News

• 23 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mother Maria Ines beatified, founder of a missionary institute present in 14 countries Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "I am pleased to recall that yesterday, in Mexico, María Inés Teresa of the Blessed Sacrament, foundress of the Clarissan Missionary Sisters of the most Blessed Sacrament was beatified. Le ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA-New manual for the early diagnosis of leprosy Rongo (Agenzia Fides) - The meetings for formation and distribution of a new manual for the medical staff of the Country, for the early diagnosis of leprosy has just concluded in Rongo, South Nyanza, Kenya. The text was ...
• 23 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The political turning point has taken place, now we are waiting for economic reforms," said Fr. Gamba Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - " A moment that was very negative at a political and economical level comes to an end" says to Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, a Monfortan missionary who has been working in Malawi for 30 years, c ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Agreement between the Community of St.Egidio and the Islamic organization Muhammadiyah Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An important bilateral agreement will be officially signed tomorrow in Jakarta between the Community of St.Egidio and the "Muhammadiyah", an imposing Islamic organization in Indonesia which has ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - At Easter more than 22 000 baptisms were administered in the continental Catholic community Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics that the Study Center of Faith in He Bei managed to collect up to 19 April, which was sent to Fides, during Easter 2012, a total of 22,104 baptisms were administer ...
• 20 April 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Still serious humanitarian problems in the "forgotten areas" of the country: report of the ICRC Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia presented in Bogotá and in nine other Colombian cities where it works, its annual report containing serious reports on the growing ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians handing out pamphlets: two believers arrested in Kashmir Jammu (Agenzia Fides) - Police in the Indian state of "Jammu and Kashmir" have arrested a Christian couple in the town of Bandipora on charges of "promoting hatred", while they were just handing out pamphlets about the C ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Grief and joy in Quetta: a Christian killed, a new priest ordained, the first in Baluchistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Feelings of grief, fear and consternation, mingle with the joy and hope in the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta, a Christian outpost in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. The two episodes that g ...
• 20 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Agreement on the transition between the coup leaders and parties; international condemnation and the population’s adversity Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Since Tuesday, April 17 the Catholic radio station in Guinea Bissau, Radio Sol Mansi, was allowed to resume broadcasting. "The military junta authorized private radio stations, including ours, ...
• 20 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Saltillo: "Mexico is currently experiencing the worst historical humanitarian crisis with regards to migration, there is no political will to solve the problem" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is currently experiencing the worst historical humanitarian crisis with regards to migration": With these words His Exc. Raúl Vera, Bishop of Saltillo, in the Forum entitled "B ...
• 20 April 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN-Every year fewer children die, about 4 thousand, than in 1990, but much still remains to be done Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the alarming figures that one hears every day on the precarious living conditions of many children around the world, it seems that the last 20 years have been crucial to their improvement ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-The religious pioneers of the mission Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The orders and religious congregations in India are called to turn their attention to service and commitment towards mission: was the conclusion of the Missionary Congress held recently in Ban ...
• 20 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI-The humanitarian situation in northern Mali gets serious, the Bishops express appreciation for the transition Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian situation in northern Mali is worsening day by day. Food and medicine are increasingly rare, because grocery stores, hospitals and health centers were ransacked by the rebels" s ...
• 20 April 2012
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Innovative solution for the reconstruction of the Anglican church in Christchurch, still no decision for the Catholic Cathedral Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - In contrast to the Anglican church in Christchurch, destroyed by the severe earthquake on February 21, 2011 in the country (see Fides 02/23/2011), "the Catholic Cathedral was not totally demo ...
• 18 April 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Renewal of leadership and preparation for the Year of Faith: the main themes of the Spring Assembly of the Regional Episcopal Conference Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. John Hung Shan Chuan, SVD, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, was re-elected President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan during the Ordinary Spring Assembly o ...