News

• 29 April 2011
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Inter-religious dialogue as the way for peace”: appeal by Christian and Muslim women in northern Nigeria Kaduna (Agenzia Fides) - “The root cause is not religion and the solution cannot only be religious,” says a statement sent to Fides by the Interfaith Council of Muslim and Christian Women’s Groups in Kaduna, northe ...
• 29 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girl held and abused: the indignation of the Church and civil society Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – Indignation and concern, but also worry and fear, within the Christian community and civil society following the latest case of violence and abuse on a Christian girl: Sehar Naz, 24 years o ...
• 29 April 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-A seminar has been evacuated in southern Sudan due to inter-community clashes Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The seminarians of the Minor Seminary of the Diocese of Mapuordit Rumbek (South Sudan) were moved to Yirol for safety reasons, says the Sudan Catholic Radio Network site. Since March the town o ...
• 29 April 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA -The Pope with the miner's helmet, an image from Bolivia that went around the world Oruro (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Oruro, in Bolivia, is looking forward to the beatification of Pope John Paul II, said Monsignor Cristobal Bialasik, SVD, Bishop of this diocese. The people of Oruro recalls with af ...
• 29 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN -The Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities in danger of being abolished Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for religious minorities - which was the seat of the murdered Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti - is likely to be abolished by the central government and fragmented into fo ...
• 29 April 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -A group of Haitians in Peru call for refugee status, with the support of the Church Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Department of Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, has informed, on behalf of the Regional Office UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ...
• 28 April 2011
  EUROPE / POLAND - Thirty new Polish missionaries leaving for America, Africa and Asia Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the celebrations in honor of St. Adalbert, the patron saint of Poland, and in the joyful context awaiting the beatification of Pope John Paul II, the Apostolic Nuncio in Pol ...
• 28 April 2011
  AMERICA / HONDURAS - "We have to leave the church and be witnesses of life”, said Bishop Pineda Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Only if the people are united in faith, love and hope, they will be able to deal with "the heavy cross of unemployment, violence, lack of justice, impunity and corruption": This is what was ...
• 28 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA -"Last night a violent bombing near the church devastated the serenity of innocent citizens, how can the UN authorize this?" complains Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not know what objective was hit near the church, but it was a terrible bombing" said Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli to Fides. "We were awakened at twe ...
• 28 April 2011
  AMERICA / MEXICO - John Paul II an admirer of mango Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mango, tropical fruit that grows in Latin America, was without doubt one of the favourite fruit of Pope John Paul II, who tasted it for the first time during his trip to Mexico. Considering ...
• 28 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN- Inter-religious solidarity and hope in the day of mourning for the "49 days" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Buddhists in Japan have shared today, April 28th, in solidarity and love for one another, the "49 Days" since the tragedy of 11 March, when an earthquake and tsunami devastated th ...
• 28 April 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-The head of Caritas in Abidjan, "the situation of IDPs is slowly improving" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We will see between today and tomorrow what will be the result of yesterday`s clashes, if the combatants of IB (Ibrahim Coulibaly), will lay down their weapons, now that their leader has been ...
• 28 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Anti-Christian violence in several states: community prays for peace and seeks volunteers Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Incidents of anti-Christian violence have characterized the last days and even the Easter holidays: organizations like the “Catholic Secular Forum” (CSF) condemn the violence, and invitate to ...
• 28 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN-Serious health risks for pregnant women and fetuses exposed to radiation in Fukushima Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - These days mark the 25th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, releasing clouds of radioactive particles into the atmosphere across Russia and ...
• 27 April 2011
  AFRICA / LIBYA - "The bombs go ahead: a defeat for humanity" says Bishop Martinelli from Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "On Easter Monday, we witnessed a terrible bombing on Tripoli, but this did not stop the faithful to be present in the church. I was particularly impressed by the number of Filipinos who came, n ...