News

• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 40 deaths in 15 days, blackmails and threats also to priests and members of the Church Netzahualcoyotl (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Netzahualcoyotl, His Exc. Msg. Luis Hector Morales Sánchez, who alleged that the priests who work in the eastern part of the State of Mexico have been threa ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Bishops of Taiwan practice the use of the mass media and public relations management Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the reality of the contemporary world, the Bishops of Taiwan are acutely aware of the importance of the media and of the proper management of public relations, especially in the conte ...
• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Vatican - observer of the Central American Integration System (SICA) San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican has become the ninth extra-regional observer of the Central American Integration System (SICA). The official ceremony was held in San Salvador, at the SICA headquarters, yesterd ...
• 22 January 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The typhoon also has an impact on maternal and child health Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the typhoon that hit the population of Mindanao (see Fides 6/12/2012) are severely having an impact on the structure of the local health system, in particular on neonatal assi ...
• 22 January 2013
  EUROPE/POLAND - A missionary priest of Czestochowa sent to Kazakhstan Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, January 20, in the Parish of the Divine Mercy in Cieciulów, in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa the sending of a missionary priest of the Archdiocese, Father Slawomir Porebski wa ...
• 22 January 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New Bishops' appeal: "release the three Assumptionist Fathers kidnapped in October" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The three Assumptionist Fathers who were kidnapped last October are still in the hands of their kidnappers. The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and, in particular, the Diocese o ...
• 22 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Basic necessities for half of the families in Durango are lacking Durango (Agenzia Fides) - Five families out of 10 in Durango, in northern Mexico, live in food poverty. Of the 203,000 families who do not have sufficient means to purchase basic necessities, partly because of the severe ...
• 22 January 2013
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Uncertain situation in Asmara after the revolt of a group of soldiers Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - Calm seems to have returned in Asmara, capital of Eritrea, where last night a group of soldiers occupied the Ministry of Information. From the limited information that come from the Country, the ...
• 21 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Year of Faith: each parishioner donates two copies of the Bible per month for evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Every parishioner's commitment is to donate two copies of the Bible per month during the Year of Faith, to be destined to non-Christians: is the initiative of the parish of the Miraculous Medal ...
• 21 January 2013
  VATICAN - The Pope's Angelus: "Let there be an end to all conflicts and violence, let there be found the courage to dialogue" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To the prayer for Christian unity I would like to add once again that for peace because, unfortunately there are various conflicts under way around the world and the slaughter of innocent ...
• 21 January 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Christmas truce has ended, the Church asks to stop the violence and continue the dialogue Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday, January 20, the ceasefire declared at Christmas 2012 between the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and the government of Juan Manuel Santos came to an end. The Secr ...
• 21 January 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The lives of children are at risk: landmines in 31 departments out of 32 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012, 13 children died in Colombia and 52 others were injured as a result of landmines. According to a document of the Presidential Program for Integral Action against Landmines, in 2012 12 bo ...
• 21 January 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - On line "Radio Veritas", a Catholic station for the Chiapas area San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Veritas, a Catholic radio station in San Cristobal de las Casas, in the Mexican state of Chiapas, was able to obtain legal authorization of the Federal Commission of Tel ...
• 21 January 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Lahham: the Church prays for all the election candidates, but does not sponsor anyone Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Jordan offers its prayers for all candidates, but says it does not support any one in particular. This is what Archbishop Maroun Laham, Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan of the L ...
• 21 January 2013
  AFRICA/GABON - Resignation of the Bishop of Mouila and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on January 19, 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Mouila (Gabon), by His Exc. Mgr. Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp., in accordance ...