News

• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Law on violence against minorities is under review of the civil society; in Parliament in July New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The human rights organizations, religious communities, Christian and Muslim associations, NGOs in the Indian civil society have one week (until June 4) to read, consider and propose amendments ...
• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Summer session of Parliament: on the agenda food security, corruption and inter-community violence New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It will be a challenging summer for the Indian Parliament and especially for the government coalition in power in India, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), formed by the Congress Party, ...
• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA-Appointment of the Bishop of Galle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 27, 2011 appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Galle (Sri Lanka) Rev.do Raymond Wickramasinghe, Professor of Moral Theology at the National Seminary of Our ...
• 26 May 2011
  EUROPE/POLAND-“Do not be afraid to become saints": Childhood Congress in Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congress of Missionary Childhood of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa will be dedicated to the Blessed John Paul II to be held on June 14 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Myszków ...
• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- the restoration of the church of the diocese of Mei Zhou dedicated to Mary Help of Christians has been completed Mei Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - On the day of the liturgical feast of Mary Help of Christians, on May 24, more than 700 faithful attended the grand opening, after the restoration of the church of the diocese of Mei Zhou, in t ...
• 26 May 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Concern in the Archdiocese of Tijuana for the disappearance of a priest Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Tijuana has expressed its concern about the disappearance of the diocesan priest Salvador Ruiz Enciso. In the statement, a copy was also sent to Fides, which is signed by the ...
• 26 May 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP.-The serious cholera epidemic continues to infect thousands of islanders Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – There is concern in the Dominican Republic due to the cholera epidemic that is affecting entire neighborhoods of the Caribbean island. The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolá ...
• 26 May 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-"Sharing faith and material goods with the children in the world" Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Peru will celebrate next Sunday, May 29, the Day of Missionary Childhood, the feast of Christian children who live with joy the gift of faith and pray that the light of Jesu ...
• 26 May 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - A refugee camp has been assaulted from Libya: "we need to accelerate the reception procedures," says the priest who assists them Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - " The UNHCR's responsible have arrived from Genova to try and handle the situation. The problem is that if the Tunisian government does not guarantee security, a commitment that was made when it ...
• 26 May 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA- The procedures for repatriation of Africans who fled from Libya and who are not entitled to asylum have begun Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - " 350 Sudanese were repatriated last night and tonight another 250 from Sudan, Chad and the Ivory Coast. Virtually all those who do not have right to political asylum will be expelled to their cou ...
• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA-War crimes and crimes against humanity on the Tamil: will be discussed at the UN Colombo (Fides Service) - The accusations of "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" against the Tamil people of Sri Lanka will be discussed, starting from May 30, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva . As reporte ...
• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH-After two years victims of the cyclone Aila still need help Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the cyclone Aila, which destroyed south western Bangladesh, thousands of survivors are still in need of everything. According to Bangladesh's Disaster Management Bureau, the peopl ...
• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The radio, a means to train new leaders of civil society, the antidote to fundamentalism Lahore (Fides Service) - Thanks to the radio, a means of communication and widely listened to by a lot of young Pakistanis, it is possible to train new leaders of civil society, with moderate and democratic ideas, based ...
• 25 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Every Catholic must assume missionary responsibility Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides, there are several initiatives in this period by the continental Catholic community to promote evangelism. From May 13 to 15, 140 faithful, especially ...
• 25 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-New teaching center on media for tribal youths Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - The Lievens' Institute of Film and Electronic Media (LIFE), a new center of the Society of Jesus has recently been inaugurated in Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, with the aim to give young people o ...