News

• 21 February 2011
  EUROPE - Religious freedom is a right and value that every democratic society should be ready to defend and promote: concluding message of the CEC-CCEE meeting Belgrado (Agenzia Fides) – At the conclusion of their meeting, in Belgrade from 17 to 20 February on the theme: “National identity and European integration: the contribution of Christians”, the members of the Joint ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - African religious leaders visit Côte d'Ivoire to promote a peaceful solution to the crisis Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – The Ivorian crisis is a challenge for Africa. So some of the more prominent religious organisations in Africa sent a delegation to Côte d'Ivoire from 17 to 19 February. The delegation was mad ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA - Commitment to health by Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Senegal and Ghana Roma (Agenzia Fides) – The sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) are very active throughout the world. Part of their work which involves health care for the most disadvantaged people in Africa is particu ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Outbreak of leptospirosis in Bantul Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – State of emergency in Bantul, in the central region of Java in Indonesia. The Country's health organisations have raised the alarm following an outbreak of leptospirosis, a deadly animal disea ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The 376 people confirmed in the parish of Zhao Cheng will become “seeds of evangelisation” throughout China Hong Dong (Agenzia Fides) – It is the first time in 30 years in this area, the parish of Zhao Cheng in the Diocese of Hong Dong (formerly Lin Fen) Shan Xi province, that the Sacrament of Confirmation has been conferred ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - On the way to a new “digital era”: the Catholic web presence in Cuba Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The global portal with “wiki” management of the media in the Catholic Church (www.intermirifica.net) has just published the list of the Catholic media organisations in Cuba. There are about ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another three missionary religious sisters sent to Haiti on behalf of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Three religious sisters depart from Brazil today, 21 February, for Port au Prince, (the capital of Haiti), where they will mainly work to help children and adolescents. Their work is part of ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 500 years defending human dignity: Bishops' pastoral letter to the poor Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of Dominican Republic has written a document for “500 years defending human dignity” which will be published for the 167th national anniversary of the Countr ...
• 21 February 2011
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Ebebiyin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 19 February 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Ebebiyin (Equatorial Guinea), Father Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé, until now Parish Priest of the parish ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - From the meeting of Asian Bishops hopes for peace and unity Interview with Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of Asian Bishops which is set down for 2012 in Vietnam, for the first time in histo ...
• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - “New initiatives in evangelisation will only be fruitful if... those proposing them are people who truly believe and live the message of the Gospel themselves”: Pope to the Bishops of the Philippines Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “While the Philippines continues to face many challenges in the area of economic development, we must recognise that these obstacles to a life of happiness and fulfilment are not the on ...
• 19 February 2011
  VATICAN - Pope presented with 2011 Pontifical Yearbook: revised statistics of the Catholic Church Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning the Pontifical Yearbook was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. From reading this book we may gain an update about the life of the Catholic Church around the world. Th ...
• 19 February 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - A new service to bring the internet to remote zones around the world Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010 in Sub-Saharan Africa only six people out of 100 used the internet. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the the Movement Fighting World Hunger (MFWH) has installed 10 satellite dishe ...
• 19 February 2011
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives”: Bishop of Tunis' testimony to Fides about the murdered Salesian missionary Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “A criminal act that does not exclude other motives,” stated Bishop Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham of Tunis to Fides, defining the murder of Father Marek Rybinsk, the Polish Salesian missionary who ...
• 19 February 2011
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The various positions on article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – In the debate on reform of the Egyptian Constitution, there are various positions on keeping or deleting Article 2, which establishes that the Sharia (Islamic law) is the main source of the law. ...