News

• 16 November 2010
  VATICAN - Final Press Release on 7th Colloquium between the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Center for Interreligious Dialogue of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Center for Inter-Religious Dialogue of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (Tehran, Iran) and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (Vatican) held their sevent ...
• 16 November 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Guinea experiencing tensions and hopes following Alpha Conde victory Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - “Despite the tensions of the last hours and the loss of one life, we can say that the situation in society has not degraded and there is hope for the nascent democracy of Guinea," Fides has be ...
• 16 November 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishops say “peace is possible” in January referendum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – “Peace is possible,” said the bishops of Sudan in a statement published at the end of their Plenary Assembly which was held in Rumbek, November 8 to 15. The document stresses that the tw ...
• 16 November 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women of Pakistan show support for Asia Bibi, call for judicial reform and appeal to Asma Jahangir Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The women of Pakistan, Christians and Muslims, have taken to the streets to show their support and solidarity with Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy. Yesterday, info ...
• 15 November 2010
  VATICAN - At Angelus, Pope calls for “new balance between agriculture, industry and services, so that development be sustainable, and no one go without bread and work” and launches appeal for Haiti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The current economic crisis must be taken in all its seriousness: It has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global econom ...
• 15 November 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pontifical Council of Culture: “We need men and women who speak with their lives, who know how to communicate the Gospel, with clarity and courage, with the transparency of their actions, with the passionate joy of charity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The lives of the saints and martyrs reveal a singular beauty that fascinates and attracts, because a Christian life lived to the full speaks for itself. We need men and women who speak w ...
• 15 November 2010
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “The Church in Africa still needs missionaries and should be missionary to herself”: Final Message from the SCEAM/CCEE Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We are therefore grateful to God today that Africa, thanks to the many centuries of selfless sacrifice by hundreds of thousands of missionaries from Europe and elsewhere, has a vibrant Church ...
• 15 November 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 40,000 e-mails and an anti-blasphemy law petition to save Asia Bibi Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The international effort for the cause of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, is giving the first results: through the efforts of Christian associations, human right ...
• 15 November 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - 200,000 people showing signs of cholera: added tragedy for suffering Haiti Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After almost 11 months after the greatest tragedy that the island has seen and that according to the official estimate has caused 230,000 deaths, the epidemic of cholera now threatens some 200,000 ...
• 15 November 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Archbishop of Kisangani tells Fides about city's role in peace efforts Kisangani (Agenzia Fides) – "I'm ready to take up the pilgrim's stick as defender and herald of peace," Archbishop Marcel Utempi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said in an interview wi ...
• 13 November 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Prayer Service held in New York for victims of October 31 attack in Baghdad New York (Agenzia Fides) – Ambassadors and diplomats attended an Evening Prayer Service for the victims of the ferocious 31 October attack on the worshipers of Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Baghd ...
• 13 November 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Holy Father's Message to participants in seminar on Sacred Scripture in the Chinese language Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged the participants to the ninth seminar of Sacred Scripture in Chinese (see Fides 11/10/2010) to promote Bible reading. According to reports from the Kong Ko B ...
• 13 November 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyan Bishops say “Let's work to improve the Constitution” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Kenya have reaffirmed their opposition to the part of the new Constitution that “poses a threat to life, family, marriage, equality or traditional Christian values,” but dec ...
• 13 November 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pastors authorized to cancel liturgical celebrations to protect population from violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) has authorized the priests of the areas hardest hit by the violence plaguing the country to suspend celebrations or change Mass schedules in order to ...
• 13 November 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on November 13, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), presented by Archbishop Titianma Anselme ...