News

• 22 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Hotline” for religious minorities with President Zardari: Christians report two serious cases of violence Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, said he would set up a “hotline” to report directly to its officers the most serious cases of violence against religious minorities in Pakistan. Z ...
• 22 March 2010
  VATICAN - Vatican meeting for Commission on Catholic Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The commission that Benedict XVI established in 2007 to study questions of importance to the life the Church in China will meet today, March 22, at the Vatican. According to a press state ...
• 22 March 2010
  VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of Burkina Faso and Niger on Ad Limina visit: “May a new missionary zeal enliven your community, so that the Gospel message is fully accepted and faithfully lived!” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “After more than a century, evangelization has already borne abundant fruit, visible through many signs of the vitality of the Church-God's family in your countries. May a new missionar ...
• 22 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Feng Xian Parish remembers Canadian missionaries killed in World War II for defending thousands Xu Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The Parish of Feng Xian in the Diocese of Xu Zhou, Jiang Su Province, has paid tribute to three Canadian Jesuit missionaries killed during the Second World War, with testimonies of several wit ...
• 22 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - March 25: International Day for Life Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Following a survey conducted worldwide, during the first International Pro-Life Congress, held in Madrid in 2003 which involved over 20,000 groups and associations in over 20 countries across E ...
• 22 March 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - First National Day for Youth dedicated to Archbishop Romero: “His words still resound today.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of young people gathered from the early hours of Saturday, March 20 in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador to celebrate the First National Youth Day dedicated to ...
• 22 March 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Church in Mission”: new radio program in Chile to support Continental Mission Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The challenges of this missionary time after the anguish of the earthquake, were the first topic addressed by the new radio program "Church on Mission”, which opened March 18. The ...
• 22 March 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archdiocese of Sydney gives grant for adult stem cell research Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Sydney has just awarded a grant to Dr. Carl Walkley to support and foster research on the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells. Dr. Walkley is from the St Vincent's Inst ...
• 22 March 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishops of Malawi work for equal opportunities for men and women Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – "Women have the right to equal opportunities in education, training, employment, remuneration, inheritance and owning property," says a note from the Bishops' Conference of Malawi, reported b ...
• 22 March 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Significant geopolitical maneuvers taking place as Mogadishu awaits government operation Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The Somali capital of Mogadishu lives awaiting the announced offensive attack of government troops on the Shebaab militias, considered sympathetic to the international Jihad movement. The of ...
• 20 March 2010
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “The mission is at the heart of the Church's pastoral activity.” Fides interviews the President of the Bishops' Conference of Burkina Faso-Niger Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "Our Church is strongly oriented towards the mission and committed to helping create a cohesive and united society," Fides is told by Archbishop Seraphin Rouamba, Archbishop of Koupéla and Presi ...
• 20 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Auxiliar Bishop of Lodwar appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on March 20, 2010, appointed Dominic Kimengich, Vicar of the Tribune of the Diocese of Nakuru, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Lodwar (Kenya), assigning him the t ...
• 20 March 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Evangelization Association begins at St. Paul Parish in Mu Dan Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) – After 10 months of preparation, the Evangelization Association of the parish of St. Paul in Mu Dan, in the Diocese of Kaohsiung, has finally taken shape. According to information received by ...
• 20 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - A week dedicated to Archbishop Romero and the Missionary Martyrs of every continent Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, was assassinated while celebrating Mass. Since 1993, this date was chosen by the Missionary Youth Movement of the Pontif ...
• 20 March 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Children remind everyone of the person of Archbishop Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Federal Post Office of El Salvador has promoted a special issue of stamps in hon ...