News

• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA-Appointment of the Rector of the national major Seminary "St. John Vianney "in Pretoria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on November 18, 2011 appointed rev. Simon Molewe Machingoane, of the diocesan clergy of Witbank (South Africa) as Rector o ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE-Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary, "Sts John Fisher and Thomas More" in Harare Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on December 6, 2011 appointed rev. James Ndhlalambi, of the archdiocesan clergy of Harare as Rector of the inter-diocesan ...
• 14 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The preparations for the "Congress on the ministry of the laity" next October Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the objective of the sanctification of oneself indicated by the Year of the Laity; promoting the threefold ministry (prophetic, priestly and regal) of the laity; encouraging the ...
• 14 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Girl converted to Christianity thrown out of her house and beaten by Hindu extremists Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Rekha is a girl who a few months ago discovered the message of Jesus Christ and embraced him in her life. Her conversion, however, was not accepted by her parents, of Hindu faith, and other mem ...
• 14 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - The government of Cuba opens a website for the papal visit Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "This are brave people!" Said Esteban Lazo Hernandez, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba, with respect to "a sincere welcome, joyful and well-organized, with full guarantee of safety, ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - A helpline dedicated exclusively to children Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - In Sierra Leone children often find themselves having to handle a variety of negative situations: from personal, family, educational, legal and child labor problems to unemployment, exclusion, ...
• 14 March 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops against free trade of drugs Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, His Exc. Mgr. Socrates Rene Sándigo, Bishop of Juigalpa, has declard to be against the decriminalization of the drug trade in Central Ame ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - As the conflict continues in the north, the Archbishop of Bamako invites "not to lose hope for peace" Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The conflict continues, but I can say that there is a strong mobilization to calm tempers. There are also several examples of solidarity on behalf of ordinary people, both towards the families o ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/MAURITANIA - Cerials and seeds to prevent famine in the south of the country Nouakchott (Agenzia Fides) - Many places in southern Mauritania, an area mainly devoted to agriculture and cattle breeding, are facing a food crisis that threatens to degenerate into famine if no action is taken immediat ...
• 14 March 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Apostolic Vicar: "Less corruption, more unity: urgent need to finalize the Constitution" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The political future of Nepal could be rosy if "corruption and patronage politics are effectively contrasted, if the forces come together for the common good. It is necessary to overcome the ...
• 14 March 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Caritas launches a project for the victims of the LRA in northeastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas has launched a reintegration project for more than 28,000 victims of the violence of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Bondo and Butu, in Bas-Uele District of Oriental Province, in no ...
• 13 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian killed in Orissa: the second in a month, the sixth in a year Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – Endless stream of Christians killed in Orissa, a Christian named Nayak Suryakant was Murdered in the village of Bakingia, near the town of Raikia, 'which is in the district of Kandhamal, t ...
• 13 March 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Malagasy population moved by the Pope’s appeal who became "the voice of the voiceless" Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank especially the Holy Father, who in his Sunday appeal became the 'voice of the voiceless'. Heartfelt thanks from my community, Christian and civil, to whom I read his message: the peop ...
• 13 March 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - The ability of reading in the growing numbers of immigration, "a new Exodus of people who seek peace, claiming rights, fleeing from hunger and thirst" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the IECM (Italian Episcopal Commission for Migration), at the end of their meeting on March 12, wanted to remember, after a year, the journey of hope that led, through the revolution ...
• 13 March 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Lent assessment in the Diocese of Taiwan: hundreds of catechumens are preparing to receive "new life" on the night of Easter Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - As reported to Fides by the Weekly Catholic of the Archdiocese of Taipei, several dioceses Taiwan celebrated the Lent assessments on the first Sunday of Lent for the catechumens who are preparin ...