News

• 17 February 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to the African and European Bishops: the Church in the two continents "is alive, she is growing, and is not afraid to carry out her evangelizing mission" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your symposium has given you the chance to reflect upon the problems of the Church on the two continents.Certainly, they is no lack of difficulties, and some of them are great; yet they ar ...
• 17 February 2012
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "I have lived the experience of 5 cyclones, but this was worse than the others": the Bishop of Moramanga traces to Fides an initial toll of the damage Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) - "The rivers have risen and in many parts of the city there were severe floods, the crops have been completely lost, in some villages epidemics are feared, many houses (huts or similar) have co ...
• 17 February 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND -The appeal on behalf of the Custodian of the Holy Land for Syria: the weakest in society are hit so inescapable, there is no electricity and water, many companies have closed down Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "After the change in Egypt, the situation in which Syria finds itself unequivocally indicates how the landscape in the Middle East is transforming. Until a year ago it would have been unthinka ...
• 17 February 2012
  AMERICA - The drama of overcrowded prisons in the grip of violence and the commitment of the Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has expressed his deep sorrow for the victims of the fire that devastated on February 15 the prison of Comayagua, in Honduras, causing hundreds of deaths and dozens inj ...
• 17 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Clean Ballot" and the situation of indigenous people: the voice of the Bishops Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Brazilian Bishops Conference (CNBB) informed of the issues discussed during the Pastoral Episcopal Council Pastoral (CONSEP), on the 14, 15 and 16 February. The press conf ...
• 17 February 2012
  AFRICA/BENIN - Moto-taxis for needy families: ensuring the development and creation of jobs Porto Novo (Agenzia Fides) - Several families with economic difficulties in the municipalities of Dangbo, Adjarra and Porto-Novo received 75 motorcycle taxis at the "Centre Michael Magone" in Porto-Novo. This is a microc ...
• 16 February 2012
  AFRICA/MALI-Appointment of the Rector of the Seminary "Saint Augustin" in Bamako Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on April 29, 2011 appointed rev. Amadou Kizito Togo, of the diocesan clergy of Mopti as Rector of the Seminary of the eccl ...
• 16 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary "Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo" of Sambalpur Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 6, 2011 appointed Fr. Kurian Thazhathuveetil of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) as Rector of the inter-diocesa ...
• 16 February 2012
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA-Appointment of Pro-Rector of the inter-diocesan Seminary of philosophy "St. Augustine" in Lusaka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 29, 2011 appointed rev. Paul Simukanzye of the diocesan clergy of Mpika as Pro-Rector for a two-year period at the ...
• 16 February 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Despicable inhuman conditions of life and insecurity": the Bishop of Comayagua after the fire that killed 272 inmates Comayagua (Agenzia Fides) - There are now 272 confirmed deaths in the fire which broke out on the night of February 15 in the prison in Comayagua, in Honduras. The number of injured, hospitalized, is about sixty. The fig ...
• 16 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The number of children abandoned because of clashes in Southern Sudan increases Juba (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2 000 people have died and 250 000 are displaced due to the conflict between the ethnic communities of the Lou Nuer and Murle in Likuangole and in other regions of Jonglei, in Southern Su ...
• 16 February 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The centenary death of Fr. Mattia Leopoldo Guo Ji Fen, "a model of faithfulness to Christ, zealous evangelist, at the service of the faithful until the end" Taiyuan (Agenzia Fides) - "His life of true dedication to serving the Lord is a true model for us all priests, men and women religious and lay faithful. We must imitate his fidelity to Christ, his zeal for evangelism and ...
• 16 February 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - A "stronger and more united" Jesuit Refugee Service: Strategic Framework 2012-2015 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit Father General, Fr. Adolfo Nicolas has recently approved the Strategic Framework 2012-2015 of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). The Plan is the result of an extensive consultation among ...
• 16 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese prepares the lay to a "conscience vote" for the presidential elections Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Less than 50 days since the start of the campaign for the presidential elections, the Archdiocese of Mexico has invited Catholics and people of good will to exercise the right to vote in ac ...
• 16 February 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Very little food limits the growth of children under 5 years of age Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the annual economic growth from 5% to 6% since the early '90s, the precarious nutritional status of women and children from Bangladesh undermines the health and welfare of all Bangladeshis ...