News

• 9 March 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "It is no coincidence that the hostages were held in Sokoto, local Sultan's headquarters", says the Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "I am really sorry for the death of the two hostages. But from what I read, it would have been a miracle to bring special forces in the hideout and rescue the hostages" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 9 March 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Local officials to Christians: "abjure your faith" Luang Prabang (Agenzia Fides) - Local government officials, with threats and intimidation, want to force groups of Lao Christians to abjure their faith. This is "plain violation of the Constitution of Laos, which guarant ...
• 9 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Italian Militaries in Kerala: "The Church has confidence in the Court, so that the truth emerges" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Church has full confidence in the Upper Court of Kerala, called to settle the controversy concerning the two Italian soldiers, currently under arrest in Trivandrum (in Kerala). The ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The newly appointed Cardinal John Tong appeals for greater pastoral attention towards the non-Chinese immigrant workers Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Evangelization, the promotion of vocations of priests and men and women religious, the treatment of non-Chinese Catholics of the diocese and the Church in China: are the four basic pastora ...
• 8 March 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA-Immediate suspension of the Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project, the first agreement between the parties Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Panama and indigenous leaders belonging to the ethnic group Ngäbe Bugle have agreed to a temporary suspension of the controversial hydroelectric project Barro Blanco (see ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Pakistani nun: "The education of women, priority to change the nation" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Working in the field of education, particularly the education of women, is the main way to change the mentality and culture of the country. It is needed to train people with a new approach, base ...
• 8 March 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A radio and a TV online gives voice to children and present missionary activity Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Comboni missionaries in Colombia will put a radio online and a virtual television from March 15 to "present to the world the Church's missionary activity" and "sensitize the people on the mis ...
• 8 March 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope encourages Pastors and faithful of the Middle East "not to lose hope, even in hardship" that beset them Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of the general audience Wednesday, March 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI greeted the Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics and the Bishops attending the Synod of the A ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protestant Pastor stabbed by Islamic extremists, saved by a miracle Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Evangelical Christian Pastor John Pervaiz was attacked and stabbed by a group of Islamic extremists who wanted to kill him. The attack took place in past days, for reasons entirely unknown ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Limiting the rights of women: the government agrees with the Ulema Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai has given public support for a "code of conduct" that limits women's rights, issued by the influential Council of the Ulema, an Islamic body that br ...
• 8 March 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Catholic Church signed an agreement with the police to combat violence against women Kigali (Agenzia Fides) – The Rwanda National Police (RNP) and the Catholic Church have entered a partnership to strengthen the campaign against Gender Based Violence (GBV). The partnership comes one year to the end of ...
• 8 March 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - "Water and medicine are the most urgent needs," says the Nuncio in Brazzaville, who visited the most important reception centre Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "What continues to worry us are the homeless who have had their homes destroyed or are still in the area closed by the military authorities" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Jan Romeo Pawlowski, ...
• 8 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Morning Star College" in Barrackpore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 23, 2011 appointed rev. Fr. Patrick Walsh, of the Society of Jesus (SJ) as Rector of the inter-diocesan Semin ...
• 7 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA-Social institutes dedicated to St Joseph celebrate their patron saint Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The social institutes named after Saint Joseph are celebrating with intense prayers the month dedicated to their patron saint, Mary’s husband and Jesus’ foster father. According to what wa ...
• 7 March 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-The commitment to human ecology and the environment is a responsibility for every Christian Catamarca (Agenzia Fides) -The Bishops of NOA (Northwest Argentina) have called for a "credible and honest dialogue" between the political and social institutions, in particular, on issues related to the mining industry ...