News

• 6 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops' Conference Secretary General says Church supports dalit and marginalized New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – "We support the struggle for rights and equal opportunity of Dalit Christians. The Church is always on the side of the poor and the excluded. We ask all Indian states, the federal government ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul tells Fides: Thousands of Christian families are fleeing Mosul, country needs unity Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - “Over a thousand Christian families have left Mosul in the past ten days, dispersing in the surrounding territory. All of these IDPs are not likely to participate in elections, as they are regis ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Further false accusations of blasphemy, Christians respond to Senate leader's remarks on minority rights Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – For some time, the Catholic Church in Pakistan has been calling attention to the abuse and exploitation of the blasphemy law. Another case, which occurred in recent days in the District of Gujr ...
• 5 March 2010
  VATICAN - Delegation from “Sternsinger” of the German HCA visit Propaganda Fide for a farewell to their President, Monsignor Pilz Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After ten years as President of the Holy Childhood Association in Germany and the Star Singers' campaign ("Sternsinger"), Monsignor Winfried Pilz leaves his office at the end of March. On ...
• 5 March 2010
  EUROPE - To recall the witnesses to faith in our own time: initiatives in Rome and Paris Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “In Memoriam Martyrum,” three days of prayer and reflection on the Passion of Christ and the Church are being organized at Rome by the Association of Pontifical Right, Aid to the Church in Ne ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year for Priestly Vocations: diocesan priests make pilgrimage to Ars and shrines in France Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Strengthen the awareness of the identity and spirituality of the priest in this Year for Priests: this is the reason for the European pilgrimage of the priests of the Diocese of Hong Kong. A ...
• 5 March 2010
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archdiocese of New York offers “24 Hours of Confession” in 52 churches, for Lent New York (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of Saint Patrick Young Adults and 51 churches of the Archdiocese of New York, have announced the 2nd Annual “24 Hours of Confessions” project for the 2010 Lenten Season. Fir ...
• 5 March 2010
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses of love at the service of the poor, not faking being Christians”: 350th anniversary of the death of the founders of the Vincentian Family Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Vincentian Family has promoted March 5 to 7, at the Paul VI Foundation of Madrid, a congress to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of their founders, St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1 ...
• 5 March 2010
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Two Franciscan Missionaries of the Incarnate Word leave for Haiti Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Sister Solange Badaraco and Sister Mercedes Santos, of the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Incarnate Word (MFVE) left on February 26 to go on a mission to Haiti, where th ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops tell youth to “get involved” in task of evangelization Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – “We bishops turn to you, our young people: We encourage you to take up the responsibility of your own formation under the guidance of your duly appointed leaders...We cherish the hope that ...
• 5 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CNBB to launch national “1 Million Bibles Campaign” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, March 6, the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), in collaboration with the Commission for the Continental Mission in Brazil, will launch a national campaign in Teresina ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Record number of HIV cases in January alone Manila (Agenzia Fides) – In the month of January alone, there was a record number of HIV cases in the Philippines, with 143 people infected. This is the highest figure since the disease was diagnosed for the first time ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishop Warduni: a vote for rights, peace, and religious freedom Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "We urge all Christians to vote and elect candidates who work for the good of Iraq, so that the country will once again see respect for human rights and religious freedom." This is the appeal ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Brief Overview: 2,000 deaths and 600,000 Christian refugees in 7 years Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The following figures compiled by Fides, through local Church sources in Iraq, provide a comprehensive picture of the suffering of Iraqi Christians. - Since 2003: about 2,000 Iraqi Christia ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - A decade later, Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei's testimony is still relevant today Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 1991, the affectionate embrace between Pope John Paul II and his Cardinal “in pectore” announced in the Consistory of 1979, His Eminence Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Bishop of the Diocese of Sha ...