News

• 10 September 2012
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Tunisia: a very interesting political laboratory " for the National Director of the PMS Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Tunisia at the moment is a very interesting political laboratory. The political debate is very intense and lively," says to Fides Agency Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mis ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Hazaribag and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on September 8, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Hazaribag (India), by His Exc. Mgr. Charles Soreng, S.I., in accord ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The mission of Catholic universities in South-East Asia and the Far East: "to lead people to get to know Jesus." Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Contribution by Catholic Higher Education to Sustainable Development in Modern World: From Service Learning to Social Enterpreneurship" was the theme of the 20th Annual Conference of The Associ ...
• 10 September 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa calls for respect of the rights of all and peace, in less than a month before the elections Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "I dream of a country full of joy and love for God, where we feel we are all brothers and we have a positive attitude in the face of difficulty": these are the words expressed by Cardinal Archbi ...
• 10 September 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - Appeal of SJRM: the government has to assume an active role in the reconstruction and the international community has to keep its promises Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit Service for Migrants and Refugees in the Caribbean subregion (SJRM) has asked the government of Haiti and the Haitian society to do more to rebuild the country, and the interna ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/IRAN - Christian Pastor acquitted of apostasy; a revision of the law is needed Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian Christian Protestant Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani was acquitted of apostasy, for which he faced the death penalty, he has been released and is at home with his family. The Supreme Court f ...
• 10 September 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian New Year 2005: "We must pray for peace, justice, prosperity and be ready to any event without fear, strong in faith and hope" Robe (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, September 11, the new Ethiopian year 2005 begins. Father Angelo Antolini, Ofm, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ethiopia and Apostolic Prefect of Robe, sent to Fides Agency ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A new cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima in the land of the gulag Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Kazaka in Karaganda has officially inaugurated the new Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, "Mary, Mother of All Nations." The solemn rite of consecration was celebrated y ...
• 8 September 2012
  VATICAN - Pope to new Bishops: "Mission requires Pastors that represent Christ in holiness of life, prudent and forward-looking, ready to generously spend their time to the Gospel" Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission requires Pastors that represent Christ in holiness of life, prudent and forward-looking, ready to generously spend their time to the Gospel and to bear in their hearts the solic ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Open the door of faith and invoke the Lord so that he "makes us see again": Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Zheng Ding for the Year of Faith Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) - Open the door of faith, together with our Heavenly Mother, so that the Lord "let us see again" (Luke 18.41): is the invitation addressed to the faithful by His Excellency Msg. Julius Jia Zhi ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - A Christian and Muslim vigil, waiting for the Pope Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A Muslim-Christian vigil to invoke the protection of God and the Virgin Mary on the visit of Benedict XVI. On the evening of September 12, the eve of the Pope's arrival in Lebanon, four processio ...
• 7 September 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "To resume dialogue and conclude the pending issues": the invitation of Mgr. Cabrejos on the Conga matter Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Trujillo and member of the Commission for dialogue on the events of the area of Cajamarca (see Fides 05/07/2012), His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM., welcomed the go ...
• 7 September 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Migration and New Evangelization": next Sunday Migrants Day Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, September 9, the Church in Bolivia celebrates National Migrants Day and Refugees under the slogan: "Migration and New Evangelization." This year, the main activities will be held i ...
• 7 September 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The 25 candidates for the 10 September presidential elections have been chosen Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - There are 25 candidates in the 10 September Somali presidential elections approved by the Electoral Parliamentary Commission. Today, September 7, candidates will present their program to the S ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - A million children under 5 years of age are malnourished Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the massive international aid to Afghanistan, about one third of children under five years of age of the entire northern region, amounting to one million, suffer from malnutrition, a level ...