News

• 3 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The relics of Don Bosco in the diocese of the Bishop " candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize" Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers, Pilgrimages, vigils for peace characterized the program of the visit of the remains of St. John Bosco in the Diocese of Guwahati, in the state of Assam in northeastern India. The reli ...
• 3 June 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The first hospital in Kamanyola has been inaugurated, a gift from the missionary`s family who had planned it Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Diocese of Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, inaugurated on May 30, in joy, in cheerfulness and thanksgiving to the Lord, its first hospital": don Etienne Esube tells Fides ...
• 1 June 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -The Bishops hope for a respectful and harmonious electoral climate within sight of the elections on June 5 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Peru show the faithful the criteria on how to choose the candidates just a few days before June 5 runoff elections in which voters are asked to choose the next president between two ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Journalist murdered: activists and religious minorities take to the streets to "defend the truth" and to say "no" to impunity Lahore (Fides Service) - Journalists, human rights activists, civil society organizations, religious communities take to the streets today to demonstrate outside the headquarters of the press associations in major cities ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The religious in Taiwan ask themselves: "Rethinking the mission today" Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Rethinking the Mission Today" is the theme of the seminar organized by the Regional Association of Major Superiors of religious institutes for men and women in Taiwan (Regional Association of M ...
• 1 June 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "We are anxiously waiting for a possible and reasonable solution, " says Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - " We are anxiously waiting for a possible and reasonable solution, even if it is not easy. But I trust in the good will of men, in spite of everything, " says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinel ...
• 1 June 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The condition of the priests and seminars is the center of attention at the Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Episcopal Conference Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not want to be a static, reactionary and outdated Church, " said the bishops during the opening of the XCI Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (MEC). In a note sent ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Reform on Education: "Integrating Islamic schools in the public system is positive," says a missionary Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Integrating the madrassas (Islamic schools) in the public system is a good thing: it would mean more state control and adjustment of madrassas to the standards and curriculum of public education ...
• 1 June 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Refugees from Abyei: "Children are dying from malnutrition while cases of cholera are increasing, " says the Apostolic Administrator of Malakal Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Some displaced children from Abyei have died from malnutrition and alarm regarding cholera increases, " said Mgr.Roko Taban Mousa to Fides, Apostolic Administrator of Malakal in southern Sudan ...
• 1 June 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Franciscan missionaries renew their commitment in the province of Sandoun Port Moresbey (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan missionaries renew their missionary efforts in the province of Sandoun, in north-western Papua New Guinea. Fr Lukasz Kwiatkowski is a young 29 year old Franciscan missionary ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA PHILIPPINES - Not only politics: history, culture and religion are necessary to build peace in Mindanao Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Peace in Southern Philippines is not just a matter of "political negotiations," but "requires an effort that involves and considers history, culture, the religion of all social groups present in ...
• 31 May 2011
  May the Holy Spirit give rise to a number of missionary vocations from our community, willing to fully devote themselves in spreading the kingdom of God" - Comments regarding the Missionary Intention- June 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Council Decree Ad Gentes said that the pilgrim Church is missionary by nature, because it originates from the mission of the Son and the Holy Spirit, according to the Father's plan, wh ...
• 31 May 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-"The Holy Father expressed his closeness to the Church and the Libyan people, " says Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Father expressed his need to tell me: 'Do not feel alone, the Church supports you especially through prayer'. The Pope was very fatherly and understood the suffering that both the Chur ...
• 31 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- The cross has been placed on the new church in Nan Yi Dian dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians Lin Fen Lin (Agenzia Fides) - In a solemn Mass and the Procession of the Cross, the parish of the Diocese of Zhao Cheng in the diocese of Lin Fen, in Shan Xi province in China, blessed and placed the Cross on the new ch ...
• 31 May 2011
  VATICAN -The Pope to a group of Indian Bishops, "the proclamation of God’s word is bearing rich spiritual fruit, especially through the spread of small Christian communities" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " It is a source of satisfaction that the proclamation of God’s word is bearing rich spiritual fruit in your local Churches, especially through the spread of small Christian communities ...