News

• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic Community in New York: at Easter 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations New York City (Agenzia Fides) - During Easter there were 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations in the three churches attended by the Chinese Catholic community in New York, according to what was reported to Fides by Faith o ...
• 12 April 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 29, 2011 confirmed Rev. Edgar Orozco Alfaro, of the diocesan clergy of San Isidro de El General as National Di ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - In 10 years 7,563 rapes in the state of Jharkhand, the tribal population is also severely affected Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Since the establishment of the new state of Jharkhand, on November 15, 2000, 7,563 rapes have been recorded, 3,398 acts of violence, 576 assisted deaths and over 100 deaths caused by starvation. ...
• 12 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Birth of a phone line to assist Mexican children in difficulty Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in all its forms is a daily problem for Mexican children, we are dealing with a silent plague, which very few tmes is reported and therefore there are no certain figures. To address this ...
• 12 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Christians in danger in northern Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians feel threatened, scared and hide. In Gao a church was destroyed (see Fides 03/4/2012) as well as other property belonging to the local Church community. Even bars and hotels privately ...
• 12 April 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The tension between Sudan and South Sudan threatens to escalate into open war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - South Sudan does not intend to withdraw its troops from the disputed oil-rich area of Heglig, subtracted from the hands of soldiers in Khartoum on April 10. This is what south Sudan President, Salv ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-"Family" and "Year of Faith" at the center of the Easter celebrations Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The attention towards family, the cradle of Christian life, and the beginning of the Year of Faith - expected next October –marked the Easter celebrations of the Church in Pakistan, says to F ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN- A convent school destroyed by the Taliban reopens, "a sign of resurrection" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - For the Sisters of the Presentation it is a special event, a congregation of Irish origin with three communities in Pakistan: women religious in recent days celebrated the reopening of a girls ...
• 11 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - How to offer cultural attractions to the young and push them away from danger Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) – To offer cultural attractions for the young and push them away from very common dangerous situations in Ciudad Juarez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is the goal of the project "Cultu ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong encourages the newly baptized and their catechists to be witnesses of faith in the footsteps of the first Christian communities Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, encouraged about 3,500 catechumens who were baptized and the other two sacraments of Christian initiation (Confirmation and Eucharis ...
• 11 April 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's Easter Message: "Christ is hope and comfort to the Christian communities suffering most for their faith on account of discrimination and persecution ... is close to all human situations of suffering and injustice" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "If Jesus is risen, then - and only then - has something truly new happened, something that changes the state of humanity and the world. Then He, Jesus, is someone in whom we can put absolu ...
• 11 April 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "A peaceful transition which confirms the spirit of reconciliation typical of Malawi," says a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "With the swearing in of the new President, Joyce Banda, before the Chief Justice, Lovemore Munlo, to the representatives of the Judicial Court and Parliament, and after 26 rounds of cannon and ...
• 11 April 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops meet in plenary Assembly: among the main themes: the Year of Faith and the Synod Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay begins today, April 11, in Florida. According to information Fides received by the Episcopal Conference, the work will begin with a ha ...
• 11 April 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The number of victims caused by the attack during Easter increases Kaduna (Agenzia Fides) – There are 41 victims of a car bomb explosion which took place on Easter Sunday in Kaduna, in north-central Nigeria. The attack has not been claimed, but appears to be the work of the Boko Haram ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Education opens the door of progress:" Inauguration of the St. Camillus English Medium Primary School in Okara Okara (Agenzia Fides) - The community Bhatta, Chak 14/4-L, in Okara, in the Pakistan province of Punjab, is composed of about 400 families and is part of the St. Anthony of Padua Parish. The residents of this place, esp ...