News

• 22 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN -Infant Jesus of Prague soon to have a Shrine in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague has arrived in Pakistan, in the diocese of Faisalabad, in Punjab, and a Shrine dedicated to the Infant Jesus is to be a centre of pilgrimage for Catholics ...
• 22 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Greek-Orthodox Patriarch: Help us help the Syrian people Damasco (Agenzia Fides) – The Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East , through his department for ecumenical relations and development (DERD), has so far distributed 75 thousand survival kits and offered ...
• 22 February 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Pilgrimage with relics of St Vincent de Paul Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Hong Kong, particularly members of the St Vincent de Paul Society, welcomed the relics of the Founder as part of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Fe ...
• 22 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of a Bishop loved for his understanding of young people Zhoucun (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Joseph Ma Xuesheng, bishop of the diocese of Zhoucun (Chowtsun), in Shandong (mainland China) died on February 8 at the age of almost 90. He was born on 16 September 1923, in the distr ...
• 22 February 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai to visit Moscow. He will meet Kirill I and Duma Chairman Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The Patriarch of Antioch of Maronites Bechara Boutros Rai is soon to travel to Moscow on a visit with significant implications, both ecumenical and political-humanitarian . From 26 February t ...
• 21 February 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops and priests urge the UN: stop the destruction of Tamil people Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – A forceful call to the United Nations Organisation to intervene to stop the annihilation of the Tamil people being operated by the government of Sri Lanka, and to guarantee respect for human ...
• 21 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Endless slaughter in Damascus. Rumours of plan to strike Papal Nuncio Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The Papal Nuncio to Syria Archbishop Mario Zenari is still shocked by reporst and images of fresh violent attacks this morning in the centre of Damascus, beginning with the attack in al-Shahb ...
• 21 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In the fight against terrorism and sectarianism, government seeks Ulema support Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Praise is due to the Ulema (Muslim religious leaders) who have "faithfully taught and lived the message of unity, love and peace and condemned every act of violence in this country ". Follo ...
• 21 February 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - No to text changes in Electoral Ethics Pact Panama (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Panama, which proposed an “Electoral Ethics Pact " (see Fides 31/01/2013) to prevent fraud, aggression and bad use of resources in electoral campaigns, is firmly agai ...
• 21 February 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 520 women murdered in 2012 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "According to a list based on news reported by the press some 417 women were murdered in Honduras in 2012, a figure that may be as much as 20 per cent too low, which would bring the actual ...
• 21 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Lent in the Year of Faith in Tai Yuan: spirituality and evangelisation Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – In the diocese of Tai Yuan (Shan Xi, province, mainland China) the period of Lent in this Year of Faith proclaimed by the Pope, is proving to be a time of intense spirituality and evangelisat ...
• 21 February 2013
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Clashes in the Blue Nile area continue Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Clashes continue in Sudan’s Blue Nile state bordering on South Sudan, between Khartoum military and troops of SPLA-N (North-Sudan People’s Liberation Army). One SPLA-N spokesman told the Ca ...
• 21 February 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - " Free Central Africans from suffering": Bishops appeal Bangui (Agenzia Fides)- End the suffering of the Central African people by fully applying the Libreville Accord reached on 11 January. This appeal was launched by the Catholic Bishops of the Central African Republic CA ...
• 20 February 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO -1,800 children’s letters say “thank you” to the Pope Hermosillo (Agenzia Fides) – Some 1.800 letters to say ‘thank you’ to Pope Benedict XVI and ask him to pray for the children of the world were written by young participants at the First Regional Congress of Missi ...
• 20 February 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Today funeral of Catholic priest killed last Sunday Zanzibar (Agenzia Fides) – The funeral was held today of Fr. Evarist Mushi, the Catholic priest killed last Sunday 17 February, on the island of Zanzibar (see Fides 18/2/2013). "The funeral of Fr. Evarist was broadca ...