News

• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou describes most recent Ugandan rebel attack as “unprecedented violence” in correspondence with Fides Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - "The rebels used an unprecedented level of violence on the poor defenseless civilians. They hurt the people first and then ended their lives with machetes," Fides is told by His Excellency Bis ...
• 23 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bagnasco recalls: “those who suffer because their fundamental human rights, above all religious freedom, are trampled” and expresses his closeness to missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Among the "painful situations" that have recently affected many people in different parts of the world, like the earthquake in Haiti and Chile, there is also "that of the people who suffer becaus ...
• 23 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 2,000 faithful attend consecration of the Church of Tao Li, dedicated to St. Luigi Gonzaga San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – Over 2,000 faithful attended the recent dedication of the church of Tao Li dedicated to St. Luigi Gonzaga, which is in the Diocese of San Yuan, in the Shaan Xi Province. According to local so ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Solwezi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 23, 2010, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Solwezi (Zambia), Fr. Charles Kasonde, of the clergy of Ndola, Director of the National Office for t ...
• 23 March 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishop of Tilaran calls for caution before ruling on religious education in schools San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – On February 2, the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica declared that Article 34, paragraph 2 of the present law on the careers of teachers, which gave the Bishops' Conference the power to gra ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - US Bishops express solidarity with Nigerian Church and people Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “We share the concern that the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria articulated in your February 2010 Pastoral Letter regarding the acts of hostility that have occurred among ethnic and religio ...
• 23 March 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Children in orphanages still a serious situation due to lack of food and schooling Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The little orphanage of San Marie is located in Port-au-Prince. The area, once home to 2,000 residents, now accommodates some 6,000 people who lost their homes in the January earthquake. ...
• 23 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders tell Parliament leader in Punjab to “work for harmony starting with the education system” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Political leaders must be "active promoters of social and interreligious harmony, helping to build bridges between believers of different religions in Pakistan and establishing education progra ...
• 23 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI document on “indigenous peoples, a situation of misery and lack of assistance” Campo Grande (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning March 15, the national leadership of the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI) and members of various regions in which the institution operates, met in Campo Grande (Mato Grosso ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Healthcare needed, cholera risks spreading across country Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest findings of the Ministry of Health in Kenya, there are now 15 districts severely affected by cholera in the country, with 663 confirmed cases since January, and some 15 ...
• 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 ...