News

• 3 November 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Violence of the military on the population in Papua: the Christian community has also been hit Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian citizens of Indonesian Papua (also known as the province of "Irian Jaya") are victims of abuses and unjustified violence on behalf of the military, who accuse them of being "colla ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Fr. Fausto Tentorio, "an instrument of peace in Mindanao" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The investigation into the murder of Fr. Fausto Tentorio is underway and there is in Mindanao, a large island in the southern Philippines, a widespread desire for justice and peace: according t ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Bishop of Dinajpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Sebastian Tudu, of the clergy of Dinajpur, Vice Rector of the Holy Spirit Major Seminary in Dhaka and Diocesan Director of Pontifical Mission Soc ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Erection of the Diocese of Kabwe and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI erected the new Diocese of Kabwe, in Zambia, with territory taken from the diocese of Mpika and the Archdiocese of Lusaka, making it a suffragan of the metropol ...
• 31 October 2011
  "That the African continent may find strength in Christ to pursue justice and reconciliation as set fourth by the second Synod of African Bishops" - Comment on the Missionary Intention for November 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Africa is the continent called by the Pope to hope: "With Jesus Christ, who trod the African soil, Africa can become the continent of hope" (Benedict XVI, Homily in Yaoundé, on March 19, 2 ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations in various dioceses at the end of missionary month Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Several Catholic communities wanted to end the missionary month of October with priestly ordinations, which represent the Church's vitality and continuity of the mission. In fact "the conclusion ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Tuberculosis: 17 000 infected, the country is among the top 6 in the world for number of cases Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Health authorities in Pakistan are intensifying efforts to contain the spread of tuberculosis, which affects about 17 000 people in the country, placing it among the top 6 in the world with the h ...
• 31 October 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Climate change linked to economic interests, the Church’s concern San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, climate change is directly linked to economic interests, and this, in his opinion, makes it difficult to take conc ...
• 31 October 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Maryknoll Missionaries: 100 years at the service of the mission ad gentes New York City (Agenzia Fides) - The Maryknoll Missionaries (Society for Foreign Missions of the United States of America), one of the most important U.S. missionary institutions for the mission Ad Gentes, yesterday celeb ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The Kenyan offensive continues; civilian victims denounced caused by aircraft bombing Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The military operations of the Kenyan army in southern Somalia against the Shabab militia continues, even with the use of aircraft bombing as reported by Doctors Without Borders. According t ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Whoever governs, will have to deal with the people’s high expectations," says the Archbishop of Tunis to Fides Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "For being the first truly free elections in the history of Tunisia, held on October 23, it was a success", says His Exc. Mgr. Maroun Elias Lahham, Archbishop of Tunis to Fides. In the elections f ...
• 31 October 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Millions of children immunized against polio Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of health workers went on foot, by bike, boat or car, to vaccinate at least 14 million children across the country against polio. UNICEF’s objective, promoter of this initiative wit ...
• 31 October 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Angolan Bishops: "We are strongly committed to continuing the proclamation of the Gospel to the people of Africa" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are committed to continue vigorously the proclamation of the Gospel to the peoples of Africa, because 'life in Christ is the primary and most important factor of development ... In fact ...
• 29 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Open letter from the ruling party: "Guarantee justice for minorities" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After the first-rate murders of Judge Arif Iqbal (who in 1997 had acquitted a Christian accused of blasphemy), of Governor Salmaan Taseer and the Minister Shahbaz Bhatti (2010), who had the coura ...
• 29 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal for a Christian woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Another Christian victim of the controversial "blasphemy law" asks for bail – risking death: we are talking about Ruqqiya Bibi sentenced in 2010 by the court in Kasur (in Punjab) to 25 years in ...