News

• 4 May 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - As strikes paralyse the country: Christians pull out 'special weapon', the Holy Rosary Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – In a country paralysed by three days of general strikes, Christians pull out their "special weapon": the Rosary beads. “We pray to the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede that peace may preva ...
• 4 May 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral care and vocations, the media and society, the main topics discussed by the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan Spring Assembly Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) – Pastoral care and vocations, the media and society, were the main topics discussed by the spring meeting of the Regional Bishops Conference of Taiwan, held in April in the diocese of Hsinchu. ...
• 4 May 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Latin American Meeting for Continental Mission: mission progress and renewal from parishes outwards Lima (Agenzia Fides) – From 3 to 6 May, the capital of Peru is hosting the Latin American meeting of Bishop delegated for the Continental Mission by the Bishops' Conferences of all Latin America and the Caribbean. The ...
• 4 May 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Archbishop of San Salvador tells Fides: “Prison inmates have lost their right to freedom, but certainly not their rights as a person ” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – After episodes of violence in two prisons in El Salvador, in which 2 prisoners were killed and more than 20 injured in the Penitentiaries of Cojutepeque (central) and Sonsonate (west), th ...
• 3 May 2010
  EUROPE/POLAND - At the Marian Shrine of Jasna Góra a Book with the names of 3,000 Polish priests killed during World War II, under the Communist rule and in mission lands Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The presentation to the “Black Madonna” venerated at Jasna Góra Marian Shrine, of a Book, "The Priest's Vow" , containing the names of some 3,000 Polish priests killed during the Sec ...
• 3 May 2010
  VATICAN - “May the process of reconciliation in justice and truth, produce lasting respect for all God-given human rights ”: the Pope addresses the Bishops of Gambia, Sierra Leone and Liberia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Through your teaching the Lord preserves your people from evil, ignorance and superstition, and transforms them into children of his Kingdom. Strive to build vibrant and expansive com ...
• 3 May 2010
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - After the failure of the Pretoria summit, will the military intervene directly in political life? Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- There is uncertainty in Madagascar after the failure of the meeting in Pretoria (South Africa) of the leaders of 4 “mouvances” who were to sign an agreement to bring the country out of a ...
• 3 May 2010
  AFRICA/RD CONGO - Jobless minors learn to work the land in the mining province of Katanga Likasi (Agenzia Fides) - The world financial crisis has swollen the lines of jobless people, increasing hunger and malnutrition in south-east Congo. The wake of the global financial crisis continues in the province of Ka ...
• 3 May 2010
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Clashes in Darfur over a swindle affecting thousands of people Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Three to 10 people were reportedly killed and about twenty injured in clashes between the police and about a hundred demonstrators on the way to the residence of the Governor, yesterday, Sunday ...
• 3 May 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians feel fear, shock and indignation after bomb attack on three buses carrying Christian students to college Mossul (Agenzia Fides) – One passenger dead and at least 120 injured, including three in serious conditions (one girl student is in coma): Fides sources in Mossul report on the tragic outcome of a bomb blast yesterday, ...
• 3 May 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholic Archbishop of Mossul calls for UN intervention to protect Christians in Iraq Mossul (Agenzia Fides) – “It is urgently necessary to have a United Nations intervention to protect Christians in Iraq. We intend to make this request. If the civil and military authorities are unable to protect us, ...
• 3 May 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Patron Saint of Workers and the opening of the Marian month of May, looking towards 24 May, World Day of Prayer for the Catholic Church in China Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of the opening of the Marian Month of May and the celebration of the Patron Saint of Workers, St Joseph, many Catholics in China went on pilgrimage to Marian Shrines to pay homage ...
• 3 May 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The violent death of Father Wood, who had just launched a 'Campaign to protect Life and Peace Puerto Ordaz (Agenzia Fides) – A Catholic priest, Fr Esteban Robert Wood, aged 68, parish priest of Sagrada Familia parish in Puerto Ordaz, was murdered in the evening of Wednesday 28 April, near the parish house in th ...
• 3 May 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Day of the Child: “ it is not sufficient to be sad, we must commit ourselves, before God, to transform this reality which is an attempt at the life and the dignity of children ” Toluca (Agenzia Fides) – “The Day of the Child is rightly celebrated with great enthusiasm in Mexico, it is a celebration to thank God for the gift of children. Jesus, the Son of God, came on earth to share our life, ...
• 3 May 2010
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Education for girls ensures a better future Honiara (Agenzia Fides) –Don Bosco Technical School in Honiara, Solomon Islands, in keeping with the third UN Millennium Goal to 'promote gender equality and empower women', has just launched a carpentry workshop for g ...