News

• 26 July 2012
  ASIA/THAILAND - Franciscans in mission among AIDS patients, modern "lepers" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - In the Spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi – who at the beginning of his journey of conversion embraced a leper, as his biographers narrate - the Franciscans in Thailand are at the service of th ...
• 26 July 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The strike on behalf of nurses in the country has ended, lasted 29 days Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 2,600 nurses from Honduras who have stopped the strike which for over 29 days has kept the country in suspense. The national protest of the nurses came to an end afte ...
• 26 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Marian Shrine of the Diocese of Nan Wei has been consecrated to relaunch evangelization and strengthen faith Wei Nan (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian Shrine and Rosary Garden of the Diocese of Wei Nan, in the province of Shaan Xi has been recently consecrated. The solemn celebration was attendced by over two thousand faithful who s ...
• 26 July 2012
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Church of Ghana express their condolences over the death of President Atta Mills Accra (Agenzia Fides)-The Bishops of Ghana say they are "dismayed and shocked by the death of His Excellency John Evans Atta Mills, President of our dear nation" in a message published on behalf of the local Episcopal Co ...
• 26 July 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Warning for child soldiers and for the malnutrition that affects many of them Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Food insecurity and political instability, diseases, abuses and violence have become for months part of the life of the population of many African countries. The cultural, religious, ethnic divis ...
• 26 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo: "The West supports dialogue between the parties" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The West, if one wants to make a good service to the Syrian people, has to support and put pressure for dialogue between the parties," says to Fides His Excellency Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Metrop ...
• 25 July 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to priests: "The fruitfulness of your priestly ministry and the effectiveness of your pastoral action essentially depend on your communion with Christ" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – On meeting the priests of the Central African Republic at the Centre Jean XXIII in Bangui on July 24, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni ...
• 25 July 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Muslim leader attends lessons in Christianity at the Pontifical Universities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Sohail Raza, 42 years of age, a Muslim from Lahore, is the Director of the Department for Inter-religious Relations in "Minhaj ul Quran" ("The Way of the Koran"), an international Islamic movemen ...
• 25 July 2012
  VATICAN - Foundation "Populorum Progressio": 203 projects are being examined in favor of indigenous, mestizo and Afro-American peoples in Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Foundation "Populorum Progressio" is being held in Bogota (Colombia), from July 24 to 27, assigned since its founding in 1992 to the Pont ...
• 25 July 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, on June 8, 2012 appointed Rev. Leonardo Rodriguez, of the diocesan clergy of Canelones as Nation ...
• 25 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Poverty has a female face": alarming discrimination against women Durango (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of Durango, His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Sanchez Martinez, denounced "the alarming discrimination against women in Mexico", in particular in his diocese. He said that "violence aga ...
• 25 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Director of the PMS: "Aleppo paralyzed by the fighting, Christians in fear" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "For two days Aleppo has been paralyzed by the fighting. The situation is very serious. We hear gunshots all the time. People are locked in the house, offices are closed, business is at a stand s ...
• 25 July 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Torrential rains cause death and devastation, two camps for the displaced have been set up Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - Due to heavy rains that is hitting Nigeria, in the Central Plateau region, so far at least 35 people have been killed, 50 are reported missing and 370 houses have been destroyed or submerged by wa ...
• 25 July 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A series of initiatives of the Church to say "no" to the division of the country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a series of initiatives to say no to the "balkanization" of the Country, whose territorial integrity is threatened by yet another arm ...
• 25 July 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Conflict in the region of Araucania; for Caritas "the way of righteousness leads to peace" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Institute has issued a statement condemning the violent events of recent days which took place in the Chilean region of Araucania and proposes the way of justice as the only one ...