News

• 6 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A think-tank on religious freedom and persecution: the idea of Pakistani Christians abroad Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to create a think-tank, which acts as Observatory and Study Center, to monitor the status of Christians in Pakistan, their difficulties and challenges: this is the proposal ...
• 6 February 2012
  ASIA/TURKEY - Patriarch Bartholomew at the National Assembly to discuss the new Constitution Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecumenical Patriarch of Istanbul Bartholomew I, of the Orthodox Church, will participate in the work of the Turkish National Assembly to discuss the drafting of the new Constitution, in par ...
• 6 February 2012
  AFRICA - The African Union and the path of democracy in Africa Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in its history, the African Union (AU) has failed to elect its President. At the 18th Summit of the Heads of State held in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia and seat of the ...
• 6 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - "Forgiveness and love for one’s enemy": the choice of persecuted Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The persecuted Christians in Orissa want to "forgive and love their enemies, persecutors", as the Gospel of Christ says: is what has emerged from a meeting held in recent days at the home fo ...
• 6 February 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "The country is wounded to death by violence, poverty, corruption" denounces Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga before the President of Honduras Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, said before the highest authorities of Honduras that the country is bleeding, mortally wounded by violence, increasing p ...
• 6 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Members of the Missionary, diocesan and parish Councils at the formation missionary school Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Missionary Council (Comina) is an organization of the Catholic Church in Brazil, which has as main purpose the promotion of the missions of the Church in the country by a qualified ...
• 6 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - In May, the first graduates of the Catholic University of Southern Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic University of Southern Sudan is in its fourth year and has more than 500 students. May 12th is the date where the first students will graduate " informs Fr. Mike Schultheis, SJ. In Ju ...
• 3 February 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of Kontagora Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February 2, 2012 appointed Rev. Sac. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, as Apostolic Vicar of Kontagora (Nigeria), assigning him the titular see of Scebaziana. Rev. Sac. ...
• 3 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishops in Kinshasa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI as from February 2, 2012 has Auxiliaries for the archdiocese of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) Rev. Fr. Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S., Rector of th ...
• 3 February 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The local Church intensifies pastoral initiatives to respond to the increase of the baptized Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In view of Lent and considering the steady increase in recent years of the baptized in the Catholic community in Hong Kong, the local Church has intensified the formation of faith so that the ...
• 3 February 2012
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Handmade objects made by women with AIDS allow the construction of a school Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Feb. 3, a new secondary school for 400 children, built with private funds collected primarily through the sale of necklaces made of recycled paper by women with AIDS will be inaugurated i ...
• 3 February 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES -Training for 1 million 800 thousand volunteers ready to cope with disasters and calamities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) has organized the training for 1 million 800 thousand volunteers to cope with any disaster that might hit the country. The program, called Red Cross 143, ...
• 3 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - A film on Jesus was projected: Pastor beaten and wounded by Hindu radicals Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - His "fault" was to have organized the screening of a film about Jesus with the faithful of his community: this is why the Protestant Pastor Rajendra Masih, 35, who works in Rajnandgaon district i ...
• 3 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - At the Assembly of Bishops the problem concerning " prohibited conversions" and religious freedom Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – At the Assembly of Indian Bishops being held in Bangalore from 1 to 8 February, the issues concerning " prohibited conversions", the limitations of religious freedom and discrimination again ...
• 3 February 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Within the Tahrir Square protests violent groups have infiltrated Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "After the Friday prayers we will see if there are other clashes. The feeling is that unfortunately there will be new clashes" say to Fides local sources from Cairo, where yesterday there were cla ...