News

• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Pilgrimages and consecration of new churches: the Catholic continental communities towards May 24 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrimage to Marian Shrines and the consecration of new churches mark the intense journey of the Chinese Catholic communities of this period, towards May 24, World Day of Prayer for the Chu ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The alarm of a priest, "the country is in the hands of the Taliban" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pakistan is now in the hands of the Taliban. They have become even stronger, even after the death of Bin Laden. And enjoy the consensus of large segments of the population: the ordinary citizen, t ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-"Abyei is a dead town: all the inhabitants have fled" the local priest says to Fides Abyei (Agenzia Fides) - "We have fragmented news from Abyei, but according to what we managed to find out the residents have evacuated the city, which is now empty," the priest of Abyei told Fides, who was not in town a ...
• 23 May 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-New nutrition centers and health care for 10 000 children affected by malnutrition Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The challenge of healing the wounds of many thousands of people severely affected by the earthquake that devastated the island of Haiti in January 2010 continues. Among these, there are n ...
• 23 May 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Annual celebration of the Eucharist thanking for the fruits of the earth and the protection of creation Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The issue regarding the protection of creation is strongly felt in Latin America, the Bishops of Bolivia have even spoken about it in recent meetings because it is considered of great importa ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-The Kenyan Episcopal Conference presents its new internet website Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan Episcopal Conference (KEC) inaugurated its new website with a ceremony presided over by His Eminence Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, at the "St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in ...
• 23 May 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-Small missionaries sent to proclaim Jesus Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the Day of Missionary Childhood in Huancayo, on Sunday, May 29 there will be a pilgrimage for children at Cerrito de la Libertad, three miles east of the city. This manifestation o ...
• 23 May 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA-Appointment of the Bishop of Queenstown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 23, 2011 appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Queenstown (South Africa) Rev. do Dabula Anthony Mpako of the clergy of Pretoria, the pastor of St. Thomas Mo ...
• 23 May 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-From Vietnamese refugee to auxiliary Bishop Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) – A Vietnamese refugee who arrived in Australia on a boat 20 years ago has been appointed the auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. It is the story of Vincent Van Long Nguyen, who ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-A Bishop "always on the road" to give stimulus to mission among the tribal Purnea (Agenzia Fides) –Mgr. Angelus Kujur, SJ, Bishop of Purnea, diocese in North Bihar, in northeast India, bordering Nepal is a Bishop “on the road” always travelling. His untiring movement has only one reason: ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE-The contribution of the mysterious Mani people in the construction of modern Sierra Leone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The mysterious Mani people traveled the streets of West Africa since the beginning of the sixteenth century until almost the beginning of the seventeenth century. Almost unknown and even ignored b ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Commitment of the diocese to support the training of the lay abroad Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Fund for the Formation of the Laity of the Diocese of Hong Kong has allocated HK $ 600 000 for the training abroad of six lay people in 2011. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (th ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/SUDAN-North and south Sudan accuse each other due to new clashes in Abyei Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Abyei increases, the area rich in oil is disputed between north and south Sudan, after clashes that have opposed the troops of the two contenders, and have also involved the men of UNMI ...
• 21 May 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE-Inauguration of Ouattara; tonight interfaith prayer at the Basilica of Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a strong popular mobilization and every effort has been made so that there is a festive atmosphere, also thanks to the organization of events throughout the city, " says Fr. Aug ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-No to violence: a network to improve the status and human rights of indigenous women Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous women of the Indonesian Papua have suffered and continue to suffer all kinds of violence, rapes, torture, abuse, kidnapping by the Indonesian military forces committed in the r ...