News

• 14 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The effort to save aid workers held hostage by the Taliban, who "fear the work of NGOs" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Pakistan "strongly condemns the kidnapping of the two European aid workers of the NGO 'Welthungerhilfe' who are in the hands of the Taliban. The country is engaged in the fig ...
• 14 February 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Bishops: "No abortion, preferential option for life" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Korean Church reaffirms its "No to abortion" and urges all Christians in Korea to make a "preferential option for the defense of life": So says the "Committee for Bioethics" within the Catholi ...
• 13 February 2012
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal "to end violence and bloodshed" in Syria and for the people of Sahel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "An urgent appeal for an end to violence and bloodshed" in Syria was launched by the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the end of the Angelus on Sunday 12 February, with these words: "I am follow ...
• 13 February 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbíos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February 10, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Paolo Mietto C.S.I, Apostolic Vicar emeritus of Napo (Ecuador), as Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicaria ...
• 13 February 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Bishop of Fada-N'Gourma Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February 11, 2012 appointed Rev. Pierre Claver do Malgo of the clergy of Koupéla, already Rector of Inter-diocesan Seminary Saint-Jean Baptiste in Ouagadoug ...
• 13 February 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Erection of the new diocese of Tenkodogo and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February 11, 2012 erected the new Diocese of Tenkodogo, in Burkina Faso, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Koupéla. The Holy Father appoint ...
• 13 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The High Court of Kashmir blocks the Islamic Court and saves Pastor Khanna Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - The High Court of the state of Jammu and Kashmir has revoked the charges against the Christian Pastor C.M. Khanna, establishing the protection of constitutional guarantees and his right to resi ...
• 13 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal Rivera praises the opening of Cuba to the right to religious freedom Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Ambassador of Cuba in Mexico, Manuel Aguilera de la Paz, attended Sunday Mass celebrated by the Primate Cardinal of Mexico, Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico, in the Metropol ...
• 13 February 2012
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The first Camillian Bishop has been given a new diocese in Burkina Faso Tenkodogo (Agenzia Fides) - OnSaturday, February 11 the news of the erection of the new diocese of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso, and the appointment of its first Bishop, P. Kontiebo Prosper was published, who is also the firs ...
• 13 February 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The plight of Haitians trying to reach Brazil continues, and another 500 of them abandoned at the border Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador has become the door of South America to Haitian immigrants who want to go to Brazil in search of a better life than living in their country, devastated by the earthquake of 2010, because t ...
• 13 February 2012
  ASIA/THAILAND - Appeal to the Government for Valentine's Day: it is urgent to stop prostitution Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Prostitution is a widespread evil in society, governed by businessmen, government officials and politicians networks; radical measures are urgently needed to stop the thriving illegal sex indust ...
• 13 February 2012
  AFRICA/RWANDA - biogas system for cooking in the orphanage of Muhura Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - The Muhura orphanage houses 150 orphaned or abandoned children who are taken care of by 4 nuns. Thanks to a project launched by the Movement for the fight against hunger in the world, the center ...
• 13 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - There will be the first Christian Senator in the history of Pakistan Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Kamran Michael, a Christian politician who is an active member of the "Pakistan Muslim League-N", will be the first Christian Senator in the history of the country. The Party, in fact, has nom ...
• 13 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Premier committed for trial, civil society: "The government is not above the law" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The political authorities of Pakistan, such as Prime Minister Gilani and President Ali Zardari "are not above the law, they have to respect the Constitution and the rule of law, or they cannot ...
• 13 February 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - We welcome the Year of Faith with great commitment to evangelization: the exhortation of the Bishop of Feng Xiang to the priests Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) - With great commitment to evangelization and new evangelization, we welcome the Year of Faith, as indicated by Pope Benedict XVI: this is the exhortation that His Exc Mgr. Li Jing Feng, 91-yea ...