News

• 7 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Battle against corruption: Christians on the frontline New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Christians in India are on the frontline in the war against corruption, which is involving large sectors of Indian civil society. At institutional and federal levels, the Bishops are act ...
• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “There have been violent explosions in the centre of Abidjan,” Archbishop Kutwa tells Fides, before communications are cut off Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I am in a hidden place. Violent fighting continues. We can hear massive explosions,” Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, says to Fides before he hangs up. He is in the centre of the ad ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishop of Sendai: “Thank you” to the Pope and the Universal Church for assistance to displaced people Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – Solidarity and support continues to rise for the Church and people in Japan, struck by the earthquake and tsunami: “The aid will help us to rise again after this tragedy,” says Bishop Marti ...
• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - An “appeal for tolerance to avoid further violence” launched online by the parish priest for the port of Abidjan Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to continue to launch appeals for peace ...
• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “The appeal by the Pope is encouragement not to give up on diplomacy,” says the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a further boost to diplomacy to not give up strength and to act in a way that keeps the possibility of reconciliation alive. I think the appeal of the Holy Father, whom I offer my heart ...
• 6 April 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - The Nuncio in Abidjan denounces the serious violations of human rights and gives witness to the aid to victims provided by the Church Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “Civilians are the first victims: they suffer serious violence,” says Archbishop Ambrose Madtha, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire, to the French section of Aid to the Church in Need (Aide ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Oppression for Dalits in Orissa who come to the Christian faith; new Archbishop's hopes Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) – The tribal families of Dalits (the “untouchables”) in Orissa are subjected to constant harassment and oppression, based solely on caste discrimination. These dalits, deprived of land, owne ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN - Children the main victims of armed conflicts in Yemen Taiz (Agenzia Fides) – Many Yemeni children have been affected by the violence that has accompanied nationwide protests which began in February 2011 against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. A statement from UN ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti among the “new witnesses to the faith”, an example for “Christians in politics” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Shahbaz Bhatti has been named among the “new witnesses to the faith”, in a solemn prayer vigil last night in Rome in the church of St Bartholomew on Isola Tiberina, organised by the Sant'Egid ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Alarms for child marriage, despite various initiatives and laws Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - “Early marriage is a big problem for Bangladesh. We cannot reduce maternal mortality and morbidity if we do not stop early marriage,” Gias Uddin, a project manager for the Family Planning Asso ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - From 9 April - Year for Evangelisation by the Laity in the Diocese of Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Beijing will celebrate a special year, dedicated to promoting the formation and commitment of the laity in evangelisation – the Year for Evangelisation by the Laity – from 9 ...
• 6 April 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Michel Martelly, new President with 67 percent of the vote, makes appeal for national reconciliation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Haiti officially has a new President, singer Michel Martelly, who won the election over moderate candidate Mirlande Manigat, with more than 67% of the preferences. It was a highly conte ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of Bishop of Chittagong Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 6 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Chittagong (Bangladesh), Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C, until now Bishop of Dinajpur. (SL) (Agenzia ...
• 6 April 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Alotau-Sideia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 6 April 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Alotau-Sideia (Papua New Guinea), Fr Rolando Santos, C.M., Provincial Superior of the Lazarist Fa ...
• 5 April 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “Turkey's position on Libya is good,” Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “It seems to me that Turkey has taken a good position in the Libyan crisis,” Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, tells Fides alluding to the efforts of mediatio ...