News

• 9 December 2011
  ASIA/IRAQ- Nearing Christmas "between fear and sturdy faith" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides ) - The Christian communities in Iraq will live a "Christmas under siege". "The traditions will be respected in the privacy of homes and churches. The Holy Mass is celebrated during the day, for sa ...
• 9 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The celebration of the Immaculate in the parish of Feng Xi, an opportunity to get to know the figure of the Madonna to non-Christians Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - To make known to the non-Christian humility, patience, kindness, obedience and many other excellent virtues of Our Lady: This was one of the objectives of the solemn celebration of the Immacula ...
• 9 December 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN - Consequences of early marriage are abuse on girls and young women, limits access to education and affects their health Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - The widespread practice of child marriage in countries such as Yemen, threatens access to education for girls in Yemen, affects their health and places them in a position of second class. This is ...
• 9 December 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Cuba is experiencing a new springtime of faith," the Pope's visit to the island has been announced Havana (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the National Pilgrimage of "Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre," the Bishops of Cuba issued a message for the Marian Jubilee Year which celebrates 400 years of the finding of the ...
• 9 December 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - Evangelizing missions in Czestochowa: about 6 thousand catechesis for 6 thousand faithful Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - During the evangelizing Missions carried out in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa for the desire of the Archbishop Mgr.Stanislaw Nowak in the pastoral year 2010/2011, 6 000 missionary catechesi ...
• 9 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Waiting for the publication of the presidential election results, "people are tired of the tension, they want to return to normality," say local sources Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The tension in the last two days has dampened a little, as shown by the resumption of traffic. The population is tired of this blocked situation, of not being able to leave the house, the shop ...
• 9 December 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - Human rights belong to everyone, the aspiration to freedom and human dignity is universal Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Every day around the world, human rights are violated, and every year during the week from December 10 to 18 the Week of Global Action for Human Rights is celebrated. Every day men and women fight ...
• 9 December 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 2013: Year of Childhood and Adolescence Mission (IAM) in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 8, at the national headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Brasilia, the 16th National Assembly on Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM) started, whic ...
• 9 December 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Tension rises between north and south Sudan, the UN launches the alarm to avert a possible war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Tension rises between Sudan and Southern Sudan, including reports of new clashes on the border between the two countries (see Fides 05/12/2011) and new measures by Khartoum to try to control th ...
• 9 December 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: "In every trial, in different parts of the world, the Church suffers persecution, but is winning" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In every age the Church is supported by the light and strength of God, that is fed into the wilderness with the bread of His Word and the Holy Eucharist. And so in all tribulations, throug ...
• 7 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Mgr.Antonio Zong Changfeng, always full of pastoral zeal despite the many difficulties Xingping (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 November last Archbishop Antonio Zong Changfeng, 79 died, seriously ill for many years. The Prelate was a native of the Diocese of Zhouzhi, Shaanxi, city of Xingping, Nanyue Village, wher ...
• 7 December 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Aung San Suu Kyi at the Mass for the 100 years of the Cathedral in Yangon Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The celebration of 100 years of the foundation of the Cathedral of Yangon, to be held on December 8, "will be a significant moment for the Christian community: for its history and faith, but also ...
• 7 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Stop the pre-election excitement and solve real problems, asks the Archdiocese of Mexico, including the indifference and contempt for migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico has asked all the political institutions of the country to stop the pre-election "excitement" and to deal responsibly with national emergencies that are far from th ...
• 7 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ongoing investigations in the case of "Maria Goretti of Pakistan": pain is not for sale Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The local Catholic community already calls her "Maria Goretti of Pakistan" and remembers her as a "martyr of faith". While the Church of Faisalabad is still shaken by the murder of an 18-year ...
• 7 December 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Strong advance of Islamic movements in the legislative elections; the comment of a missionary Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "There are two surprises in this first round of elections: the high percentage of the Muslim Brotherhood’s victory and the strong advance of the Salafis" says to Fides Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, a ...