News

• 27 November 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - No justice for Shazia Bashir, the Christian girl raped and murdered Lahore (Fides Service) – There is outrage and disappointment in the Christian community in Pakistan. Chaudhry Naeem, the rich Muslim lawyer accused of raping and killing Shazia Bashir, a 12 year old Christian girl kill ...
• 27 November 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian sentenced to 25 years prison for blasphemy released Lahore (Fides Service) - Munir Masih, a Christian accused and sentenced to 25 years in prison for blasphemy, was freed on bail today, 27 November, by the High Court of Lahore. His is another case of blatant abuse of ...
• 27 November 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “A genocide is developing in the territory of Lubero” reports local clergy Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In North Kivu (north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) there is a “genocide in the making”. This was revealed by the clergy of the diocese of Butembo-Beni in a message published by the ...
• 27 November 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Two new Institutes at Fu Ren Catholic University: Education and Social Communication Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - After 40 years of waiting, Fu Ren Catholic University in Taiwan has finally launched the Institute for Education and the Institute for Social Communication, in conjunction with celebrating 85 ye ...
• 27 November 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation by Bishop of Ondo, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 November, 2010, the Holy Father Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the ministry of the Diocese of Ondo (Nigeria), presented by Bishop Francis Florunsho Clement Alonge, in acco ...
• 27 November 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Juba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 November, 2010, the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Juba (Sudan), the Rev. Santo Loku Pio Doggale of the clergy of Juba, Assistant Parish ...
• 27 November 2010
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Creation of the Diocese of Bunda and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 27, 2010, the Holy Father Benedict XVI created the Diocese of Bunda (Tanzania), with territory from the Archdiocese of Mwanza and from the Diocese of Musoma, making it a suffrag ...
• 27 November 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Peace is necessary to live in Rio de Janeiro”: appeal by Archbishop Tempesta Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Orani João Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro, before the recent clashes in the city, pleaded to “overcome evil with good” and this means “promoting peace”. This is “the way ...
• 27 November 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - A Catholic radio network for Central America Alajuela (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Central America decided, at the Plenary Assembly held in Costa Rica, to create a network of Catholic radio stations in the region. “There are 60 radio stations broadcasting in ...
• 26 November 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Proposed revision of the blasphemy law lands in Parliament Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A detailed proposal for the revision of the blasphemy law has arrived at the National Assembly: Fides learned from Sherry Rehman, Muslim, parliamentarian of the “Pakistan Peoples Party”, w ...
• 26 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Cholera epidemic unstoppable: alarm from the Camillian mission Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - “The emergence of cholera is uncontrollable. A few days before the election there it is shooting up in the streets, among the corpses strewn everywhere. The people, having no alternativ ...
• 26 November 2010
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “We need to consolidate peace at any cost”, said the Archbishop of Abidjan on the eve of voting Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of balloting for the presidential elections to be held Sunday, 28 November, mixed signals are coming from the Côte d'Ivoire. On one hand, the two candidates, incumbent President La ...
• 26 November 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Solidarity of the local Church with the Archbishop of Cochabamba, threatened following his report of drug trafficking Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - “As the Church in Bolivia we stand together with Bishop Tito, because he is a Bishop who identifies with his people, aware of the evils that afflict them through his presence and contact wi ...
• 26 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Election details Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - About 4.7 million Haitians have the right to vote and to choose a successor to President René Preval along with 11 senators and 99 deputies. The presidential candidate of Haiti, Mirlande ...
• 26 November 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 3rd CIMI Seminar concludes on “Climate change and major projects” Luziânia (Agenzia Fides) - The Third National Seminar on the Formation of the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), which met in Luziânia (GO) from Monday, 22, on “Climate change and major projects”, concluded yest ...