News

• 24 March 2010
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Gurue appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on March 24, 2010, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Gurue (Mozambique), Fr. Francisco Lerma Martínez, IMC, Provincial Superior of the Consolata Missions Institute ...
• 24 March 2010
  AFRICA - Increasing prices, lack of infrastructure, closing borders affect 10 million in Sahel Region Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – West Africa can meet its food needs through regional trade, most agricultural experts say, if countries keep their borders open for the free flow of staple grains, especially in times of ...
• 24 March 2010
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - 25th Anniversary of World Youth Day in Ziguichor: a special event for Catholics of Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, and Senegal Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Pedro Zilli of Bafatá will attend the celebration of World Youth Day 2010 being held in Ziguichor (in Casamance, Senegal), March 26 to 28. This is what was stated in a note sent to Fide ...
• 24 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians being “treated like animals”: international intervention urgently needed Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "In Pakistan, Christians suffer and see their lives in danger every day. In some areas, believers are treated like animals, in slavery or subjected to harassment, violence, and forced conversio ...
• 24 March 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Tension rises, “domino effect” on tourism feared Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Tension is rising in Thailand where the government, fearing the outbreak of widespread violence, has made a one-week extension of the application of the Internal Security Act, which strengthen ...
• 24 March 2010
  AMERICA - “My life belongs to the poor.” Archbishop Romero, 30 years later San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday, March 20, in the capital city of San Salvador to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, known a ...
• 24 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Youth from the PMS make an invitation to a Missionary Easter: “sow hope and proclaim love” Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Enthusiastic in their efforts to awaken the missionary spirit of their peers, members of the movement "Jóvenes Sin Fronteras" are preparing the Youth Missionary Easter, which annually brings tog ...
• 23 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops' Conference President tells Fides: action, not words, from the government in defending Pakistani Christians Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "We condemn the recent incidents and violence against Christians. We ask the government for justice and legality, so that such acts do not go unpunished. We demand that the rights of Christians ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Bishop of Bangassou describes most recent Ugandan rebel attack as “unprecedented violence” in correspondence with Fides Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - "The rebels used an unprecedented level of violence on the poor defenseless civilians. They hurt the people first and then ended their lives with machetes," Fides is told by His Excellency Bis ...
• 23 March 2010
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Bagnasco recalls: “those who suffer because their fundamental human rights, above all religious freedom, are trampled” and expresses his closeness to missionaries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Among the "painful situations" that have recently affected many people in different parts of the world, like the earthquake in Haiti and Chile, there is also "that of the people who suffer becaus ...
• 23 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 2,000 faithful attend consecration of the Church of Tao Li, dedicated to St. Luigi Gonzaga San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – Over 2,000 faithful attended the recent dedication of the church of Tao Li dedicated to St. Luigi Gonzaga, which is in the Diocese of San Yuan, in the Shaan Xi Province. According to local so ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Solwezi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 23, 2010, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Solwezi (Zambia), Fr. Charles Kasonde, of the clergy of Ndola, Director of the National Office for t ...
• 23 March 2010
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishop of Tilaran calls for caution before ruling on religious education in schools San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – On February 2, the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica declared that Article 34, paragraph 2 of the present law on the careers of teachers, which gave the Bishops' Conference the power to gra ...
• 23 March 2010
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - US Bishops express solidarity with Nigerian Church and people Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “We share the concern that the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria articulated in your February 2010 Pastoral Letter regarding the acts of hostility that have occurred among ethnic and religio ...
• 23 March 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Children in orphanages still a serious situation due to lack of food and schooling Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The little orphanage of San Marie is located in Port-au-Prince. The area, once home to 2,000 residents, now accommodates some 6,000 people who lost their homes in the January earthquake. ...