News

• 14 May 2012
  VATICAN - 4 priests and 17 deacons of the Urban College ordained in St. Peter’s: "The Prince of the Apostles, by looking at you in the eyes, renews his wonder for the fidelity with which Christ loves, sanctifies and renews his Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in truth, is a memorable day for all of you: both for the seventeen that with the diaconate become part of the clergy, consecrating their lives to the service of the Church, and, es ...
• 14 May 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Lusophone Countries do not accept the agreement between the coup leaders and the West African States Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Guinea Bissau is still blocked where a new government to overcome the crisis caused by the military coup on April 12 seems difficult to form. ECOWAS (Economic Community of West ...
• 14 May 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Solar panels bring the internet in schools without electricity Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Secretary General of the Organization of Iberoamerican States (OEI), thanks to a pilot program involving the installation of solar panels, 100 colleges in rural areas and diffi ...
• 14 May 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In the Year of Faith, the challenges of mission and dialogue, in front of radical Islam Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Faith will be an opportunity to renew the momentum of the mission in Indonesia," says to Fides Fr. Romanus Harjito, O. Carm, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in ...
• 14 May 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Young and faith: the Church thinks of new strategies Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - There is a problem of faith and spirituality among younger generations in Papua New Guinea: among young people prayer, faith are lacking, interest in the activities of the Church decreases ...
• 14 May 2012
  VATICAN - "Thank you Father Massimo for your example and for your service to God, to the Church, to Missions and to our Congregation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " Thank you Father Massimo for your example and for your service to God, to the Church, to Missions and to our Congregation. Thank you for your loving care towards us; and now that you are ...
• 14 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Environmentalist leader killed in Mindanao, the Bishops appeal to "stop violence" Malaybalay (Agenzia Fides) - Murder emergency on the island of Mindanao: Margarito Cabal, an environmentalist leader was killed in the province of Bukidnon, in Mindanao (southern Philippines). This is the third murder wi ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope receives the General Assembly of the PMS and encourages " worldwide campaign, which, through the prayer of the Holy Rosary, accompany the work of evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI received the National directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in audience on Friday, May 11, during their annual Assembly of the Board of Governors, ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians expelled from Hama Homs (Agenzia Fides) - A disturbing news reaches Fides from the province of Hama, in the north of Homs: armed men have expelled all Christian families in the village of Al Borj Al Qastal, in the province of Hama. The new ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Catholic priest in the province of Damascus was victim of an attack Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Severe attack against father George Louis, priest of the Greek catholic church of San Michele, in the historical center of Qara, in the province of Damascus. As Fides sources in the Greek Catho ...
• 12 May 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appeal of the Church for the journalist kidnapped: 28 journalists murdered since 2003 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, and of the Association dei Media of the Central American country, have strongly condemned the kidnapping of ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The "Party of Solidarity" at risk, accused by "warlords" Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – It is an "uncomfortable" party and therefore in danger of disappearing, accused and delegitimized by "warlords" and by criminals. The Democratic Party of Afghanistan "Hambastagi" ("Party of Soli ...
• 12 May 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - A former persecutor of Christians and Hindus in Orissa converts and becomes a preacher of the Gospel Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The story recalls that of St. Paul: Niladri Kanhar, leader of a Hindu village in Orissa, known for his hatred towards Christians and who once persecuted and killed them, has converted to Chr ...
• 12 May 2012
  VATICAN - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ordains in St. Peter’s: 4 priests and 17 deacons of the Urban College from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will preside this afternoon at 3pm, in the Vatican Basilica, a Mass with the ordinations of Priests ...
• 12 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Three hundred years of the "Fiesta de los Indios" in honor of St. Michael the Archangel Puerto Montt (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Chile, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, along with the Archbishop of Puerto Montt, His Exc. Mgr. Cristián Caro, presided the celebration of 300 years of the "Fiesta de los I ...