News

• 4 October 2011
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Hopes for Malawi with the election of the new President of Zambia Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Malawi is becoming a police state", denounces Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba to Fides, a Monfort missionary, who has been living and working in Malawi for 30 years. "Now the only concern is to ensure t ...
• 4 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal of NGOs, Christian and Muslim leaders: "If Qadri is released at the 'price of blood', all the more Asia Bibi is to be released" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Islamic groups are orchestrating the release of Mumtaz Qadri, former Governor Salman Taseer’s murderer (see Fides 1/10/2011; 3/10/2011).At this juncture, NGOs, Bishops and moderate Islamic l ...
• 4 October 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Scalabrinians: verification of the activities undertaken in the last ten years, and new goals Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – As from today until October 7th, the Congress of the Scalabrini Missionaries which gathers together members working in different specific areas, according to the charism of the institute, ...
• 4 October 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somaliland's first humanitarian mission in Mogadishu Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time since the declaration of independence from the rest of the country, a delegation from the Republic of Somaliland has recently intervened in favor of 9 000 displaced families ...
• 4 October 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - How to use the rich experience of missionaries who have returned back home Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – There were more than 70 participants at the meeting which had the theme of the missionaries who finished their service and returned to their homeland, Poland. The congress, which took place fro ...
• 3 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After Qadri’s conviction, Islamic Groups protest, death threats against Asia Bibi Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions, protests and violent demonstrations are being carried out throughout the country on behalf of Islamic groups after the death sentence verdict against Mumtaz Qadri, Governor Salman T ...
• 3 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Patronal Festival in the first Chinese parish dedicated to St. Therese of the Child Jesus Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The first Chinese church dedicated to the Patron Saint of the Missions, Saint Therese of of the Child Jesus, solemnly celebrated on October 1 the patronal festival, to pay special tribute to t ...
• 3 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The tragedy of Sirte, Archbishop Martinelli hopes that "other Countries besides Italy, give aid to the injured " Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank the Italian government for having hospitalized the injured in Italian hospitals. Even other Countries should do such humanitarian gestures" said Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli ...
• 3 October 2011
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian Christians threatened and rejected by other states where they escape Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - While the world remains in suspense waiting for the resolution of the Iranian Christian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani’s case - sentenced to death for apostasy - the faithful Iranians are forced to f ...
• 3 October 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND - Wherever you pray the rosary, there has to be the prayer for the Missions Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Rosary, a treasure to be rediscovered", was the theme of the Rosary Congress of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa, dedicated to the Blessed John Paul II, which took place on October 1 at t ...
• 3 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New purification water plant for 7 000 people Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment of the Camillians in favor of the Pakistani people who were badly hit by floods last year continues. In a note sent to Fides by brother Mushtaq Anjum says that the religious ha ...
• 3 October 2011
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "In Honduras, every day you can count deaths due to violence," Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga’s complaint Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Honduras, using the words expressed by Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, has invited society to respect the lives of others, especi ...
• 3 October 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA - President Condé urges the opposition to dialogue after the serious incidents of September 27 Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebrations for the 53rd anniversary of national independence, the President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, addressed to the opposition an invitation to dialogue, after violent ...
• 3 October 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The 85th Mission Day in Argentina declared "National Day of Interest" AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The 85th Mission Day in Argentina declared "National Day of Interest" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "The Secretary general of the Presidency of the nation declares the 85th World Mission day an even ...
• 3 October 2011
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A program to alleviate poverty concerning orphans and vulnerable children Harare (Agenzia Fides) - In Zimbabwe, a three-year program for the orphaned and the most vulnerable children of more than 80 000 families in the country has been launched, to try to protect them from the worst effects of ...