News

• 30 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Support via radio for victims and prayer for “friendship between China and Japan” Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – In addition to humanitarian aid, the Japanese people also need psychological and spiritual sustenance: Christian radio began with this conviction, reported missionaries in Japan to Fides, and ha ...
• 30 March 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Scrutiny of 1,700 catechumens, who “are witnesses to the faith by their words and actions” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Faith is a gift from God; faith is built on Jesus; keep away from sin; bear witness to Jesus: these are the four recommendations of Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong, to the catechumens during ...
• 30 March 2011
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Diocese of Bissau opens a house for 100 children Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – With the approval of the Guinean executive, expressed by the Minister for women's affairs, social cohesion and the fight against poverty, the Babaram House for Children in the Diocese of Bissa ...
• 30 March 2011
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - “That by proclamation of the Gospel and the witness of their lives, missionaries may bring Christ to those who do not yet know him” - Comment on the Missionary Intention for April 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI's Homily on 9 March, Ash Wednesday, he highlighted the need for Christians to be a living message, through their witness to the Gospel. Many peopl ...
• 29 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli is grateful “for the fraternal solidarity from various Episcopal Conferences” Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “In Tripoli the situation is quite calm but the mood of the people is brought down by the continual queues for fuel and the difficulties in obtaining food, even office work and schools are aff ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic church attacked in Rawalpindi. The Archbishop: “Trust in God and in the institutions” Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – New alerts in the Pakistani Catholic community: the Catholic church of St Thomas, in the town of Wah Canntt, about 50 km from Rawalpindi, was attacked by a groups armed men last night, Mond ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The nuclear disaster is “a lesson for Japan and for the whole world,” notes Bishop Osaka (Agenzia Fides) – Alarm is rising amongst the Japanese people with regard to the high levels of radioactivity recorded near the nuclear facility in Fukushima, and even the Catholic Church is asking the “nuclear ...
• 29 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Violent combat pushes people to flee to Liberia: “The humanitarian situation is dramatic,” says Bishop of Man to Fides; appeal for refugees Man (Agenzia Fides) - “The humanitarian situation is dramatic because the fighting has gone on for three days,” says Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba, Bishop of Man, in the west of the Country, to Fides. “The conditions ...
• 29 March 2011
  VATICAN - Message by the Pope: “the Church puts her trust in Christian families, calling them to play a role in evangelisation and the apostolate” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The pastoral care of families has an important place in the evangelising activity of each one of the particular Churches, promoting a culture of life and working to ensure the rights o ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Church burned, Stations of the Cross destroyed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – There is much sorrow in the Christian community in India due to the new episodes of violence and damages done to the community. A Christian church in Kerala, Southern India, was completely ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - During the Annunciation of the Lord many religious congregations renewed vows and missionary spirit Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, 25 March, was an opportunity to renew religious vows and missionary spirit for many women religious congregations dedicated to Our Lady, active ...
• 29 March 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - March by 15,000 Catholics to promote life and peace Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – The theme for this year's XI March organised by the Mexican Archdiocese of Tijuana, Sunday, 27 March, is “United for life and peace”. The Pastoral Care Commission for education has been ab ...
• 29 March 2011
  ASIA/LEBANON - Confirmation of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 6 March 2011, confirmed Fr Paul Karam, from the clergy of the Diocese of Gibail, in his role as the Nati ...
• 28 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Thank you, Holy Father, for your beautiful words of peace”: testimony to Fides from the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Father's appeal was wonderful news and gives us great comfort. The Pope spoke words that affirm the need for reconciliation, peace and dialogue,” says Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Mar ...
• 28 March 2011
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - Bishops of Northern Africa: “No to war. We will make the Pope's appeal our own” Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - “The Bishops of Northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), who are faced with the processes of historical development concerning Arab countries and especially the Maghreb, wish to re ...