News

• 26 January 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - LRA: A more sophisticated structure than it looks in the light of a new UN report Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains a powder keg for the presence of various armed groups. This is what the latest report says on behalf of UN experts on the Great Lakes regi ...
• 26 January 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of the Bishop of Ziguinchor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Father Benedict XVI on January 25, 2012 appointed Rev. Paul Abel Mamba, now Apostolic Administrator of the same diocese as Bishop of Ziguinchor (Senegal) Rev. Paul Abel Mamba was born ...
• 25 January 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "The Arab revolutions brought Islamic parties to power, which now must not disappoint expectations" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "Someone has launched the slogan to begin the second revolution, but I do not think this will happen, even if protests are scheduled because important issues are at stake, such as the role of the ...
• 25 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Hopes for Asia Bibi, but "the extremists would not accept her release" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if her accuser changed his mind and withdrew the false accusations that led to Asia Bibi’s sentence for blasphemy, the Islamic extremists would not accept her release. Asia Bibi, for them ...
• 25 January 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Discrimination against the Rohingya ethnic group continues: approximately 40 000 children are not registered at the registry office Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 40 000 children belonging to ethnic Rohingya who currently live in Myanmar without being registered at the registry office. This results in limited opportunities for them ...
• 25 January 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - To evangelize the indigenous through TV: a program on the Christian faith Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelization of the indigenous communities in Taiwan goes through television: as of next February, a program on the Christian faith, promoted by the "Voice of the Catholic Church Associati ...
• 25 January 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Haitian trafficking, the earthquake survivors, towards Brazil: 254 stops at the border with Peru Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - They are victims of human traffickers who are speculating on the earthquake that struck Haiti two years ago: As Fides learns from the local Church, 254 Haitian immigrants, survivors of the ...
• 25 January 2012
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - RECOWA Assembly: "a sign of the victory of the Resurrected", said Cardinal Sarr Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to execute our project for the future of the Church of Christ in all of Western Africa", said His Exc. Mgr. Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar, the capital of Se ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Aid to orphanages run by Catholics, Muslims and Protestants Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Rosa Mystica orphanage in Kupang, the capital of the province of East Nusa Tenggara, received a large donation by the richest man in Indonesia. The institute is run by the Sisters of the Ble ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Week of Christian Unity: pray for the reciprocal change, to walk together towards unity and full communion Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Praying for change and for the mutual transformation of Christians so that they can walk together towards unity and communion: this is the reason that led the celebration of the Week of Prayer ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA-Clashes in Tripoli confirmed to Fides by local sources Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Explosions and gun shots near the Mahary Hotel are reported, near the headquarters of the Military Commission of Tripoli": this is what local sources, contacted by Fides in the Libyan capital ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - "The suffering of Christians in Orissa is not in vain, it has increased our faith", says the nun raped in 2008 Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sure the Christians in Orissa have not suffered in vain. Our suffering has borne fruit: we grow in faith and the love for God", says to Fides Sister Meena Barwa, the nun raped during t ...
• 24 January 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - "A seed, a life" campaign against malnutrition Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 400 000 children with their respective families in Mozambique will benefit from the effects of the campaign against malnutrition called "A seed, a life", promoted by the Spanish Anten ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian Girl kidnapped and converted to Islam back home after 10 years Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nadia Bibi, a Christian girl who was abducted and forced to marry a Muslim man, returned to her family, of Catholic faith, after 10 years. Nadia was only 15 when, in 2001, she was kidnapped in Ma ...
• 24 January 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New alarm of the missionaries on the abuse of millions of children in America and Africa Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the recent Day of Missionary Childhood 2012, celebrated in Spain on Sunday 22 January, the Spanish missionaries working in America and Africa have raised the alarm on the mis ...