News

• 27 April 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Citizens and religious communities together to save a mosque and defend minorities Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Associations, ordinary citizens, believers of all religions unite in Sri Lanka for the protection of religious minorities and to defend the mosque of Dambulla, a city in the center of the island ...
• 27 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Campaign of signatures to stop religious violence Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Those collecting signatures and raising public awareness are, side by side, Christian activists, Hindus, Shiites and Sunni Muslims, members of other religious communities: the campaign "Stop t ...
• 27 April 2012
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The memory of the Cambodian martyrs, a heritage to cherish: the Church lives thanks to them Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The memory of the Cambodian martyrs is a legacy and a precious heritage of faith that the faithful Cambodians are called to cherish: "Proud and honored to be disciples of Jesus Christ": So sa ...
• 27 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Still no reaction of the coup leaders to the ultimatum of ECOWAS Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - In Bissau, there are still no reactions to the ultimatum launched yesterday by the ECOWAS to the military junta that seized power in Guinea Bissau with the coup on April 12. "We do not know if th ...
• 27 April 2012
  "That Mary, Queen of the World and Star of Evangelization, may accompany all missionaries in proclaiming her Son Jesus" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for May 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - By the will of God, Mary, Mother of the Incarnate Word, is inextricably linked to the person and work of her Son. With her "yes", pronounced once and for all and renewed every day, She put ...
• 26 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Towards Vocation Day: in the Diocese of Heng Shui 5 priests ordained 5 and 9 women religious professed their vows Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be held next Sunday, April 29, the Diocese of Heng Shui (Original Jing Xian) in He Bei province, had the joy of welcoming five new priests ...
• 26 April 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Australia for Ethiopia's population Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Mission Australia has just launched its appeal for 2012 with the motto "I was hungry and you gave me food." The campaign will be spread to all Australian parishes over the next few month ...
• 26 April 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA-The Bishops: "No to priests who want to enter politics" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Priests have to be close to the people, help them in the process of human, spiritual, cultural, social growth, and help them grow in holiness, but no to priests who want to enter politics: ...
• 26 April 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - 14 years after the murder of Mgr. Gerardi, Bishop Vian Morales supports the legacy: working for the weakest Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Guatemala, Never again" ("Guatemala, nunca mas") is the title of the report that laid bare the responsibility of the army in most of the crimes which occurred during the internal armed c ...
• 26 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The country with the highest number of child workers: 12.6 million New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the working children around the world are in India. According to the International Labour Organization, in the Asian country there are 12.6 million, between 5 and 14 years of age, of w ...
• 26 April 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Hypothesis of an ECOWAS military dispatch in Bissau, while civil servants do not receive their salary Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are thinking of sending a military force of 600 soldiers in Guinea Bissau. This is what has been circulating on the eve of the Summit of the Heads of ...
• 26 April 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Defending indigenous peoples and their land, it is a real genocide": say the Bishops Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) has sent to Fides the note presented to the press on April 24, concerning the defense of territories and the rights of indigenous people, of ...
• 26 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil Society: " We need a good law against religious violence" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - We urgently need a good law against religious and inter-communal violence in India, which ensures equality, the right to life, freedom to live with dignity and the right to justice to all citi ...
• 26 April 2012
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Khartoum decrees war economy measures, China mediates to avoid a major conflict Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese government has launched austerity measures that are intended to finance a major war with South Sudan. Khartoum authorities have ordered the Civil Administration to reduce the consu ...
• 26 April 2012
  VATICAN-Statement from the press office of the Holy See on the plenary meeting of the Commission for the Catholic Church in China VATICAN-The Commission which Pope Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study questions of major importance regarding the life of the Catholic Church in China met in the Vatican for the fifth time from 23 to 25 April. Wit ...