News

• 15 October 2011
  AFRICA/HAITI - The Archbishop of Haiti: calls for more government commitment for the rebuilding Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need to put order in the administration in Haiti" because, "if the country were well organized in ten years it would be rebuilt": This is what the Archbishop of Port-au-Princ ...
• 14 October 2011
  AMERICA - "The Church in Latin America is alive, despite the difficult situation in different countries": interview with His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Aguiar Retes, President of CELAM Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From October 6 to 12, the members of the Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), led by their President, His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Missionary Month Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the parishes of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Month Missionary, Sunday, October 2, waiting for World Mission Day to be held on Oct ...
• 14 October 2011
  VATICAN -The crypt of the Pontifical Missionary College of St. Peter’s was blessed by the Prefect of the Missionary Dicastery at the end of the restoration Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With great joy the Pontifical Missionary College of St. Peter welcomed the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Filoni, in the afternoon on Octo ...
• 14 October 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - "We will continue to work in Dadaab following the highest security protocols", says the responsible of Caritas Somalia to Fides Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Caritas follows the highest security protocols and will continue to work in Dadaab", said Suzanna Tkalec to Fides, operator of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), responsible for the operation ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Qadri’s lawyer is the former judge who denied Asia Bibi forgiveness Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The story that binds the lives of Asia Bibi, Salman Taseer and Mumtaz Qadri, is shaking the country, generating a heated debate and protests, while Qadri’s appeal is in progress, the governor o ...
• 14 October 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Possible arson destroys Malawi’s Bishops’ headquarters Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – An arsonist may have started a fire that destroyed theoffices of the Malawi Catholic bishops’ Conference, in the capital Lilongwe. A source provided reports to "Aid to the Church in Need", ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 2, 2011 appointed National Director of Pontifical Mission in East Timor for the years ...
• 14 October 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Monitoring program for victims of violence in Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Official statistics speak of 3 million people who have been dispossessed from their lands and properties in Colombia because of armed conflicts that have affected the country for years. The prote ...
• 14 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - While the country is experiencing a climate of high tension, the Bishops stress that "dialogue is the path to solve problems" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Bolivia issued a separate statement to help calm the tense atmosphere that lives in the country. In the note sent to Fides, together with the Bishops’ statement, we ...
• 13 October 2011
  VATICAN - Witnesses of faith, hope and love in today's world of indifference and individualism: the Pontifical Missionary College St. Paul celebrated the new academic year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon, October 12, the Pontifical Missionary College St. Paul the Apostle celebrated the inauguration of the new academic year through a solemn Eucharist presided by His Excellency Ms ...
• 13 October 2011
  VATICAN - "Give voice to children": the strong point of the Secretary General of the Holy Childhood Association Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The commitment of Holy Childhood Association is to raise children’s awareness that they have a role to carry out in the Church today and not only that of tomorrow" explains Ms. Baptistin ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Minister for Harmony provides "more protection in jail for Asia Bibi" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for inter-religious harmony – appointed as a delegate for religious minorities - has "intensified all the controls of the case and ordered an internal investigation" to ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Torture, arbitrary detention, drug crimes: reform of the prison system is urgently needed slamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic story of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and imprisoned unjustly in Shiekupura (in Punjab), brings the attention back on the old question of degradation ...
• 13 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "Last night the capture (then denied) of Gaddafi's son was celebrated", said Msgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Late last night several gun fire shots were heard as a sign of celebration. Usually this happens when you obtain an important goal or capture a personality of the former regime. But I have no c ...