News

• 7 March 2011
  VATICAN - Card. Tauran: “We remember in Shahbaz Bhatti the authentic hope of the Cross” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We give thanks to God for having placed an authentic martyr in our path, a witness to Christian faith, who was able to 'say' and 'do'. Shahbaz Bhatti is a reminder that in the Cross we ...
• 7 March 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Internal divisions in Egyptian society will eventually need to be addressed,” says Fr Verdoscia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “In Egypt there are various issues which will need to be addressed sooner or later, one of which regards relations between Christians and Muslims,” Fr Luciano Verdoscia tells Fides, the Combon ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Candidates to succeed Bhatti: a Catholic favoured Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The seat held by Shahbaz Bhatti in the National Assembly (the Parliament of Pakistan), was officially assigned today by the Electoral Commission to Javed Michael, a Catholic, and member of t ...
• 7 March 2011
  VATICAN - At the Angelus, the Pope remembers “the moving sacrifice of the life of the Pakistani Minister Shahbaz Bhatti” along with numerous others who have died and the “growing humanitarian crisis” in Libya Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I am continuously following with great concern the tensions which are currently being manifested in various countries of Africa and Asia,” said Pope Benedict XVI after reciting the A ...
• 7 March 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Caritas Australia launches fundraiser again this year - Project Compassion - for the poorest of the poor Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference (ACBC) has invited all Australians to show their support for the poorest of the poor in response to their annual appeal – Project Compassion – ju ...
• 7 March 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - “The future of Haiti is in education”: campaign concludes for 12,500 children, adolescents and young adults Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – More than a year on from the grave earthquake that shook the island of Haiti the education system is distressing. Students still attend lessons in tents. A solidarity campaign, “The f ...
• 7 March 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - Who and what do we celebrate in the Liturgy? The 36th Day of Pastoral Care for the Vicariate of Aysén Aysén (Agenzia Fides) – For 36 years, the Apostolic Vicariate of Aysén has celebrated the Day of Pastoral Care with prayer, formation, planning and brotherhood. “The 2011 Day of Pastoral Care, which will take place ...
• 7 March 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We will not continue to vote for dishonest politicians”: appeal by Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of South Africa call all citizens to vote in the May municipal elections, for the candidates that give concrete guarantees to want to defend the common good and interests of e ...
• 7 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Guanellian project begun among the “new poor” Philadelphia (Agenzia Fides) - After two years of pastoral care work with the Hispanic community, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has granted to the Servants of Charity (Guanellians) the use of a long-abandoned convent i ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lent for Christians in Pakistan: prayer and a “Caravan for Shahbaz” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Mass and prayer vigils were celebrated in more than 500 churches in Pakistan yesterday, concluding three days of mourning to remember Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, killed on 2 March in I ...
• 7 March 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Card. Cipriani urges priests to not “remain silent” in difficult times Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, confirmed that Pastors must base their work on a solid rock: the Word of God, the Commandments, the Sacraments and social doctrine. “The parish pries ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Once again, a cross erected by Christians is pulled down; for the faithful it amounts to “selective demolition” Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian faithful in the district of “Byculla-Mazagaon”, in Bombay, had just erected a cross when it was demolished by bulldozers a few days ago, at the request of the civil authoritie ...
• 7 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The mainland Catholic Chinese community are preparing for their Lenten spiritual path Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Spiritual retreats and formation courses on marriage and the Christian faith, centred in the Word of God, have distinguished the spiritual and formative path of the mainland Catholic Ch ...
• 7 March 2011
  VATICAN - 25 pastoral care workers killed around the world in 2010 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – As always, at the end of ever year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner over the course of the last 12 months. In addit ...
• 5 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We continue to instil hope in the remaining faithful”: testimony of Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Yesterday, 4 March, There were some clashes in the mosque after prayers in central Tripoli, but the city is well guarded,” said Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Trip ...