News

• 20 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - "Enrica Lexie" case: the two fishermen killed are Christians, the community wants justice Kollam (Agenzia Fides) - "The two fishermen killed in the incident where Italian soldiers are involved were both Christians from Moothakara. The family of one of them lives in our diocese of Quilon. With Bishop, Mgr. St ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA-Still tension between the government and indigenous people, dialogue is postponed for carnival Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous leaders of the ethnic Ngäbe Bugle and representatives of the Panamanian government have suspended negotiations on the new law restricting the mining and the defense of the wa ...
• 20 February 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR-"I thank all people of good will who are close to us," says the Bishop of Moramanga after a visit to the places affected by the cyclone Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - According to data released by the National Office, there are at least 200,000 people affected by the passage of Cyclone Storm Giovanna on February 13th (see Fides 14/02/2012; 16/02/2012; 17/02 ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/BELIZE - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Belize City-Belmopan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February 18, 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Christopher Glancy, C.S.V.as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, assigning him the titular ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Still rain, the church flooded: it is emergency in Iñapari on the border with Brazil Iñapari (Agenzia Fides) - The small town of Iñapari has been flooded for several days. This district of Madre de Dios (Peru), on the border with Brazil and Bolivia, has been suffering for days because of heavy rains th ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The country affected by rains, floods and an epidemic of dengue La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Landslides alarm and swollen rivers in Bolivia, where 6,585 families have been displaced in the last two months and where there have been 7 deaths so far. The regions most affected are those of O ...
• 20 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The priests and nuns arrested on February 16 have been released, when a march was blocked organized by lay Catholics Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The three priests and two nuns who were arrested on February 16 in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo have been released. This is confirmed to Fides by the local Church from Ki ...
• 20 February 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Nearly 40 children died from last month’s cold temperatures Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Ministry of Health of Afghanistan, last month about 40 children died because of the cold weather in different parts of the country. 24 of them lost their lives in the refugee camp ...
• 20 February 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope and Cardinals: "This is your task in particular: to bear witness to the joy of Christ's love" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your mission in the Church and the world always be 'in Christ' alone, responding to his logic and not that of the world, and may be illumined by faith and animated by charity which comes t ...
• 20 February 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishop of Banmaw: "Peace long and difficult on Kachin land, full of landmines" Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - The landmines that the land is scattered with and the serious epidemics affecting children: are among the most pressing problems of the population of ethnic Kachin, in the north of Myanmar, the s ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The situation of the Haitians in Peru: the Bishops’ note Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference has sent a note to Fides about the situation of Haitians who have been stopped on the border for several months, and would like to enter Brazil. The note explains ...
• 20 February 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The Islamic brotherhoods in the electoral game Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "There is not a good atmosphere, especially here in Dakar, even if the rest of the Country, the situation looks better," say to Fides local Church sources from the capital of Senegal, where a week ...
• 17 February 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Recognize the gifts received and return in charity and service: Mgr. John Tong’s message for Lent, newly-appointed Cardinal Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "What we need to be interested in today's society is not just the material needs of our younger brothers and sisters, but also their right and their freedom to be children of God, who are inse ...
• 17 February 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the Rector of the preparatory Seminary "Emmaus Spirituality Centre" in Lusaka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 20, 2011 appointed rev. Cornelius Hankomoone, of the diocesan clergy of Monze as Rector of the preparatory inter-di ...
• 17 February 2012
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Rector of the Theological Seminary "São Pius X" in Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 28, 2011 appointed rev. Inacio Lucas, of the diocesan clergy of Nacala as Rector of the interdiocesan Theological S ...