News

• 12 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Orders to demolish churches in Orissa have been cancelled Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - It is a victory for the Catholic Church in Orissa: the local government of Kandhamal district, the scene of anti-Christian violence in 2008, announced the cancellation of the demolition orde ...
• 12 September 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "The attack on the Israeli embassy is a clear act of breaking with the past", says a missionary from Cairo Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a proof of strength, a gesture of breaking with the past. A 'sacred' place was violated, which under Mubarak’s regime would never have been attacked in that way", says Fr.Giovanni to Fid ...
• 12 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic university students launch a new website dedicated to their peers to deepen the meaning of life, values and faith Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Catholic university students of the diocese of Han Dan, in He Bei province, mainland China, launched a new website for evangelization titled "The Choir of Angels", to offer their peer ...
• 12 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Clashes between Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas. The Bishop: "Religious leaders peacemaker operators" Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes between Christians and Muslims which occured yesterday, September 11, shocked the town of Ambon, the capital of the Moluccas, the islands in eastern Indonesian archipelago. As local source ...
• 12 September 2011
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Schools and parishes involved in the preparation for Mission October Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission of New Zealand have just concluded their annual meeting, held in Wellington, under the leadership of the National Director, Fr. Paul Shannahan ...
• 12 September 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Witnesses of the Word, Missionaries of the Gospel": XV Meeting of the Missionary Union of the Sick Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The department of Missions of the Episcopal Commission for prophetic Pastoral, the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Mexico and the diocese of San Juan de los ...
• 12 September 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - An "emergency forum" has been called on behalf of the Governors of northern Nigeria with regards to the violence in Plateau state Jos (Agenzia Fides) - New violence in Plateau state, in north-central Nigeria, where in the last two weeks, 70 people have been killed in inter-community clashes. The last attack was last weekend, when an armed group (su ...
• 12 September 2011
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI renewed the invitation "to always reject violence as a solution to problems" Ancona (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Holy Mass celebrated in the Shipyard of the city of Ancona, on Sunday, Sept. 11, at the end of the XXV National Eucharistic Congress, Holy Father Benedict XVI recalled the tenth ...
• 12 September 2011
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga denounces: the country experiences great moral crisis San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of violence that has steeped the country with blood has been severely condemned by Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, who stressed: "The crisis ...
• 12 September 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Archives and Evangelization", a conference on the importance of the documentation concerning evangelization Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From September 13 to 16, the Conference "Archives and Evangelization," which aims to promote the enhancement of church records kept in the archives on evangelization will be held at "Il Carmelo" In ...
• 10 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslim students at the Vatican: from the post-September 11 protests to the invite to the Pope Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – To seek support to open the door to dialogue and religious pluralism; to begin forms of collaboration; to invite Pope Benedict XVI in Indonesia to give a speech at an international confer ...
• 10 September 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - "Even the local communities suffer because of drought, and no one helps them": the testimony of a responsible of Caritas from Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is dramatic", says Suzanna Tkalec to Fides, of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), which assists His Exc Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mog ...
• 10 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Among the young "Captain Jihad" depopulates: the former comic terrorist hero Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – It is the most popular reading among young Indonesians, Muslims and other religions: on the occasion of the anniversary of September 11, a new comic hero, "Captain Jihad" depopulates in Indo ...
• 10 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - For the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Catholic community visit the elderly Bishops, priests and the nuns, "an example of faith and witness" Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - "I am an example of faith and witness. We and the whole Church will always be grateful for their contribution", said the parish priest of Bei Tang of the diocese of Xi An, Shaan Xi Province of mai ...
• 10 September 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - The health of more than 80% of the population is at risk Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In the village of Nagarkot in central Nepal, the inhabitants of the district of Bhaktapur, in addition to living in extreme poverty, are also prone to health problems caused by greenhouse gase ...