News

• 24 May 2012
  VIETNAM - 4 Catholic students in prison "subversives": they were promoting religious freedom and protection of life Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Sentenced to prison for "propaganda against the State": is the fate of 4 Catholic students, tried by a court in Hanoi today for a crime that the Criminal Code punishes with prison sentences betwee ...
• 22 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - After the attack on the President of the transition period, political instability is putting off negotiations for the North Bamako (Agencia Fides) – The President has been treated in the hospital nearest to his office, but his injuries are not serious”, Don Edmondo Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, where yesterday a ...
• 22 May 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new Archbishop of Seul: “Priority to Evangelization and the reunification of Korea” Seul (Fides Agency) – Priority will be evangelization in a country where the Catholic community is growing but also “missio ad gentes”; equally important is the work for reconciliation and reunification with North ...
• 18 May 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The first soldiers of the CEDEAO have arrived , expectation for the formation of the transition government Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – “The arrival of the small vanguard of the contingent of the CEDEAO did not stir up particular sentiments among the population”, Fr. Davis Sciocco, PIME missionary, and director of Radio Sol ...
• 18 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Religious Liberty but also “strengthening of the sharia” in the joint Declaration of Government and Islamic rebels Cotabato City (Agenzia Fides) – The new “political subject” which the government and Islamic rebels are agreeing to create in the South Philippines, in the framework of a type of federal system – to substitute t ...
• 18 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Historic opportunities for peace in Mindanao” Missionaries and Civil Society at work ASIA/PHILIPPINES “Historic opportunities for peace in Mindanao” Missionaries and Civil Society at work. Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – There is an historic opportunity for an agreement of lasting peace in the ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “There must be no more war between Sudan and South Sudan!”: Appeal of Catholic Bishops and Anglicans of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic and Anglican Bishops of South Sudan are asking the International community for a “more balanced “position on the conflict that is setting their country against Sudan. The messag ...
• 16 May 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced Conversions result of Poverty and Ignorance Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Poverty, ignorance, illiteracy and social injustice are the principal causes of the phenomenon of “forced conversions” which is afflicting Pakistan. New regulations are needed to counter ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A request from the Bishops of Angola for a greater attention to the poor in a very rich country Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “An observation post on poverty in Angola needs to be created so as to monitor the struggling polices to fight poverty, to verify the results of these policies and their effective impact on ...
• 16 May 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Overcome poverty and corruption”: the voice of the Church on the anniversary of independence Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Te Deum for 201 years of independence in Paraguay was marked by an unique note: the people were not allowed to go into the Cathedral or the Square in front, though thi ...
• 16 May 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - 300 new Pastors preparing for ordination Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The Evangelical Christian community, Vittoria di Cristo”, has informed Agenzia Fides that 300 new Pastors will be ordained in Nepal next July - all Nepalese – who will be leaders in the ...
• 16 May 2012
  ASIA/CINA - The first museum in China dedicated to Father Matteo Ricci, fruit of the collaboration between the civil authorities and the Catholic Church, inaugurated Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The first museum dedicated to the Jesuit missionary, Father Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), was inaugurated on 13 May, thanks to the collaboration between the civil authorities and the Catholic Chu ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Heavy rain in the region of Kagera; at least 60 families left without homes Bukoba (Agenzia Fides) – After 4 consecutive days of uninterrupted rain, at least 60 families in Kagondo, in the district of Muleba, have been left without their homes. The houses have been destroyed by the flooding, t ...
• 16 May 2012
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Presidential elections: vigil of prayer and reflection prescribed by the Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic has exhorted all citizens to vote according to conscience at the Presidential elections next Sunday, 20 May. The Bishops also asked t ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Kumasi and nomination of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, on May 15 2012, accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Kumasi (Ghana), presented by His Eccellency Msgr. Thomas Kwaku M ...