News

• 23 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Menamparampil, on the eve of the Bishops' Assembly, tells Fides: Hindu people respect religious symbols, youth are key to harmony Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, Salesian, could not be happier: his Diocese of Guwahati - in a peripheral territory (state of Assam, in India in the Northeast), troubled by internal problems ...
• 23 February 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Council of Christian Church Leaders in Iraq: government should do its duty; Churches of the world, please help us Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – All the Christian leaders in Iraq, on an ecumenical level, are united with deep sympathy for the sufferings of Christians in Mosul, and call for a global mobilization of churches on an interna ...
• 23 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - As New Year kicks off, ecclesial base communities relaunch initiatives for growing in the faith Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – With the start of the new year, a number of ecclesial base communities have launched training courses to help the faithful deepen in their faith life and be authentic witnesses of Christ in th ...
• 23 February 2010
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Church leaders say they welcome President's call for a national moral dialogue Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “We welcome the prospect of a national dialogue on morality and morals in our country. President Zuma's proposal is a timely one. It is for all South Africans to participate in a collecti ...
• 23 February 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishop of Budjala calls for government intervention for refugees from the Equateur Province Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Philibert Tembo Nlandu of Budjala (Democratic Republic of the Congo) has requested the support of the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of basic social needs, Nzanga Mobutu, for the retu ...
• 23 February 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops call for dialogue in resolving health emergency in Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Francisco Polti, Bishop of Santiago del Estero, his Auxiliary Bishop Ariel Torrado Mosconi, and Bishop Adolfo Uriona of Añatuya, have prepared a joint message to express thei ...
• 23 February 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Car accident leads kills Cleric of Saint Viator, wounds two others Reyes (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Saturday, February 20, on the provincial highway Rurrenabaque-Yucumo, two priests and a religious of the Parish of Popoy, who were returning from the funeral of Bishop Roger Au ...
• 23 February 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishop Aubry remembered: the mission was the most important part of his life Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – A few days after the death of Bishop Roger Emile Aubry, Redemptorist (see Fides 19/02/2010) Fides has received a very significant testimony entitled: "The Gift of Fidelity,” in thanksgivi ...
• 22 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous image of Christ, clashes, two churches destroyed, curfew established in Punjab Jalandhar (Agenzia Fides) – There has been increased protest in response to a blasphemous picture of Christ, published in a textbook published in New Delhi and used in schools in India. The text, published by Skyline P ...
• 22 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Congress on Evangelization and Pastoral Ministry for Diocese of Tai Chung concludes with inauguration of Diocesan “Disciples University” Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – After the updating of the diocesan website, the Diocese of Tai Chung inaugurated the Diocesan “Disciples University,” creating a new channel for the evangelization formation and charitab ...
• 22 February 2010
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Forming formators: “It's not enough to have a degree in theology. There's more to it,” Bishop Luc Matthys tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Luc Matthys is the Bishop of the Diocese of Armidale, in New South Wales, Australia and was recently in Rome on behalf of the Catholic hierarchy of Australia to attend the course on "The B ...
• 22 February 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Steps forward for Jesuit reconstruction effort Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Soon after the first emergency situations were caused by the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January, the Jesuits, along with other collaborators, established a Haitian-Dominican ...
• 22 February 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian Bishops of Mosul send message to the government: “Will the blood of Christians be shed with impunity?” Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – "The authorities must take full responsibility in order to preserve the Christian presence in Mosul. We need international intervention to push the central and local government to act immediatel ...
• 22 February 2010
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Two French aid workers kidnapped and later released by LRA guerrillas who attacked a Catholic Church; local inhabitants being held hostage Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – The Ugandan rebels of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) attacked the village of Rafai, in the southeastern Central African Republic, on February 18. "The information we have is still sketchy as ...
• 22 February 2010
  AFRICA/KENYA - Political stalemate in Kenya; Bishops call for a national solution before asking for intervention from international mediators Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – According to a statement from the Kenyan Bishops' Conference, taken from the Kenyan agency CISA, the Bishops "wish to advice against absconding cabinet meetings. This would mean a stalemate in ...