News

• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Kirill: The Russian Orthodox Church supports the creation of the Palestinian State Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian Orthodox Church "expresses its support for the demands and aspirations of the Palestinians to create their own State, in implementation of UN resolutions". This is how Patriarch Kiril ...
• 13 April 2015
  VATICAN - Jubilee of Mercy: "This is a time for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Why a Jubilee of Mercy today? Simply because the Church, in this time of great historical change, is called to offer more evident signs of God’s presence and closeness... This is a time ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A boy, burnt alive because a Christian, is in serious condition Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A 14-year-old Christian teenager, Nauman Masih, was burnt alive by some young Muslims who Nauman did not know. The young man is now in hospital in Lahore, where he is struggling between life and ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of the Archbishop of Taunggyi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 April 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, Myanmar, by His Exc. Mgr. Matthias U Shwe, in accordance with canon 4 ...
• 13 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of fifty young men and women religious in the Amazon Itaituba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for the Amazon, together with those for Youth and Missionry Action of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), in collaboration with the Conference of Relig ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX: the Pope's words on the Genocide express the conscience of mankind, they are not "against" anyone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Turkish government's strategy to prevent from speaking of the Armenian Genocide is failing. This is why there is tension and the diplomatic reactions of Turkey are so harsh. But the Pope spoke ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Northern Iraq's displaced get own radio station Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A radio station at the service of the refugees in northern Iraq, belonging to different ethnic and religious groups - Christians and Muslims, Kurds, Shiites eyazidi - forced to flee their homes be ...
• 13 April 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - 150 years after the delivery of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to the Redemptorists Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 June 2015, the Redemptorists around the world will begin the celebrations of the 150th anniversary (1866) of the delivery of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to the Congregation of the ...
• 13 April 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Many children grow up in prison with their imprisoned mothers Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 200 children aged three live with their mothers held in 31 prisons in Peru. The note, issued by the National Penitentiary (INPE) and sent to Agenzia Fides, ensures that the young, male and f ...
• 13 April 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN – Elections contested by the opposition begin, while tension increases with South Sudan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The 7,100 seats in the polls for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Sudan open today, 13 April. The vote, which will run for three days, was boycotted by the main opposition partie ...
• 13 April 2015
  AFRICA/GABON - Heavy clashes in Libreville after the death of a prominent opposition figure Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - Unrest in Libreville, capital of Gabon, after the announcement of the death of André Mba Obame, one of the leading opponents in the Country. The death occurred in Yaounde, Cameroon. He was a ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremist leader: "Sterilise Christians and Muslims in India" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The population of Muslims and Christians is growing day by day. To rein in this, Centre will have to impose emergency, and Muslims and Christians will have to be forced to undergo sterilisati ...
• 10 April 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - New appeal to the President to finally solve the problems of immigrant families Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of detaining immigrant families fleeing violence in Central America will be a "stain" in the legacy of President Barack Obama and in the image of the country, said leaders religi ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - From the disaster in Sewol, a seed of peace and resurrection Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The disaster of the Sewol ferry can become a seed of peace and resurrection: with this spirit the Korean Church is experiencing a time of prayer, a year after the tragedy on 16 April 2014, when th ...
• 10 April 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM – Children of the war return to Vietnam in search of relatives Ba Ria (Agenzia Fides) - Some of the 4,500 Eurasian children that at the end of the Indochina War (1946-1954) were sent to orphanages in France, have just returned to Vietnam to search their relatives who were left behin ...