News

• 13 May 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA-"I pray to Our Lady of Fatima to help us to free ourselves from the 'plague' of bombs and all sorts of violence, " said Bishop Martinelli from Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Today is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. May she help us free ourselves from the 'plague' of bombs and all sorts of violence. Blessed John Paul II suffered violence and Our Lady of Fatima save ...
• 13 May 2011
  VATICAN-Assembly PMS: without people motivated by faith and universal love, there can be no true and effective participation in evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in an important period of the Church that is strongly sending us back to the essentials of the Church and its evangelizing mission. This touches us deeply and personally. From the q ...
• 13 May 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-Food Programme to increase school children attendance Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty is a phenomenon that also affects the Democratic Republic of Congo, in both cities and the countryside. According to the United Nations Development Programme, 42.3% of the 3.8 millio ...
• 13 May 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The diocese of Hong Kong, warmly welcomes the newly baptized to continue the journey of training and testimony Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Continue the Christian formation, share one's faith with others, participate actively in community life: are the main commitments that Bishop John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, poi ...
• 13 May 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN-The Nuncio: "The visit of Cardinal Sarah is a boost of encouragement for stricken Japan" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "The visit of Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, will have a strong encouraging impact for the Japanese population hit by the earthquake and tsunami. I am sure th ...
• 13 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN- Christian nurse kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam, Christians invoke the intervention of the Federal Ministry Lahore (Fides Service) - A Christian nurse, Farah Hatim, 24, was kidnapped, beaten and forcibly converted to Islam, for a forced marriage with the Muslim man who kidnapped her. The new case, reported by "Masihi Foundatio ...
• 13 May 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU-Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bissau Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 13, 2011 the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Rev.do José Lampra Cà Auxiliary of the Diocese of Bissau (Guinea Bissau) , of the clergy of Bissau, Rector of the St. Kizito Minor S ...
• 13 May 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Updates on the Missionary Project of Solidarity of the Church of Brazil in Haiti Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In an interview with the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil, the President of the Conference of Religious of Brazil (CRB), Sister Marian Ambrosio, and the ...
• 13 May 2011
  AFRICA/BENIN-The 150 years of evangelization of Benin: remembering an experience of the missionary Church that looks to the future Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of the faithful (20, 30 000) attended the Mass for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of Benin. The ten dioceses in the country were present with their Bishops, with more than ...
• 13 May 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "United to solve the problems of humanity": the Nuncio at the XIV International Book Fair Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, Nuncio apostolic in the Dominican Republic, considers division among Christians a "great tragedy of humanity". This was said in the context of the conference ...
• 12 May 2011
  ASIA/SINGAPORE-Importance of “Quality Family Time” by the Archbishop of Singapore Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent that families find "quality time" for their lives, which means to live "special moments" for dialogue, sharing, listening to each other, the deepening of Christian faith, prayer: ...
• 12 May 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-Celebrations have started for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Taichung: "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done" Taichung (Agenzia Fides) - "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done" is the theme that guides the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Taichung, on the island of Taiwan. According to information gathered b ...
• 12 May 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Peace in Mindanao is possible thanks to the missionary martyrs Jolo (Agenzia Fides) –Peace in Mindanao is possible if all people of good will undertake, with courage and love, "to live and promote a culture of dialogue, the path to peace." If today we have moved forward for reco ...
• 12 May 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA-The national prayer Crusade of the Rosary for peace in Nicaragua has began Rivas (Agenzia Fides) - With great enthusiasm and devotion, the faithful Catholics of Rivas have welcomed the 11 Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua who have arrived in this town which lies about 113 km sout ...
• 12 May 2011
  AFRICA/NIGER-New project for the construction of a social-medical center Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - The health situation in the region of Dosso, south-west of Niger, is anything but easy: to the very high poverty rate (86% of the population is considered "poor", and between 51% "extremely poor" ...