News

• 22 January 2011
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Malagasy population of Tolagnaro continues to die of thirst Fort Dauphin (Agenzia Fides) – The drought has always the cause of periods of severe famine and epidemics that have plagued the people of Fort Dauphin, or Tolagnaro in the Malagasy language. According to local missiona ...
• 22 January 2011
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Almost all Central Africa to vote to elect the new President Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, 23 January, 1,800,000 will vote in the presidential and legislative elections of the Central African Republic. “The situation in the capital of Bangui is calm. Our hope is that the ...
• 22 January 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 23 November 2010, appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Socities in Brazil from 2010-2 ...
• 22 January 2011
  EUROPE/THE NETHERLANDS - Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 1 January 2011, appointed as National Director of Pontifical Mission Socities in the Netherlands from ...
• 22 January 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Our people are hungry and thirsty, less words and more action needed: President of the Episcopal Conference on the Feast of St Sebastian Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – “The Feast of St Sebastian is a very timely invitation to all of us to decisively resume the Christian commitment to bear witness of Jesus Christ in the reality in which we are immersed”. ...
• 21 January 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Mexican actor to build largest American crisis pregnancy center Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - “We are compelled to step up our efforts and will power of the soul to help the unfortunate, the sick and the poor, strengthen family ties, practice charity and live with integrity. This a ...
• 21 January 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Sisters of St Paul De Chartres celebrate 50 years of mission in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The Sisters of St Paul De Chartres SPC celebrated 50 years of mission on the Island of Taiwan renewing their commitment and missionary spirit. On the occasion, four Taiwanese sisters and two d ...
• 21 January 2011
  AFRICA/SWAZILAND - 140,000 young orphans risk not being accepted into primary school Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) – In Swaziland the new school year has just commenced. Among the young faces that populate the classes of this mountainous Country are 140,000 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC's). “Apart f ...
• 21 January 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Convert to Islam!”: radical Muslims to Italian promoters of a pro-Asia Bibi demonstration Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Islam is the true religion; convert to Islam!”: this is the invitation by a Pakistani radical Islamic organisation, led by Malik Shaib, to promoters of a pro-Asia Bibi demonstration to be he ...
• 21 January 2011
  VATICAN - “A builder of bridges with China”, the desire of the new Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “In my new, sensitive role I would like to be a builder of bridges with China”: Fides was told by Archbishop-elect Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., new Secretary of the Congregation for the ...
• 21 January 2011
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Bishop Jacques Sarr of Thiés dies; Particular commitment to interreligious dialogue and self-sufficiency of the Church in Africa Thiès (Agenzia Fides) – After a brief illness Bishop Jacques Sarr of Thiés died on 18 January at age 76. As communicated by the national board of the Pontifical Mission Society in Germany, Missio München, he was adm ...
• 21 January 2011
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - Delegation of religious leaders address new EU President: Urgent commitment needed to defeat Christian persecution around the world Budapest (Agenzia Fides) – “We urge a greater commitment by Europe against the persecution of Christians around the world”: leaders of Christian churches in Europe appealed to the President of the European Union, t ...
• 20 January 2011
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Proclaiming the Gospel to the university world: European Congress Munich (Agenzia Fides) – About 60 delegates from the Episcopal Conference of Europe, representing Bishops, national directors for university pastoral ministry, university chaplains and ecclesial associations and moveme ...
• 20 January 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The lonely elderly, the sick, orphans and young immigrant workers at the attention of the mainland Catholic community in view of the Chinese new year Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – As every year, in view of the Chinese new year, the mainland Catholic community has intensified its charity work, especially towards the lonely elderly, the sick, orphans, the young and immigr ...
• 20 January 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Church in Australia and the Archdiocese of Brisbane's commitment continues to helping the flood victims of Queensland Brisbane (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Brisbane, Archbishop John Bathersby, expressed his solidarity and support to the flood victims and to their families, testifying that the Church is “determined to do every ...