News

• 18 April 2011
  AMERICA / BOLIVIA - "Insufficient Government action in the fight against drug dealing, but it is a struggle which regards the whole society": Bishops` clarification on the Pastoral Letter La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the presentation of the Letter of the Bishops to the people of Bolivia (see Fides 04/14/2011), some clarifications were requested by the press and various social groups. Accordi ...
• 18 April 2011
  AMERICA / COLOMBIA - Even the Pope joins the Day of prayer for the victims of violence Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI launched at the Angelus yesterday, Palm Sunday, a call for reconciliation and peace in Colombia, inviting all Colombians to participate in the Day of Prayer for the v ...
• 16 April 2011
  ASIA/BHUTAN - "Democracy, freedom of worship and mission in the future of Bhutan": interview with the Archbishop of Guwahati Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - " Bhutan is making enormous progress in democracy and is showing signs of openness to religious freedom. I am convinced that, if religious freedom is guaranteed, there may be religious congrega ...
• 16 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Libyan women to Archbishop Martinelli: "stop bombs and violence against civilians" Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "At the end of the celebration of the Holy Mass, I found about ten Muslim Libyan women at the back of the church . This is the first time in 40 years of celebrations in Libya. They came crying ...
• 16 April 2011
  AFRICA/DR Congo - Humanitarian Centre for children from displaced families Goma (Agenzia Fides) - "Boscolac" is a humanitarian centre built in Goma, R.D. Congo, by the NGO "Red Deporte" in collaboration with the Salesians, which takes care of the children most in need in that area. Recently, ...
• 16 April 2011
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The military protest is returning to normality, but problems remain Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - It seems that the military protest is returning to normality in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso (see Fides 04/15/2011), after President Blaise Compaoré dissolved the government, fi ...
• 16 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Mandate missionary to catechists and pastoral letter of the Bishop of Beijing for the opening of the evangelization of the Laity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news" (Rom 10:15) is the theme of the evangelization of the Laity of the Diocese of Beijing, which was opened by Bishop Joseph Li Shan, bishop ...
• 16 April 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Of the 215 million child laborers worldwide, over 18 000 children are working in philippines mining Manila (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics from the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2010 there were more than 2.4 million Filipino working children and 215 million around the world. About 18 000 childre ...
• 16 April 2011
  VATICAN - The love for the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The love for the Church in China, exhausted for internal and external causes, was the element that inspired members of the homonym Commission , which guided their reflections in three da ...
• 15 April 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Priest found dead in his home, signs of struggle Villarrica (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Julio César Alvarez, had been pastor of the parish "Sagrado Corazón de Jesús" for two years in Villarrica, 150 km from Asunción, he was murdered at his home in the early hours of ...
• 15 April 2011
  VATICAN - Commission for the Catholic Church in China: Message to Chinese Catholics Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 11 – 13 April, the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Commission, instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 to study the questions of major importance concerning the life of Church in China, ...
• 15 April 2011
  AFRICA / RWANDA - In the rural area of Muhura 40,000 people can now take advantage of the electricity power Muhura (Agenzia Fides) - According to the estimates conducted by FAO , two billion people, mostly in rural areas of developing countries, are still living without electricity. This means living in a never-ending state ...
• 15 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - "The survivors of a boat adrift of desperate people describe a mysterious helicopter that flew over them throwing water and food”, said Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday we received some survivors who had been brought by the stream on the beach in Tripoli", said Archbishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli to Fides. "There are ...
• 15 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Suspect census of Christians in Madhya Pradesh, attacks in Delhi: the Church in alarm New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A "strange" census regarding Bishops, priests, the homes of individual believers, Christian schools and institutions, is currently in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India, conducted by ...
• 15 April 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Pilgrimage of the Cross of Evangelization to raise awareness of the faithful on their missionary responsibility Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - With the blessing of the Cross given by Bishop John Tong, the diocesan Bishop, the pilgrimage of the Cross of Evangelization in the diocese of Hong Kong officially began on April 3. Accord ...