News

• 25 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops and 15 thousand tribal people from Mindanao for the last farewell to Fr. Fausto Tentorio Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - In a climate of prayer and emotion, the communities of Mindanao and the entire Church in the Philippines said farewell to Fr. Fausto Tentorio, the missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Fo ...
• 25 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "He died like Jesus on the cross, the missionary who showed mercy to the tribal people, abandoned by the government", says the Bishop during the funeral Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fausto "did not like ceremonies" and "worked in relative obscurity". "He was a missionary who showed mercy, especially to the little children of God among his parishioners, the Lumad (t ...
• 25 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Resentment among Gaddafi’s supporters for his burial in an unknown place Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - " Gaddafi’s burial in an unknown location in the desert is creating resentment among his supporters that are still present, especially in Sirte. Resolutions of retaliation circulate, even if o ...
• 25 October 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The nutrition of the population affected by severe flooding is at risk Kratie (Agenzia Fides) - The severe floods in Cambodia have put at serious risk the nutrition of the country’s population. In 17 of the 24 provinces, about 300 people have been killed and other 34 000 have been forced ...
• 25 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - World Mission Day: new beginning of evangelization for the continental Catholic community Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Day marks a "new beginning of evangelization" for mainland Catholic community. This is what priests of various continental Catholic communties report to Fides. As reported in Faith ...
• 25 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA -Itnpis: the road will not be done, the Church: "We were witnesses of solidarity and commitment to the cause of the indigenous people" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - After 65 days since the beginning of the indigenous march and confrontation with the government, President Morales has decided not only the definitive suspension of the construction of the second ...
• 25 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Second Social Week reflects on the theme of "Power" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From October 25 to 27 the second social week organized by the Diocesan Commission for justice and solidarity of Cochabamba in collaboration with the Social Pastoral of the local Caritas wil ...
• 25 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Malnutrition against the health of the poor: 17% of Guatemalans are poor Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of families in Guatemala survive on a very precarious diet of flour and cereals, they cannot economically afford protein foods like meat and dairy products which are essential for gr ...
• 25 October 2011
  VATICAN - Pope's Message: migrations are an opportunity for evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The present time, in fact, calls upon the Church to embark on a new evangelization also in the vast and complex phenomenon of human mobility. This call for an intensification of her missio ...
• 25 October 2011
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The fourth Major Seminary in Burundi is starting Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebration of the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, coincided with the blessing of the first buildings of the Major Seminary of Saint Charles Lwanga, in the presence of the Apostolic Nun ...
• 24 October 2011
  VATICAN-Three new Saints on Mission Day, "a model for all believers" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "As we celebrate with the whole Church World Mission Day - an annual event that aims to awaken the enthusiasm for and commitment to mission - we praise the Lord for three new Saints: Bisho ...
• 24 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The death of Fr.Tentorio will give more courage to the tribal people in the South of the Philippines Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Death of Father Fausto Tentorio during the month dedicated to the tribal people, will give courage to many within the Church and Philippine society, to be more aware of, and identify ...
• 24 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - March and prayer in Mindanao: "justice" is demanded for the missionary killed Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - The population of Mindanao mobilizes to seek "justice for Fr.Tentorio", the PIME missionary killed seven days ago in Arakan, on the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines (see Fides 17/10/ ...
• 24 October 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "Walk among the Words of God" is the theme of the Seminar on Sacred Scripture Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) - "Walk among the Words of God - I am the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14.6)": This is the theme of the Eighth Seminar on Sacred Scripture, which will be held from 11 to 13 November in the Arc ...
• 24 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - More than 20 000 protesters say "No to violence" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Catholics attended the peaceful march through the streets of the capital, on Saturday, October 22, to express their condemnation to the violence that causes about 17 deaths i ...