News

• 2 March 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pro-life initiative by various parliamentarians, to complement Article 11 of the Constitution Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church wishes to encourage a petition throughout Colombia to support the request by various senators and representatives who wish to present a piece of pro-life legislation to the ...
• 2 March 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Women for peace and social progress: Catholic Mission celebrates the International Women's Day Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Australian Pontifical Mission Societies (Catholic Mission), on International Women’s Day (March 8), celebrates the role women play in securing peace and social progress in our world. “W ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Even the Catholic community of Shaan Xi is praying for the earthquake victims in Christchurch, remembering their own similar tragic experience Xi An (Agenzia Fides) – In spiritual support for those who survived the earthquake which hit Christchurch in New Zealand and for emergency workers, prayer, the Rosary, Holy Mass and fundraising for the victims (and the ...
• 1 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Civilians abandoning their houses in the districts of Abidjan victims of the fighting Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Clashes continue in the districts of Abobo and Adjamé, Abidjan, where a curfew has been imposed for at least another two days. People from the two districts, Abobo in particular, are leaving ...
• 1 March 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The mission Ad gentes is a healthy stimulus for the mission of youth: Cardinal Rouco Varela opens Plenary Assembly of Spanish Bishops Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – “As we walk the path of preparation for the big meeting in Madrid in 2011, we turn our gaze to Jesus Christ, who revealed to all people the truth of love which is God, the true meaning of voc ...
• 1 March 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Calm in Kinshasa after an attempted attack on the Head of State's residence Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Congolese authorities have arrested about 30 people in the ranks of the security forces after two simultaneous attacks on Sunday, 27 February on the residence of President Joseph Kabila, in t ...
• 1 March 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Card. Sarah in Burundi to inaugurate Benedict XVI School in Muyaga Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Robert Sarah, President of the “Cor Unum” Pontifical Council, is in Burundi to inaugurate the “Benoît XVI” (Benedict XVI) School in Muyaga (Cankuzo) on Saturday, 5 March, on b ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Government in Nepal committed to reducing Bhutanese refugee camps Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The Nepalese Government is committed to reducing Bhutanese refugee camps from seven currently to two in the next two years, says Jay Mukunda Khanal, head of national unity for coordinating r ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian leaders of Papua: indigenous human rights trampled Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) – A “kairos” - a “moment of truth” - for a reflection on the continuing degeneration of respect for human rights in Indonesian Papua: this is what various Indonesian Christian leaders a ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Peace blooms in the Northeast, thanks to the help of the Church Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – The mediation encouraged by the Catholic Church in the Northeast of India, to defuse a bitter conflict between the Rabha and Garo tribal groups, is bearing its fruit, to the great satisfactio ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Together we can resolve the problems”: encouragement of Card. Terrazas Sandoval after the torrential rains La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Bolivia has invited citizens “to unite in the face of the natural adversity” which in January and February resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people and left abou ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Priest found dead in his parish in Brownsville Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) – A Catholic priest was found dead, victim of an apparent suicide according to the police report. Agents were called to Barnard Road and Los Ebanos Boulevard on the morning of Monday, 21 Feb ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 28 million school-aged children not attending classes due to armed conflicts New York (Agenzia Fides) - Armed conflicts constitute one of the main obstacles to education. This emerged from Global Report on Education for all entitled: “The hidden crisis: armed conflict and education” just rel ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Dà Lat Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 1 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Dà Lat (Vietnam), Bishop Antoine Vu Huy Chuong, until now Bishop of Hung Hoá. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 1/ ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Hung Hoá Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 1 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), Bishop Jean Marie Vu Tât, until now titular Bishop of Tisiduo and Auxiliary of the ...