News

• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of Apostolic Administrator of Faisalabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on March 17, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Rufin Anthony, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (Pakistan) as Apostolic Administrator of the vacant et nutum Sanctae S ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA -Priestly ordinations, a new mission station and a procession in the snow for the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Patron of the Church in China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The priestly ordinations, the inauguration of a new mission station, a procession under the snow with the statue of St. Joseph: are some celebrations that marked the Solemnity of St. Jo ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Bishops: "The hopes of the Church for the beatification of Cardinal Van Thuan increase" Vinh (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops, the faithful, all the Church in Vietnam, have strong hopes for the success of the process of beatification of our beloved Cardinal Xavier Van Thuan. He was a special person, who lived ...
• 20 March 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - A documentary traces the 100 years of the Claretian Missionaries in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Catholic television network JN 19, will present tomorrow to the media operators and representatives of the community, a documentary on 100 years of the presence in the country of the C ...
• 20 March 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-"If I do not work dad punishes me": 15 000 children working in the streets of Quito Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "If I do not work dad punishes me": this is the reality for over 15 000 children in the capital of Ecuador, Quito, working as peddlers in the streets of the city. According to the Instituto de la ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Negotiation for the two Italians kidnapped "has not started", the police ask Churches and NGOs for help Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - "Negotiation for the release of the two Italians kidnapped in Orissa has not yet begun. The Maoist rebels want the government of Orissa to first meet the 13 conditions they demand. They do ...
• 20 March 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR-El Salvador recalls Mgr. Romero, murdered 32 years ago San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The anniversary of Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero’s death will be celebrated for the first time in the church of the Rosary, because the war veterans have occupied the Metropolitan Cathedral o ...
• 20 March 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The death of Pope Shenouda III: "The Christian world has lost one of its exemplary leaders", said Cardinal Erdő on behalf of European Bishops Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Pope Shenouda III, leader of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, died on March 17 are held today, March 20, in St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo. "We were shaken by the sad news of th ...
• 20 March 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-The Apostolic Exhortation Africae Munus at the center of the meeting of the African Regional Episcopal Conferences Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The second meeting of the Secretary Generals of the Regional Episcopal Conferences of Africa (15-20 March) ends today, March 20, in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. According to a s ...
• 20 March 2012
  AFRICA - Thousands of children continue to die due to a "mysterious disease" Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - A mysterious disease is claiming many victims among the children of northern Uganda, southern Sudan and Tanzania. It is a deadly pandemic which has not yet been identified and registered for the ...
• 16 March 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The attention of the Bishops is also towards the clash between the local landless and Brazilian settlers Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly n. 193 of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) is in progress, which analysis, among other problems of the social reality of the country, the conflict between the Brazilian s ...
• 16 March 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Redemptorists of Bahia promote the missionary formation of religious and laity Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - The Redemptorist Missionary Center of Bahia proposes Formation Mission Courses in response to the appeal of Aparecida (no. 174), and to provide service to communities, parishes and dioceses in the ...
• 16 March 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN-African and Latin America crafts for the promotion of women in India Santander (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish Catholic Association Manos Unidas of Cantabria has just opened its traditional bazaars of solidarity that, for 28 years, has aimed to raise funds for development projects and the e ...
• 16 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong encourages the laity to evangelize with a smile, passing on the joy of being Christians Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Being a happy Catholic, to evangelize with a smile, passing on the joy of being Christians, awaiting the Year of Faith: are the recommendations of the Bishop of Hong Kong, the newly-elected Ca ...
• 16 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Nuncio: "The humanitarian mission is a blessed initiative" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian mission is a blessed initiative, that we encourage strongly. We need an urgent effort: although we have no details yet on its development, it is an intervention welcomed and l ...