News

• 23 February 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The centre of Tripoli is calm, clashes are on the outskirts and in the east of the Country,” the Apostolic Vicar tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is somewhat calm because in the morning because there are no particular movements. Clashes usually occur at night when you hear the echoes of gunfire from a distance,” Archbis ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Diaconate and priestly ordinations continue in the Chinese Catholic community Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Various mainland Chinese Catholic communities continue to celebrate new priestly and diaconate ordinations at this time (see Fides 14/1/2011), according to information 'Faith' in He Bei sends ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young congregation of sisters committed to combat trafficking of girls at the roots Cebu (Agenzia Fides) – The Philippines are the fourth of ten countries with the highest rates of child prostitution. This scourge affects girls from 15 to 20 years, but also often involves girls of just eight years of ...
• 23 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Breaking bread for all peoples”: meeting of Missio officers from the PSHC Rome (Fides) – Reflecting on, questioning and addressing the new “lifestyle” that Jesus offers us: this is the objective that is hoped to be achieved at the meeting for Missio officers from the Pontifical Society o ...
• 23 February 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Reported new clashes in Abidjan while waiting for indications from African mediators Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The tension seems to be rising in Côte d'Ivoire, meanwhile the mediation mission from the African Union is leaving the Country. According to local sources, yesterday, 22 February, there were ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The example of John Paul II, a boost for the “new evangelisation” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – By meditating on and making the life and work of John Paul II her own extraordinary experience, the Church in Korea can draw “new force to go forward with the new evangelisation.” This is wh ...
• 23 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Scalabrini national campaign against human trafficking and forced labour Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The network of ecclesial organisations of Scalabrini missionaries are promoting a petition for signatures in order to include the topics of “Human trafficking and forced labour” in the Fr ...
• 23 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “To try and defend the truth, a benefit to all”: the Bishop of Oaxaca appeals to civil leaders Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – “Once again the violent events of this week say loudly that some do not want the good of society, some do not want to join together and promote Oaxaca, and some do not want the truth and the ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New case of blasphemy: Christian woman in jail Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian woman, Agnes Nuggo, was accused of blasphemy and arrested in the Diocese of Faisalabad, in Punjab province. The local Church, which is handling the case, expressed her “extrem ...
• 22 February 2011
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appeal for prayer and solidarity after the earthquake: fears that more than 200 lie under the rubble, hundreds of wounded Christchurch (Agenzia Fides) – New Zealand Catholic Mission National Director, Fr Paul Shannahan sm, says in a statement sent to Fides by Catholic Mission, Australia: “A violent earthquake suddenly shook the South Is ...
• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Bishops of Southern Africa concerned about the situation in Zimbabwe Harare (Agenzia Fides) – “We address a very particular plea to the political leaders of the SADC region (South African Development Community) at a critical time in the life of the Zimbabwean Nation,” write the Bish ...
• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Fr Rybinski killed for a thousand Euro; police arrest the alleged murderer Tunis (Agenzia Fides) – Police authorities in Tunis arrested the alleged murderer of Fr Marek Rybinski, the Polish Salesian missionary killed on 18 February in Manouba  (see Fides 19/2/2011). They arrested Chokri Ben ...
• 22 February 2011
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Infant mortality reduced to 10% thanks to the work of San Gaspare Hospital in Itigi Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “San Gaspare” Hospital in Itigi, situated in one of the poorest zones in the region, offers assistance to people who live there but also to people from further away, without distinction for r ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - AIDS peaks, because of birth control policies Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – The main cause for the surge in the spread of AIDS in Cambodia is the birth control policy and the promotion of artificial contraception, explains Human Life International (HLI) to Fides. H ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Mainland China's most famous Catholic composer, Antonio Geng Hui, who composed all the Chinese sacred music over last 30 years, passes away Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of the Diocese of Tai Yuan, Shan Xi province, remember with great emotion, musician and Catholic composer, Antonio Geng Hui. According to the diocese's website, Prof. Geng, who w ...