News

• 23 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Churches patrolled by the police for the Christmas Masses Lahore (agenzia Fides) - More than 2,500 police will be present to protect Christian churches in Pakistan during the Christmas weekend, to avoid attacks by radical Islamist groups. As local sources of Fides report, the a ...
• 23 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-He was a leader committed to justice: "planned" murder of a Catholic catechist Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community in Orissa has no doubt: the murder of Rabindra Parichha, the Catholic catechist killed days ago in Orissa (see Fides 16/12/2011), was carried out "on commission". The ...
• 23 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The persecution of Christians in Orissa "is the living history of Christmas" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "The persecution against Christians in Kandhamal is the living history of Christmas," says to Fides Fr. Mrutunjaya Digal, a priest in the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, where the faithf ...
• 23 December 2011
  VATICAN - The crisis of the Church in Europe, the Pope indicates Africa, where despite the problems, "the joy of being Christian is always experienced" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As this year draws to a close, Europe is undergoing economic and financial crisis which is ultimately based on the ethical crisis looming over the Old Continent ... The essence of the cris ...
• 23 December 2011
  AMERICA - 5 centuries ago friar Antonio Montesino's sermon in defense of the rights of Indians Urubamba (Agenzia Fides) - 500 years have passed since the Advent of 1511, when the Spanish Dominican missionary friar Antonio Montesino, gave his historic speech in defense of the rights of the Indians, on the island Es ...
• 23 December 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The heavy rains put 38 000 people at risk, there are fears regarding the flooding of dams Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 38 thousand people of the north of Sri Lanka have been evacuated because of heavy rains and floods that these days have been hitting on the island. More than 10 thousand families have ...
• 23 December 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "I will spend Christmas with the boys and girls in the neighborhood of garbage collectors", says Fr Verdoscia Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am in the store, with my staff, to choose the clothes to be distributed to children on Christmas Day" says to Fides Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, a Comboni missionary who has been working for years in ...
• 23 December 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Deaths continue to increase and the risk of epidemics amplifies Mindanao (Agenzia Fides) - The survivors of the devastating floods caused by the tropical storm Washi face growing threat of the spread of diseases such as typhoid and cholera. The hygienic conditions of the evacuation c ...
• 23 December 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - New Catholic radio station in Chile, the only one in the region of Arica and Parinacota Arica (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio Mount Caramel" is the new and only Catholic radio station in Arica and Parinacota, to 93.1 FM, which aims to reach everyone, believers and non-believers, with a rich program where to find d ...
• 23 December 2011
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - High tension in Kinshasa, the police have banned Tshisekedi’s oath Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – High tension in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, where police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators gathered in front of Etienne Tshisekedi’s house and ...
• 22 December 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA-The 12 pieces of "good news" from the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics grow in faith, committed to formation, as in charity: this is what His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, MEP, apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh says in a pastoral letter released in vi ...
• 22 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Victims of the "blasphemy law": mutual support and appeal for the abolition Faisalabd (Agenzia Fides) - Individuals and families affected by false accusations of blasphemy in Faisalabad met to share experiences, exchange support, encouragement and hope, to ask the government to review the unjust ...
• 22 December 2011
  VATICAN - The Pope at the general audience: "Let us ensure that, also in our modern societies, this exchange of good wishes does not lose itsprofound religioussignificance, and the feast does not become overshadowed by external factors" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The greeting on everyone’s lips during this period is 'Merry Christmas! Happy Christmas Holidays!'. Let us ensure that, also in our modern societies, this exchange of good wishes does no ...
• 22 December 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "For Christmas we ask for the gift of reconciliation," said Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Tomorrow I will visit Misratha to meet the local community of Filipino Catholics" says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, in Libya, who testifies ...
• 22 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Threats of violence against Christians in Orissa: the Bishop informs the authorities, supervised celebrations at Christmas Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas will be celebrated "with prudence and vigilance", and the Bishop advises the faithful to "call the police for any celebration": this is how, local sources of Fides report, Christma ...