News

• 2 February 2011
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Pastoral ministry in this continent “has more of a future than a past” San José (Agenzia Fides) - Work is continuing at the Second Latin American Continental Congress on Vocations, promoted by the Department for Vocations and Ministries of the Latin American Episcopal Conference, currently ...
• 2 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary work requires qualified formation: MCC course to commence Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On 27 February, at the Missionary Cultural Centre in (MCC), in Brasilia, a new course will commence for foreign missionaries, composed of Portuguese language lessons, an introduction to the p ...
• 2 February 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - 2011 Lunar New Year message from Religious Leaders in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – As is the usual case, in view of the 2011 Lunar New Year, the Colloquium of Six Religious Leaders of Hong Kong issued their good wishes, hoping for prosperity for the land, progress and deve ...
• 2 February 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of Apostolic Vicar in Iquitos and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 2 February 2011 accepted the resignation from the pastoral care ministry of the Apostolic Vicar in Iquitos (Peru), presented by Bishop Julián García Ce ...
• 2 February 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mission in the family: the experience of the Schoensttat Movement Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) – There were 68 missionaries, for most part members of the Schoensttat Apostolic Movement, who, for the third consecutive year, gave life to the Missionary Families in the town of Cabrero, Ch ...
• 1 February 2011
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “The elections are valid, even if biased by irregularities” affirms the Commission for Justice and Peace Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “The elections are valid, even if biased by irregularities” affirms the Commission for Justice and Peace of the Episcopal Conference of Central Africa, defining the presidential and legislati ...
• 1 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Demonstrators intend to head towards the presidential palace,” local source tells Fides Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “Tahrir Square is full. The crowd is swarming and you can sense a certain tension, also because if anything happens that forces people to flee, many people risk dying of being crushed,” the mi ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Missing cemeteries: Christians ready to demonstrate for minority rights Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – There is disappointment and indignation in the Nepalese Christian community at the lack of land to bury their dead in Kathmandu. Faithful Christians, after months of waiting, “are ready to ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - All absolved: Report on anti-Christian violence “dishonest and full of prejudices” Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Praise from Hindu militant fundamentalists, strong protests from Christian leaders: these are the reactions recorded by Fides after the publication of the Report on anti-Christian violence t ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In rural areas, 23 health workers per 10,000 people: doctors prefer clinics and hospitals in cities or they emigrate Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – At the recently held UN World Health Organization (WHO) second forum on human resources for health in Bangkok (25-29 January), experts sought new strategies to attract and retain health workers ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “President Aquino, confirm the policies for respect for life,” request from activists in the “Month for Life” Manila (Agenzia Fides) – President Benigno Aquino should “confirm, absolutely and with legal measures, not just with words, that the Government intends to pursue family and demographic policies in complete respect fo ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - More than one and a half million child labourers, 24% are girls Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - According to an International Labour Organization (ILO) report, documenting Nepal's sizeable population of child labourers, this year one million fewer children are working in Nepal than a dec ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Continual attention from the Catholic community to encouraging vocations Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – Among the most popular initiatives in many Catholic communities in view of the Chinese New Year, is the visiting of families of priests, men and women religious, by members of the community, ...
• 1 February 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church's expectations from the visit of President Obama: welfare and development, emigration San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador awaits the visit from the President of the United States, Barack Obama, with a positive outlook, hoping to establish the basis for a “radical reform f ...
• 1 February 2011
  VATICAN - The Intentions entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for 2012 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Following are the Intentions that the Holy Father Benedict XVI has entrusted to the Apostleship of Prayer for 2012. January General: That the victims of natural disasters may receive ...