News

• 10 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: a phenomenon which is difficult to quantify Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - Although the number of migrants who arrive at the border in Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) has decreased compared to previous years, the concern of the Bishop of the Diocese, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo R ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - CCSM denounces offensive drawings of Lord Jesus Christ on hookahs Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan denounces steps undertaken by some companies in which immodest and indecent drawings depicting Lord Jesus Christ are posted on hubble bub ...
• 10 February 2015
  VATICAN – World Day of the Sick: the Church runs 115 352 health care and social assistance institutes in the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - February 11 is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes and it is also the XXIII World Day of the Sick. Pope John Paul II initiated the day in 1992 to encourage people to pray for those who suf ...
• 10 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary: "There is a growing feeling of anti-Christianity in Niger Niamey (Fides) - "The extremist group Boko Haram attacked the city of Diffa yesterday. The attack comes as Niger’s lawmakers are due to vote on a plan to send troops in the operations against Boko Haram in Nigeria. Thi ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections in Delhi: nationalists collapse, for the Church it is "a new beginning" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "One may well say that it is a new beginning. A certain ideology has been defeated and we hope that now the wave of violence against churches may cease. We cherish hopes that the new governm ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore: "Blessed are the parents who teach love, not hatred to their children" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The family is the first place where one learns to love, where we experience and practice mutual love. Blessed are those parents who teach their children respect and love for others, who avoid ha ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Archbishop Matar: Lebanon must adopt a strategy to distance itself from regional conflicts Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon must adopt a strategy to distance itself from regional conflicts. This is the alarm launched by Maronite Archbishop Boulos Matar Youssef during his homily yesterday, Monday, February 9, o ...
• 10 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The UN: over 2.5 million people face food emergency because of the civil war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Two and a half million people in South Sudan are in urgent need of food, desire peace and are tired of living in fear. This is what Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs ...
• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of the Bishop of Lichinga and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 8, 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Lichinga, in Mozambique, by His Exc. Mgr. Elio Greselin, S.C.I., in accordance wi ...
• 9 February 2015
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The preciousness of consecrated life: three days of celebrations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The preciousness of consecrated life, living the Evangelii Gaudium becoming a sign of God: these were the themes of the three days of celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Consecrated Lif ...
• 9 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Zacatecas: "People die every day" Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Zacatecas, His Exc. Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, has again deplored the violence that has intensified since the beginning of the year in Fresnillo, where dead bodies are foun ...
• 9 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops of Latin rite: "We urgently need to respect the rule of law, peace and harmony" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – There is anxiety related to threats to social and religious harmony; request for the protection of the rule of law and religious freedom, in accordance with the Constitution: is what 140 Ind ...
• 9 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - No to "total war" in Mindanao, unity against "the ideology of violence" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In order to combat violence and war we need to adopt different methods. I appeal in particular to religious leaders, Christians and Muslims. We have a great responsibility. Muslim leaders sho ...
• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We hope that the postponement of the election was made with good intentions", said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Several citizens are not happy with the postponement of the elections", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, following ...
• 9 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Synod of Chaldean Bishops: join forces to liberate the lands occupied by jihadists Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi national government and the regional Kurdistan government must "allocate the necessary funds to support families that Daesh (Arabic acronym which indicates the jihadists of the Islamic ...