News

• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “The Redemptorists in Vietnam are working for peace and for the good of the people,” Superior General of the Congregation tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very unpleased with the unjust accusations of being 'instigators of riots', as has been stated in some Vietnamese media sources. I wish the world knew that the Redemptorists in Vietnam have ...
• 27 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Jos tells Fides situation is improving Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is in the process of gradual improvement. We had several meetings that were very fruitful, with policy makers, religious, and elders, to try to restore calm and peace in our communi ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Bishop tells Fides attacks on three Catholic Churches in Karnataka are “only a pretext” Karwar (Agenzia Fides) – Three Catholic churches have been attacked by vandals in recent days in the state of Karnataka, in Southwestern India. Those responsible for the attacks are youth members of a Hindu extremist o ...
• 27 January 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Drought, parasites, and foreign debt end “agricultural miracle” in Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – "For almost three years, Malawi has been telling the world that it had defeated hunger. The trump card of this victory was the mass distribution of fertilizer. Purchased on the international ...
• 27 January 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "The Christian faith has inevitable implications in the area of political morality" message of the Bishops for 2010 elections San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Costa Rica have published a letter on the occasion of the upcoming General Elections on February 7. First, the Bishops recall the exhortation entitled "Paths to a true democrac ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics prepare for Chinese New Year by visiting those in need, offering material and spiritual aid Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In anticipation of Chinese New Year, which falls this year on February 14, the Chinese Catholic community is already organizing itself, as it does every year, to care for disadvantaged familie ...
• 26 January 2010
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Auxiliary of Blantyre appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on January 25, 2010 appointed as Auxiliary of Blantyre (Malawi) Fr. Montfort Stima, Vicar General of the same archdiocese, assigning him the titular see of P ...
• 26 January 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Padre Pepe,” missionary and driver: hours and hours driving around a pick-up truck to bring aid and reach out to those in need Jimani (Agenzia Fides) - The whole world now knows of the situation in Haiti after the earthquake. The Church, which also suffered huge losses in persons and structures, immediately got to work using the means available, ...
• 26 January 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: in response to the violence we should promote love and respect for life Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishops and Bishops of Venezuela, at the end of their XCIII Ordinary Assembly, sent a statement to all the people of Venezuela. The document is divided into 3 parts and a conclusion. ...
• 26 January 2010
  ASIA/LAOS - First Buddhist University in Laos - When will there be Catholic schools? Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) – Laos will have its first Buddhist university. The first stone of the new institution was officially placed on Sunday, January 24, in a solemn public ceremony in Vientiane. The institute, u ...
• 26 January 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shazia's story and the reality of child labor Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – While the nation is still reeling from the tragic story of Shazia – the young Catholic girl brutally murdered in Lahore by her Muslim employer (see Fides 25/1/2010), the Catholic Church in Pa ...
• 26 January 2010
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “What is needed is a system to verify the payment of military salaries,” Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The Shabaab have claimed responsibility for the mortar bombing of the hospital located at the Mogadishu Airport, also site of the headquarters of the African peacekeeping force AMISOM (African ...
• 26 January 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Army imposes limitation on military movements after national tension increases Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – Tension has risen in Nigeria, where yesterday (January 25), the Military Chief of Staff General Abdulrahman Danbazau announced the limitation of military movement. According to the General, tro ...
• 26 January 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI: “What is needed is new and intense evangelizing activity, directed not only at peoples who have never known the Gospel, but also at those among whom Christianity is present.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In a world characterized by religious indifference and even by a growing aversion towards the Christian faith, what is needed is new and intense evangelizing activity, directed not only ...
• 25 January 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Life starts at conception” Bishops of Kenya affirm, following proposal to alter Constitution to claim life begins at birth Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Conscious of our divine mandate to promote the culture of life and to stand for the inviolable right of every person to life from the moment of conception to natural death, we strongly feel we ...