News

• 
  5 February 2016
  EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood "Star Singers" are received by President Duda Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda and his wife received the Holy Childhood "Star Singers", from the parish of Santa Barbara and John Paul II primary school in Leczna, of the a ...
• 
  4 February 2016
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christian Associations react to false rumors about the discovery of weapons in a church in Diyarbakir Diyarbakir (Agenzia Fides) - The Federation of Assyrian associations have reacted harshly to the rumors - circulated in recent days on the Turkish media - that a cache of weapons and ammunition belonging to Kurdish armed ...
• 
  4 February 2016
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - UN report: Rwanda trains Burundian refugees in order to overthrow President Nkurunziza Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - A report by UN experts accuses Rwanda of training and arming Burundian refugees welcomed in its territory in order to overthrow the President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza. The group of UN exp ...
• 
  4 February 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. De la Rosa "We complain about corruption, but we forget about work and honesty" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (RD), His Exc. Mgr. Ramón Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, criticized those who have acquired wealth illegally and quic ...
• 4 February 2016
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Patriarch Tawadros begins his visit to the dioceses: let us say no to domestic violence Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Domestic violence, whose victims are mainly women and children, represent a devastating social phenomenon that has severe effects on people's lives and also on civil society. This is what Coptic O ...
• 
  4 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Political crisis: the Church urges to find an agreement in conformity with the Constitution Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Haiti say they are concerned about the situation in the country and have asked politicians and the authorities to reach an agreement as soon as possible to avoid the deteri ...
• 
  4 February 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "Peace and unity, the most important values for the nation" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace, unity, harmonious coexistence among all communities present in society": these are the most important values to be remembered on Independence Day in Sri Lanka, which is celebrated on Feb ...
• 
  4 February 2016
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Catholic Church welcomes the President's decision to reject the proposed Religious Societies Rules 2015, intended to regulate Churches Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Kenya welcomes the decision of President Uhuru Kenyatta to reject the proposed Religious Societies Rules 2015, (see Fides 30/01/2016) that had sparked protests by Catholic ...
• 
  4 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law, the Church hopes for an imminent change Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome the reflection and steps taken by the Council regarding the ideology and we hope that an amendment of the blasphemy law, to prevent further abuse, is imminent. Already the President o ...
• 
  3 February 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "The rain is back, let us begin to hope, but the situation is very difficult" Lilingwe (Agenzia Fides) - "Now the rain has reappeared and the country can begin to hope" writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, Monfortan missionary in Malawi, after "two long weeks without a drop of rain durin ...
• 
  3 February 2016
  ASIA/IRAN - The Chaldean monastery of the Virgin Mary in Tehran reopens Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the meeting in the Vatican between Iranian President Hassan Rohani and Pope Francis, it was possible to reopen the Chaldean monastery of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary in ...
• 
  3 February 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - UNESCO recognizes the baptism site of Jesus as a "World Heritage Site" Paris (Agenzia Fides) - The site of Jesus' baptism on the Jordan River has been officially declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, during a ceremony held in Paris on the evening of Tuesday, February 2. The ceremony w ...
• 
  3 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Pereira calls for a more cautious approach towards the zika virus Pereira (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the high number of cases registered so far of people infected by the zika virus, after learning that cases are rising and after the alert launched by doctors to pregnant women, the Bi ...
• 
  3 February 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian threatened: "Convert yourself to Islam" Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – The choice was to convert to Islam or face ongoing violence and harassment: is what happened to Christian Patras Hanif, father of five children, victim of abuse where he worked. Patras, a worker ...
• 3 February 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Trivandrum of the Latins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 2, 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Christudas Rajappan, Rector of the St. Vincent's Seminary as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum of the Latins (India). He w ...