News

• 16 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru opens 78 homes in Pisco, area struck by 2007 earthquake Pisco (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the reconstruction of areas hit by the earthquake of 15 August 2007, Caritas Peru has opened 78 homes in the towns of Montesierpe and Media Luna, in the Humaya District, Province of P ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishop Warduni encourages Christians to enter into government coalition Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "We encourage lay Christians to be involved in politics, to take up their full responsibility, and if there was a possibility, to enter the government coalition, to give a direct contribution ...
• 16 March 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Turkish President visits Kinshasa: Congolese diplomacy is “tous azimuts” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is developing diplomatic action across the board, emerging from the isolation of the war years 1998-2003. This action is developed along different lines ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Amidst conflict and difficulties, using weapons of prayer to change hearts Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with riots that flare up again to Jerusalem, before the conflict that seems to rob the Holy Land of its hopes, "our response is prayer, the invocation of the Most High, asking that He ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 1,000 incidents of anti-Christian violence in 2 years; latest situation in Karnataka worse than Orissa Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Today, March 15, the police went to the Cathedral of Karwar (coastal town in Karnataka) and warned the Vicar General to stop spreading Christian literature and Christian religious pictures b ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Church continues to fight for life amidst increased support for death penalty Incheon (Agenzia Fides) – The South Korean Supreme Court has recently declared the death penalty as an admissible form of punishment in the country. However, the Catholic community will not surrender and will continue ...
• 15 March 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Sudan: “the change of heart which is the indispensable condition for a just and lasting peace must even now be implored as a gift of God’s grace.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I know how much you and the faithful of your country long for peace, and how patiently you are working for its restoration. Anchored in your faith and hope in Christ the Prince of Peace, ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 7 catechumens examined at Saint Paul Parish in Hsinchuang: “the Christian faith is not a philosophy, but rather a real personal encounter with Christ” Hsinchuang (Agenzia Fides) – "Lent is a privileged moment of grace that one must live by praying, fasting, and being more generous in their own offerings." With these words, Fr. Paolo Costa, FSCB (Priestly Fraternity o ...
• 15 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Uribe coalition ahead in elections; Bishops of Caqueta call for no negotiation of consent and clean voting Caqueta (Agenzia Fides) – Elections were held yesterday, Sunday, March 14, in Colombia. While the count of the votes is still taking place, the national press has reported the results in advance: the U Party has obtain ...
• 15 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 5,392 dengue victims in Cali, health emergency Cali (Agenzia Fides) – In the year 2010, there have been 7 deaths (up to March 11) caused by dengue fever, 5 of them in Cali. Outbreak in the region has reached a total of 5,392. The information was confirmed by the Na ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/LEBANON - Day of Solidarity with Iraqi Christians in Beirut Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – A Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon on the hill of Harissa, near the Lebanese capital Beirut, closed the day of prayer and reflection entitled "The Cross in Iraq bleeds, when will the r ...
• 15 March 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Cardinal Malula's thought is relevant today and urges us to act,” affirms Archbishop of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Celebrations are in full swing in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo, in honor of Cardinal Joseph Malula (1917-1989), considered the "father and founder of the Church of Ki ...
• 15 March 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Marlene's Story: a 13-year-old girl spends 540 days as a slave of LRA guerrillas Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) – We often speak of children and child soldiers, abducted and enslaved by Ugandan rebels LRA (Lord's Resistance Army), a military group that is raging on the northeastern part of the Democrati ...
• 13 March 2010
  VATICAN - Archbishop Tomasi: “nearly 70 percent of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion, the brunt of which often falls on religious minorities” Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - “In a number of countries freedom of religion is not yet fully guaranteed. Recent surveys indicate that nearly 70 percent of the world’s 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restric ...
• 13 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese preparing for 25th World Youth Day Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Ministry Commission of the Diocese of Hong Kong has been preparing the youth of Hong Kong for the XXV World Youth Day (WYD), which is celebrated this year, at a diocesan level, on ...