News

• 30 April 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-In a former refugee camp of "boat people" the first sanctuary dedicated to John Paul II Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a symbol of new life in a place of suffering: a former refugee camp in the province of Bataan on the island of Luzon (Northern Philippines), will host the first sanctuary dedicated to ...
• 30 April 2011
  AFRICA/ANGOLA-"The Pope of our times ": a book dedicated to the Blessed John Paul II on behalf of the Angolan Bishops Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias, Bishop of Cabina, Vice President of CEAST (Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome) and Mgr. Oscar Lino Fernandes Braga, Bishop Emeritus of Benguel ...
• 30 April 2011
  VATICAN -"John Paul II, a missionary Pope" exhibition at the Missionary Museum of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "From the day of his election as Bishop of Rome, October 16, 1978, I urgently felt the command of Jesus: 'Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature '. I felt so compell ...
• 30 April 2011
  AFRICA/R.D.CONGO-Opening of the first ophthalmology clinic in north-east of the High Huel Isiro (Agenzia Fides) - In collaboration with the local diocese of Wamba, Isiro-Niagara and Dungu Doruma, the NGO CBM Italy, engaged in anti-blindness program, inaugurates the Ophtalmologique Centre of Siloam Isiro (COSI ...
• 30 April 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA -New treatment and rehabilitation centers for children at risk Neak Loeung (Agenzia Fides) - Currently in the world there are about 150 million street children. In Cambodia, poverty, lack of education and scruples on behalf of many adults and especially the lack of intervention by t ...
• 29 April 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The “missionary” John Paul II in the hearts of the indigenous Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) – Faithful Catholics, Christians of all confessions and even non-Christians in Papua New Guinea carry the work of John Paul II in their hearts, according to missionaries working in the Country. T ...
• 29 April 2011
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - “That the Lord may help the Church in China persevere in fidelity to the Gospel and grow in unity” - Commentary on the Missionary Intention for May 2011 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – According to estimates, the number of Catholics in China is little more than 1% of the population. Given that this is the most populous country in the world, even though they are a small ...
• 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 ...