News

• 16 March 2011
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Southern African Catholic Bishops express solidarity for the Japanese people Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - On behalf of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Catholic Community of Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, OMI, of Johannesburg and Presi ...
• 16 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - “We need to recognise the mistakes made on the nuclear issue,” says a missionary Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – “We will be able to better assess the tragedy in the coming months, and it will take years to rebuild the thousands of lives destroyed. I am sure that the Japanese will live through this terr ...
• 16 March 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - PMS in Brazil renew their website and put in place a communication office Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – This month the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil began modifications to the structure and information of their website. Therefore for the moment certain pages are not accessible bu ...
• 16 March 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - Apostolic Vicar of Aysen prepares to receive Apostolic Nuncio for the first time Aysen (Agenzia Fides) – “This visit is an important one for the Church in Aysen and for the region,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Aysen, Bishop Luis Infanti, to Fides in reference to the upcoming visit by the Aposto ...
• 15 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Another 50 African refugees departed, “but we need to do more” says Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “Another 50 refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia have departed, thanks to the generosity of Italy. But we are in the midst of an apparently neverending challenge, because for every 50 people who ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Youth volunteers are mobilising in the areas affected by the earthquake; lack of food and fuel Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – “Today the dominant feeling is fear. The biggest concern is that of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It is a ghost from Japanese history coming back to haunt us. But it must be said that ...
• 15 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Testimony to Fides by a missionary in Abobo, at the centre of the fighting for days Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Today it seems a bit calmer, even if we can hear sporadic gun shots in the distance, and the power functions every other hour. Yesterday, for example, there was no power, but tonight it is ba ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese Catholic community's solidarity with Japan Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The Burmese people, who suffered from Cyclone Nargis in 2008, hope to show their closeness and solidarity with the Japanese victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami. The Catholic Church in ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Men and women religious in Sendai: one dead, several structures damaged Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – There are various institutes and religious congregations, who are carrying out their ministries in the Diocese of Sendai, the epicentre of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami which devast ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - “No to nuclear power plants,” says Indian Jesuit after the Japanese tragedy Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – To ensure development that is truly sustainable, solid, safe and respectful of humanity and of Creation, India should abandon the idea of relying on nuclear power for energy production. So s ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Disabled people in danger of falling victim to trafficking Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – To live with a disability in a city like Karachi is already a hardship. Now there is the added issue of trafficking in disabled people, destined to beg in the neighbouring villages. In a stat ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy dies in prison, Masihi Foundation expresses “fear for Asia Bibi” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – The death of Qamar David raises many questions, a Pakistani Christian falsely accused of blasphemy, who has been imprisoned since 2006. David was found dead today, 15 March. The prison guards, ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Card. O’Brien calls for “Aid conditions for the Government of Pakistan” Glasgow (Agenzia Fides) – The British and Western Governments, in providing cooperative aid to the Pakistani government, should place some conditions upon it: full respect for religious freedom, protection of persecute ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The relics of the Patron of Missions in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The relics of St Terese of Lisieux, Patron of Missions, arrived yesterday, 14 March, at the airport in Tel Aviv, welcomed by the Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Archbishop Antonio Franco, by the ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - An intensely eucharistic Lent: Adoration for the whole family in the Diocese of Wen Zhou Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – “We pray that every family may experience a Lent full of the Lord's grace and experience his closeness”. With this idea, the Diocese of Wen Zhou, Zhe Jiang province, commenced, for the se ...