News

• 30 April 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A Bishop: priorities for the country are peace and reconciliation with minorities Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) – While the Secretary of the UN Ban Ki-Moon has asked the President of Myanmar and the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to work together for the change, the Burmese Church goes back to indicati ...
• 30 April 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The State must be more pro-active to counter Boko Haram which has set its sights on the Church" says the Archbishop of Jos Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "These attacks are a continuation of the state of insecurity in which we have long expressed our concern as Bishops" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and Presi ...
• 30 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian leader killed in the bloodiest month in the history of the country Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Chaudhry Irshad Younas, a Christian activist involved in society and in politics was assassinated in Lahore with three gun shots. The murderer, according to initial investigations seems to be ano ...
• 30 April 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - An Italian missionary found dead in Brazil Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - An Italian missionary Fidei Donum was assassinated in Brazil, in Rui Barbosa, in the State of Bahia. The victim's name was Father Louis Plebani, 62, born in Rudiano (BS) and in Brazil since 1980 a ...
• 30 April 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Pain and frustration for the serious situation in the prisons of the Country" expresses the head of the prison Pastoral Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "The prisons are a reality in which we lose absolutely everyone," says Fr.Javier Galdona, Episcopal Vicar for the Solidarity and Head of the Prison Pastoral of Montevideo in a statement signe ...
• 28 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Congress in Kerala: the paths of evangelization Palai (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing the gospel in culture, society, witnessing Christ in the Indian nation: this will be the theme discussed during the Missionary Congress of the Diocese of Palai (in the state of Kerala in ...
• 28 April 2012
  ASIA/MACAO - The apostolate of the Jesuits have been in Macao for 450 years Macao (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits have been present in Macao for 450 years and continue today to carry out precious work of evangelization, human and Christian formation, social commitment and in the field of education ...
• 28 April 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young people are ready for World Youth Day in Brazil OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young people are ready for World Youth Day in Brazil Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of Papua New Guinea are excited and ready to participate in World Youth Day to be held in R ...
• 28 April 2012
  EUROPE - Christians in the Middle East, a year after the "Arab spring" Brussels (Agenzia Fides) – Have the expectations originated from the "Arab spring", on democracy, respect for human rights and religious minorities, been respected and carried out? This is the central question of a con ...
• 28 April 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The " Malaysian Spring ": civil society take to the streets, Catholics are present Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Malaysian civil society take to the streets again to ask for "transparency and reforms." In a demonstration held today, April 28, in the capital Kuala Lumpur, thousands of activists of ...
• 28 April 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Launch of the campaign "Not in Our Name" against religious extremism in Sri Lanka Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A public awareness campaign and a petition on the web against religious extremism in Sri Lanka: is the initiative of a forum of citizens and associations of all faiths, missionaries, journalists ...
• 27 April 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The permanent formation of lay graduates of the Faculty of Theology at the Seminary in Hong Kong continues in Rome Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The integral formation of lay Catholics, especially where rapid changes and a significant social and economic development are taking place, is part of efforts to make the local church vibrant ...
• 27 April 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - 20 months after the earthquake: new schools, educational and nutritional centers Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Education, healthcare and work, so that Haiti starts again with its resources from the dignity of the person. After the 2010 earthquake, the Association of Volunteers for the Internation ...
• 27 April 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The first technical training course addressed to Colombian refugees has started Alajuelita (Agenzia Fides) - The conflicts of the last two decades in Colombia have forced more than 4 million Colombians to seek refuge elsewhere: about half a million are in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama, b ...
• 27 April 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - "Justice is done, but those who helped Taylor to sell blood diamonds should also be condemned," says a missionary Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest satisfaction is that a trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity involved a former Head of State and that he has been convicted. In this way, justice, albeit slowly, was ca ...