News

• 30 September 2010
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - “Christians are the most persecuted religious group”: COMECE Conference shows that Europe will not turn a blind eye Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - “At least 75% of religious persecution is directed at people of the Christian faith. Each year 170,000 Christians suffer because of their beliefs.” These are some of the real facts that hav ...
• 30 September 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Jin Zhong (Yu Ci) celebrates 2 new priests and 2 new deacons Yu Ci (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Zhong Jin (Yu Ci) is celebrating the ordination of two priests and two deacons. The solemn celebration was held yesterday, September 29, at the diocesan Cathedral, presided by dio ...
• 30 September 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Official website for Papal Visit to Santiago and Barcelona launched Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the upcoming visit of Benedict XVI to Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona, Spain, scheduled for November 6 and 7, the Spanish Bishops' Conference has launched a new websi ...
• 30 September 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Ayodhya split in two Luknow (Agenzia Fides) – A division of land between Hindus and Muslims: this is the verdict of the Court of Allahabad, a section of Luknow, with respect to the disputed site in the city of Ayodhya, where for centuries ...
• 30 September 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Parish priest of Mbau receives death threats, mugged by two bandits: violence spreading in the region Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Augustin Mbusa, Assumptionist priest and Pastor of the parish in Mbau, (located in Beni, North Kivu), in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was threatened with death and robb ...
• 29 September 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - 15 children kidnapped, Archbishop of Abuja speaks of “a terrible situation” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – "It is an unprecedented event. We are facing a terrible situation," Fides has been told by Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, where 15 children we ...
• 29 September 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Commonwealth Games alert for trafficking in human persons Manipur (Agenzia Fides) – There is great concern among civil society and in the Christian community for increased human trafficking during the Commonwealth Games, which start in Delhi on October 3. This is what Fides h ...
• 29 September 2010
  VATICAN - Another Bishop in Shanxi (Mainland China) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Five days after the episcopal ordination of the Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, on September 21, the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, Bishop Peter Wu Junwei was consecrat ...
• 29 September 2010
  MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for October: “That the World Mission Day may afford an occasion for understanding that the task of proclaiming Christ is an absolutely necessary service to which the Church is called for the benefit of humanity.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In some contemporary environments, there is an attempt to present the Church's missionary activity as unnecessary, as something that would oppress others' freedom of conscience. If anyone ...
• 29 September 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic extremists using social networking to fuel opposition to West, Christians Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Social networking sites like "Facebook" and "Twitter" are fertile ground where radical Islamic groups roam freely, looking for new friends and recruiting new members. This is what is happeni ...
• 29 September 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Louis Lougen elected Superior General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 35th General Chapter of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), being held in Rome (see Fides 07/09/2010), has elected Superior General Fr. Lougen Louis, age 58, currently Provincial ...
• 29 September 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A long preparation for the Month of the Missions, with the goal of promoting HCA throughout the country Managua (Agenzia Fides) – In Nicaragua, preparations for the missionary month of October have been underway since August 21, date of the first National Meeting of Group Leaders of the Holy Childhood Association, during ...
• 29 September 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop John Hung personally accompanies two young men entering the Seminary Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – For Archbishop John Hung, Archbishop of Taipei, this past September 1st was the most beautiful and joyous day of his episcopate. On that day, he accompanied two young men of the archdiocese wh ...
• 29 September 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Severe storms lead to 4 deaths, 100 missing, and hundreds of damaged homes in the State of Oaxaca Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – The Civil Protection has confirmed the news that 4 people were killed after a landslide that occurred yesterday in the community of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Th ...
• 27 September 2010
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Mutilated cadavers discovered: “an extremely disturbing situation” a local source tells Fides Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) – "It is a worrying situation that threatens to bring us back to the dark years of civil war," Fides was told by a source from the Church in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. For security rea ...