News

• 15 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Testimony to Fides by a missionary in Abobo, at the centre of the fighting for days Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Today it seems a bit calmer, even if we can hear sporadic gun shots in the distance, and the power functions every other hour. Yesterday, for example, there was no power, but tonight it is ba ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese Catholic community's solidarity with Japan Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The Burmese people, who suffered from Cyclone Nargis in 2008, hope to show their closeness and solidarity with the Japanese victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami. The Catholic Church in ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Men and women religious in Sendai: one dead, several structures damaged Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – There are various institutes and religious congregations, who are carrying out their ministries in the Diocese of Sendai, the epicentre of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami which devast ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - “No to nuclear power plants,” says Indian Jesuit after the Japanese tragedy Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – To ensure development that is truly sustainable, solid, safe and respectful of humanity and of Creation, India should abandon the idea of relying on nuclear power for energy production. So s ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Disabled people in danger of falling victim to trafficking Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – To live with a disability in a city like Karachi is already a hardship. Now there is the added issue of trafficking in disabled people, destined to beg in the neighbouring villages. In a stat ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy dies in prison, Masihi Foundation expresses “fear for Asia Bibi” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – The death of Qamar David raises many questions, a Pakistani Christian falsely accused of blasphemy, who has been imprisoned since 2006. David was found dead today, 15 March. The prison guards, ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Card. O’Brien calls for “Aid conditions for the Government of Pakistan” Glasgow (Agenzia Fides) – The British and Western Governments, in providing cooperative aid to the Pakistani government, should place some conditions upon it: full respect for religious freedom, protection of persecute ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The relics of the Patron of Missions in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The relics of St Terese of Lisieux, Patron of Missions, arrived yesterday, 14 March, at the airport in Tel Aviv, welcomed by the Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Archbishop Antonio Franco, by the ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - An intensely eucharistic Lent: Adoration for the whole family in the Diocese of Wen Zhou Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – “We pray that every family may experience a Lent full of the Lord's grace and experience his closeness”. With this idea, the Diocese of Wen Zhou, Zhe Jiang province, commenced, for the se ...
• 15 March 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Kick-off for the continental meeting of PMS National Directors Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – With the Eucharistic Concelebration presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, the VII Continental Meeting of PMS National Directors of America began yesterda ...
• 14 March 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope prays for the earthquake victims in Japan and “for all those who are suffering due to these tremendous events” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The images of the tragic earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan have left everyone extremely shocked,” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI on Sunday, 13 March, after reciting the A ...
• 14 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishop of Sendai: “Our mission is to bring hope”; an extraordinary meeting of Bishops planned Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – It is a tragedy that has had “a strong emotional impact on society.” The citizens are “exhausted and disorientated”: for this reason the Japanese Bishops will have an emergency meeting ...
• 14 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Violent fighting continues in Yopougon, in the municipality of Abidjan, Gbagbo's stronghold Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Violent clashes continue in the economic and administrative capital of of Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, between the forces loyal to outgoing President, Laurent Gbagbo, and the supporters of Preside ...
• 14 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayers and concrete solidarity from the Chinese Catholic world for the earthquake victims of Japan and victims of other catastrophes Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Upon hearing the news of the earthquake and the tsunami that hit Japan hard, the Chinese Catholic world immediately mobilised with prayers and concrete gestures of solidarity to help the victi ...
• 14 March 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “A word of commitment for migratory reform” asks Archbishop Alas from the President of the United States on his visit to El Salvador San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador awaits “a word of commitment“ from the President of the United States Barack Obama, during his upcoming visit to the Country on 22 and 23 March, for ...