News

• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Pope’s Holy Thursday Mass collection to refugees: from Cor Unum to Caritas Syria Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Giving the donations collected during the evening Mass on Holy Thursday, which will be celebrated by the Pope in St. John’s basilica in favor of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees "is ...
• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - On the Feast of the Annunciation a new church was consecrated and the first stone was blessed Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord a new church was consecrated, dedicated to the Annunciation, which is situated in the diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou), in He Bei provin ...
• 28 March 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's Message to the youth: "Be enthusiastic witnesses of the new evangelization!" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I would encourage you to be missionaries of joy. We cannot be happy if others are not: joy has to be shared. Go and tell other young people about your joy at finding the precious treasure ...
• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - From the "yes" to the UN peace plan "new hope for the Syrian people, who want unity and peace" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The acceptance by the Damascus government of the UN six-point plan is a source of great hope for all the Syrian people. The Christians in Syria support and hope for a rapid enforcement of Kofi ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Truce between the gangs with the help of the Church, but the country is hoping for a definitive solution San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Today newspapers of El Salvador report the news that the Salvadoran Minister of Security, David Munguia, admitted that a "truce" is taking place between bloody gangs of the country and thi ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Jesús TV: the first virtual channel launched by the Archbishopric of Concepción Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - Birth of the first virtual channel of the Archdiocese of Concepción. His Exc. Mgr. Archbishop Fernando Chomali, will inaugurate Jesús TV on Thursday, March 29. It is a tool for informatio ...
• 28 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Juba denounces new bombings, but Khartoum promises to stop the raids Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tension between Sudan and South Sudan continues after clashes and incursions in past days (see Fides 27/03/2012). South Sudan says that planes from Khartoum bombed the border area again between th ...
• 28 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders have been able to meet the President deposed by military coup Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday afternoon, the religious leaders who are leading a negotiation to resolve the crisis caused by the coup, met with the leaders of the military junta. They then managed to visit the depo ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Thirty victims and thousands displaced because of heavy rains, severe damage to crops Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the year, the torrential rains that are hitting Ecuador has devastated 84 000 people, causing the death of 30 people so far, in addition to 4,700 displaced. The statistics o ...
• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Persecution of Christians in Madhya Pradesh, accused of "forced conversions" Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Two episodes of persecution against Christians which occurred in recent days in the state of Madhya Pradesh (Central India) have alerted the local community. This was reported to Fides by the ass ...
• 27 March 2012
  VATICAN-Cardinal Filoni at the Pontifical Urban university: "Whoever is the bearer of glad tidings, that is Christ, must have the enthusiasm and joy, and be like Maria architect of consolation and grace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Urban University celebrates its patron saint's day on the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, when the liturgy recalls the twice said "yes": "Of Jesus who enters the ...
• 27 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The assessment of catechumens in the parish of the Immaculate Conception celebrated in the Seminary to promote vocations Beijing (Fides Service) - The catechumens of the course of catechism in the parish of Na Tang in Beijing, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception (and is currently the Cathedral) celebrated the assessment during the visit ...
• 27 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians under attack: attacks by Islamic extremists in a suburb of Karachi Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian population is terrified: violent raids are increasing, day and night, carried out by groups of Islamic extremists in Essa Nagri, Christian suburb of the city of Karachi. In the are ...
• 27 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Religious leaders mediate to find a way out after the military coup Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The main religious leaders in Mali are engaged in negotiations to resolve the political crisis triggered by the military coup that overthrew President Amadou Toumani Touré (see Fides 22/03/2012) ...
• 27 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Every day a thousand people die of tuberculosis: every second a person is infected worldwide Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - A third of the world’s population is currently infected with tbc and every second and a person in the world is infected. Only in 2009 1.7 million people died of tuberculosis, about 4700 deaths ...