crusaders Castles, led by the historian Franco Cardini Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – It will be a unique journey to Holy Land from 1 to 9 November which will be made by a group of European pilgrims on the proposal of the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land. In additi ...
• 11 October 2012
  VATICAN - The missionary world at the opening of the Council: waiting for new energy for missions Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Fides Agency on October 10, 1962, commenting on the Missionary Intention reports the expectations of the missionary world on the eve of the opening of the Council. "The Second Vatican Counc ...
• 11 October 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The "catalyzing" Council for the growth of the Church in Africa, according to the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Second Vatican Council, which opened exactly 50 years ago, on 11 October 1962, was a "catalyst" for the growth of the Church in Africa. This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, B ...
• 11 October 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Youth and Year of Faith: the Gospel to say "No" to drugs, alcohol and disorderly sex Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Year of Faith for the young people of Papua New Guinea, "a powerful opportunity and an invitation to rediscover the Gospel to say 'No' to drugs, alcohol, libertinage and disorder in sex ...