News

• 26 July 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Izabal and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 26, 2011 accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal (Guatemala), by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez B ...
• 26 July 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Food stores are hit, but with what right?" Complains Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Fides Service) - "They are hitting civilian targets such as food stores" denounces His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli to Fides. "A few days ago, NATO warplanes hit a food s ...
• 26 July 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Maiduguri to Fides: "an intolerable climate of violence, the attacks continue almost every day" Maiduguri (Fides Service) - "At the moment I cannot confirm the reports of Amnesty International with regards to the indiscriminate killing of civilians by the forces of antiterrorism", says His Exc. Mgr. Oliver Dashe D ...
• 26 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Medical facilities in the northwestern areas of conflict are on the brink of collapse Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - In the last three years, doctors and nurses at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, have been particularly busy. The hospital, one of the largest in the country, moni ...
• 26 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Church proposes dialogue on an issue which is still open: Public education Santiago (Fides) – The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati, has stressed his appeal to put a stop to violence and seek solutions through dialogue, after talking for about an hour and a half with ...
• 26 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Humanitarian emergency: the Church's commitment Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment of the Church to assist the Somali people fleeing from hunger and war who have taken refuge in neighboring states continues, particularly in Kenya. His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, ...
• 25 July 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope renews the appeal "to abandon forever the path of hatred and to escape from the logic of evil" Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again, unfortunately, we hear news of death and violence - said Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, July 24, after the Angelus prayer he recited from the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandol ...
• 25 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The Catholics of Wen Zhou give aid to the wounded and pray for the railway accident victims Wen Zhou (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics were among the first volunteers to help the injured and yesterday during the mass prayed for the railway accident victims. Those who are helping are from the Diocese of Wen Zh ...
• 25 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Christian outcasts are organizing protests and hunger strike for equal rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) Thousands of Dalits, Christians and Muslims, known as the "untouchables" of India, gathered in the streets of New Delhi to protest in favor of equal rights within society. In India, the Dalits ...
• 25 July 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Crisis in Malawi: does the history of 1992 repeat itself? Testimony of a missionary Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The situation remains tense in Malawi the day after the national protest held on July 20 which degenerated into accidents provoking deaths and injuries (see Fides 20/7/2001, 22/7/2011). Fr. Pie ...
• 25 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "It is necessary to accompany political action to humanitarian action" says the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu to Fides Mogadishu (Fides Service) - "I would not want the race to meet the humanitarian emergency, necessary to save millions of people, however, hides the root problem, which is the lack of state structure", says His Exc. Mgr ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Those who govern should ask for the wisdom to distinguish between good and evil: this is Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval's appeal Santa Cruz (Fides Service)- Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval has urged government authorities to set aside punishment and to ask God for wisdom to distinguish between good and evil. The Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU- A new canteen for malnourished children in the suburbs of the capital has been inaugurated Lima (Agenzia Fides)- As part of the celebrations for the 21 years of their arrival in Peru, the nuns of the “Little Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi” have opened a new canteen for malnourished children in the area ...
• 25 July 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Presence, participation and co-responsibility of women in society and in the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) -Among the various Catholic groups which for some time have been engaged in the promotion of women at all levels, the Catholic Women's League Australia (CWLA) is an NGO that defends the dignity of ...
• 23 July 2011
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND-50th anniversary of the Secular Institute of the Scalabrinian Missionaries (1961-2011) Solothurn (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2011 the Scalabrinian will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their Secular Institute of the Scalabrinian Secular Missionary women. The Institute was founded in Solothurn, Switzer ...