News

• 25 May 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-The hope of a new life for the Haitian children returned back to their families Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Eight Haitian children who were in the Dominican Republic as victims of human trafficking were repatriated and returned back to their families with the help of the International Organizat ...
• 25 May 2011
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE-Appointment of the Auxiliary of Maputo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Maputo (Mozambique), Rev.do Priest João Carlos Hatoa Nunes, General Pro-Vicar, Chancellor of t ...
• 25 May 2011
  EUROPE/LITHUANIA-Priest attacked during Mass suffers burns to the head Jonava (Agenzia Fides) - A priest was assaulted during the Mass and suffered burns to his head and face. Father Remigijus Kuprys, 46, on Thursday, May 19 was offering Mass in the city of Jonava when a-42-year old man ...
• 24 May 2011
  AFRICA/CAMEROON-"Proposing vocations in the local Church": the role of the youth in vocational promotion Edea (Agenzia Fides) - Ninety young aspirants to priesthood and religious life of the diocese of Edea and the neighboring dioceses of Douala and Yaoundé, lived three days of study, prayer and fraternity, from May 13 to ...
• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference invites to recite the prayer of Benedict XVI to Our Lady of She Shan Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement signed by the General Secretary, Don Otfried Chanel, the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference invites the faithful to participate in the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China ...
• 24 May 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-African Day: a day for the right of mothers and children health in Africa Padova (Agenzia Fides) - In Italy, for every hundred thousand children born, 12 mothers die due to different causes. 2,054 die in South Sudan: 170 times more. On the occasion of World Day for Africa, which will be celebr ...
• 24 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA- The cause of beatification of Tito Yupanqui has begun, he would be the first Blessed Bolivian Copacabana (Agenzia Fides) - The cause of beatification of Tito Yupanqui, a sculptor of the famous statue of the Virgin of Copacabana has officially begun. The official act happened on May 21, during the Mass of the begi ...
• 24 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"The population is escaping under the rain, without any assistance, " says the priest of Abyei to Fides Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "I was able to reach by phone a few parishioners who told me that the IDPs from Abyei are escaping, under a strong rain, from Agok heading towards Turalei" says the priest of Abyei to Fides, ...
• 24 May 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-New LRA attacks in northeastern Congo, the Bishop of Bondo thanked "those who keep talking about this tragedy" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In the night between 18 and 19 May a group of guerrillas of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) kidnapped 15 to 18 people in a village 7 km from Angola in the north-east of the Democratic Republic ...
• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Progress regarding a new law for the protection of Christian minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a step forward for the protection of minorities in India": With these words Bishop Peter Machado, Bishop of Belgaum in Karnataka state, comments to Fides about the "Communal Violence Bi ...
• 24 May 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA- The Church is concerned about violence against women Panama City (Fides Service) - Concerned about the high number of women in Panama killed by their husbands or partners or former partners, the Archbishop of Panama, Mgr.José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, urged the authorities ...
• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-A new Catechism for young people within sight of the WYD Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A new Catechism for young people within sight of the World Day of Youth: an initiative of the Episcopal Conference of Korea, through a synergy between the Commission for Catechesis and a Cateches ...
• 24 May 2011
  AMERICA/JAMAICA-Proponents of peace excite feelings of hope in communities where there are victims of extreme violence Kingston (Agenzia Fides) - The work of the “International Ecumenical Peace Convocation” continues (see Fides 14/5/2011). Advocates of peace around the world, including top officials of the Middle East, India, Brazil ...
• 23 May 2011
  EUROPE/SPAIN- The Fourth Day of Prayer for the Church in China was celebrated at the Shrine in Torreciudad Huesca (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Chinese families living in Zaragoza, Huesca, Builbao and Pamplona, gathered even this year at the Shrine in Torreciudad (Huesca) to celebrate the Fourth Day of Prayer for the Church in ...
• 23 May 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope recalled that "the commitment to proclaim Jesus Christ is the main task of the Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The commitment to proclaim Jesus Christ, 'the Way, the Truth and the Life', is the main task of the Church. We invoke the Virgin Mary to always help the Pastors and those in the various mi ...