News

• 22 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - "The expectation that I hear in all the Christian communities for the arrival of Benedict XVI is the same as 14 years ago, for John Paul II’s visit," says Fr. Raul Rodriguez Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Hopefully it is a time of blessing of the Lord for these people, who need the saving and liberating message of Jesus. Let us hope it is a moment of unity among all Cubans, wherever they are, whe ...
• 21 March 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - 24 March-XX Day of Prayer and Fasting for Missionary Martyrs Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Founded in 1993 by the Missionary Youth Movement of the Italian Pontifical Mission Societies, on the anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador (Marc ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A nun and a lay healed through the intercession of Cardinal Van Thuan Hue (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese Church is working to gather evidence relevant to the cause of beatification of Vietnamese Cardinal Francis Xavier Van Thuan, promoted by the Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace", of ...
• 21 March 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The first radio station online dedicated exclusively to children Seville (Agenzia Fides) - "Babyradio ", the first radio station online designed exclusively for children was born. The objective is to accompany young children 24-hours a day, through a programming which is unique in the ...
• 21 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The ecclesial community of Calama supports the requests on behalf of the population for greater attention of the central government Calama (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Guillermo Vera Soto, Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, gave his support to the 5,000 people who attended the march yesterday to ask the central government the realization of ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Abuse of the opposition forces, "ethnic cleansing" of Christians in Homs, where Jesuits remains Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – While the Syrian opposition forces have been guilty of violence, abuse, torture - as stated in a report released yesterday by the NGO "Human Rights Watch" - in Homs there is "an ongoing ethni ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Knowing better and living the Word of God in the Year of the Laity: initiative of the parish of St. Judas Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote the reading and copying by hand the Sacred Scripture: is the initiative promoted by the parish of St. Judas of the diocese of Hong Kong, to help parishioners know better and live th ...
• 21 March 2012
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Ultimatum to the President: the political clash in Malawi heightens Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Resignation of President Bingu wa Mutharika within 60 days or, alternatively, the Head of State should submit to a referendum within 3 months, otherwise the people will be invited to a campai ...
• 21 March 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-The march of the indigenous reaches Quito: to protest the use of water and mineral resources Quito (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 participants in the march that tomorrow will reach the capital of Ecuador, Quito, to protest against the law on the use of water and against large-scale mining operations, as reporte ...
• 21 March 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bombings and renewed fighting in the south, Kenyan and Ethiopian troops involved Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - From Somalia reports of clashes and bombings continue. A car bomb exploded this morning in the center of the capital, Mogadishu, near the presidential palace, injuring a bystander. The same ar ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Children victims of a conflict that they ignore Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Without understanding what is happening in their country, Syrian children have become victims of a conflict that has already left a mark that they will bear for the rest of their lives and that ...
• 21 March 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - At least 1,000 missionaries killed from 1980 to 2011 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - According to information in our possession, during the decade 1980-1989, 115 missionaries were violently killed. This figure, however, is undoubtedly at fault because it refers only to confirmed ca ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Italians kidnapped: the Church invites the government in Orissa to "make the first move" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - To kick start negotiations, "the government of Orissa should make the first move, perhaps releasing some rebel prisoners, as it did in other cases, in the past": is the position of the Catho ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-First Forum for the Reconciliation of Korean People Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Exploring perspectives, hopes and actions to jump-start the reconciliation of the Korean people and the reunification of the two Koreas: is the aim of the "First Forum for Reconciliation", launche ...
• 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 ...