News

• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas Japan launches a campaign of solidarity throughout the Country Nagoya (Agenzia Fides) – A campaign of solidarity for the victims of the earthquake and the tsunami that struck the North of Japan will commence tomorrow, 13 March, by Caritas Japan in all Japanese churches. The initia ...
• 12 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Tens of thousands of displaced in the west of the Country: Bishop of Man's appeal Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - In Man (west Côte d'Ivoire) the social and economic infrastructure, which has been in a state of decline since 2002, is taking an enormous hit as a result of the violence from the political cr ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Child emergency after the terrible earthquake that struck the Country Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Chidren in Japan and in surrounding countries in the Pacific have never experienced such a crucial moment in their short lives, following the earthquake which according to estimates has already ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Acts of vandalism in a Catholic cemetery and Christian Pastors arrested in Karnataka Mysore (Agenzia Fides) – New episodes of violence against Christians emerge in the State of Karnataka (south-east India): a Catholic cemetery in Mysore was vandalised and meanwhile two evangelical Pastors were arrested ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - “Bhramyaman Pathabhavan”: mobile school for 40 students from disadvantaged villages Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A recent official survey shows that in the most remote and disadvantaged villages in the District of Hooghly, near Calcutta, there are still many children not attending school or who stopped go ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Meeting of catechumens with Godparents, for a joint spiritual journey towards Easter Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The first meeting of catechumens with Godparents was held on 6 March and the second on Sunday, 13 March, organised by the Diocesan Commission for Liturgy of the Diocese of Hong Kong. The aim ...
• 12 March 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The great challenge for the Continental Mission: 2,000 missionaries from Callao in action Callao (Agenzia Fides) – It was three days of hard work, from 3 to 5 March, for representatives from the diocesan community of Callao who met for the IX Pastoral Assembly convened by Bishop Miguel Irizar. In the statem ...
• 12 March 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Government initiative on drugs, critical position of the Church Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The President of the Commission for Social Pastoral Care who works with drug-affected youth, Bishop Jorge Lozano, challenged the way which the problem of drug addiction is being handled, ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Archbishop of Hyderabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, appointed as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad (India), Bishop Thumma Bala, until now Bishop of Warangal (India). (SL) (Agenzia F ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Archbishop Coadjutor of Calcutta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, appointed as Archbishop Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Calcutta (India), Bishop Thomas D’Souza, until now Bishop of Bagdogra. (SL) (Agenz ...
• 12 March 2011
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of Bishop of Mbinga and appointment of his Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Mbinga (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Emmanuel A. Mapunda, in conformity w ...
• 12 March 2011
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Creation of Diocese of Kondoa and appointment of first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 12 March 2011, created the Dicoese of Kondoa (Tanzania), with territory from the Diocese of Dodoma, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan See of Dar-es- ...
• 11 March 2011
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We are committed to instilling courage in the remaining faithful, largely African and Filipino,” Bishop Martinelli tells Fides Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “We will see today what the character is of our community who will gather to celebrate Mass on the first Sunday of Lent,” said Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripol ...
• 11 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Tsunami in Sendai: Caritas has mobilised, a commitment of solidarity for Lent Niigata (Agenzia Fides) – “A tsunami has hit our people. Is a tidal wave has come to overwhelm our lives. We are still in shock over what has happened. The news is mixed, but the diocese most affected is that of Send ...
• 11 March 2011
  AFRICA/CÔTE-D'IVOIRE - Apostolic Nuncio meets with refugees from parish of Saint Ambrose in Angré Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - “I brought the solidarity of the Holy Father with me and some material aid, supplies and other things,” Bishop Ambrose Madtha, the Apostolic Nuncio in Abidjan, tells Fides from the economic ...