News

• 20 February 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON – Maronite Patriarch says: the return of Hariri is a positive fact for the Lebanese nation ASIA/LEBANON – Maronite Patriarch says: the return of Hariri is a positive fact for the Lebanese nation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – The return to Beirut of former prime minister Saad Hariri has been welcomed by Maroni ...
• 20 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA – Local Church tells government: stop discrimination against Dalit Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in India is calling on the government to end legalised discrimination against Dalit Christians: as the Archbishop of Delhi Anil Couto, says it is time to re-introduce for ...
• 20 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian-Orthodox priest detained by Kurds is released ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian-Orthodox priest detained by Kurds is released Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, Thursday 19 February, in the evening, the Syrian-Orthodox priest Gabriel Daoud, was released after having been d ...
• 20 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Nine years of indifference and impunity: the tragedy of Pasta de Conchos mine Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) – “Although nine years have passed since the tragedy of Pasta de Conchos Mine, complicity between the authorities and the Industrial Minera Mexico group, and the impunity which reigned in thi ...
• 19 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - The day for demonstrations against Boko Haram a village is bombed by mistake on the border with Nigeria; 37 dead Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – At least 37 dead is the tragic outcome of an aircraft bombing over the Nigerian part of Abadam, a village cut by a river and shared by Nigeria and Niger. According to the authorities of Niamey, ...
• 19 February 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - First steps in process to re-establish USA Cuba relations Havana (Agenzia Fides) – America's Democratic MP Nancy Pelosi and Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez met in Havana as part of the process to restore diplomatic relations between their respective countries. The m ...
• 19 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Elections postponed: a contribution towards peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) – A positive development in the interest of peace in the country. This was how Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kusala, of Tombura-Yambio, interviewed by Radio Anisa, viewed the postponement on the part of t ...
• 19 February 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - On the way to Fifth American Mission Congress (CAM 5-COMLA 10) Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (POM) in Bolivia presented yesterday the first material prepared for animation, formation and information in view of CAM 5-COMLA 10 (Fifth American Mission ...
• 19 February 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Political elections: the local Catholic Church urges voters not to desert the elections Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – In view of now imminent political elections in Israel, scheduled for March 17, the Catholic Church in the Holy Land urges all eligible voters to cast their vote, addressing in particular � ...
• 19 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA – Syrian-Orthodox priest and laity arrested by Kurd military Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) – Members of the Kurd armed forces connected with Pyd (Kurdish Democratic Union Party, Syrian section of Pkk) since Monday 16 February have been holding, Syrian-Orthodox priest Abba Gabriel Dao ...
• 19 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionary says: “someone wants to destabilise Mindanao” Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – Learn from painful experience and errors, in order to build a future of reconciliation: this is how PIME missionary Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra, founder of the Silsilah movement for dialo ...
• 19 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA – Muslims re-launch “pluralism and respect for minorities” Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The importance of values such as pluralism, respect for minorities, tolerance, dialogue, unity among believers of different faiths: these were some of the key words heard during the Indones ...
• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – Christian and Muslim religious leaders: “the peace process must not be abandoned” Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Philippines government “must not abandon the peace process in Southern Philippines”, if it is to avoid more massacres such as those in Mamasapano: this is the call launched by Christian ...
• 18 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch urges Muslims: Join us in our Lenten fast to obtain the gift of peace Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – An invitation to “Muslim brothers and sisters” to join for a few days the annual Christian time of fasting to obtain “as soon as possible the gift of peace, stability and a dignified lif ...
• 18 February 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign 2015 starts today, theme "Brotherhood: Church and Society " Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Brazilian National Conference of Catholic Bishops (CNBB) opens the Fraternity Campaign 2015. As customary, on Ash Wednesday, at the head offices in Brasilia (DF), Bishop Leonardo U ...