News

• 5 December 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA – The Catholic Church in Uganda has been fighting AIDS since 1989 Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - “The Catholic Church in Uganda has been committed to fighting AIDS and the spread of the HIV virus since the epidemic first broke out in our country” said Philip Odii, head of Social Commun ...
• 5 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Protection for churches and religious freedom: Franciscans mobilise New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Christians stage protests demanding police protection for churches. Following a mysterious fire which destroyed St Sebastian Catholic church in east Delhi on December 1, the city’s crimin ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Special Mass for peace at Bangui Carmel hosting 4,000 refugees Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – For a year now, since 5 December 2013, following disorder in various districts of Bangui, we have welcomed thousands of displaced persons to our Friary. Many – about 4,000 – are still with ...
• 4 December 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN – Missionaries victims of Ebola: we remember our missionaries, what they do and for whom they work EUROPE/SPAIN – Missionaries victims of Ebola: we remember our missionaries, what they do and for whom they work León (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Julián López Martín of Leon diocese in Spain has written a letter to ...
• 4 December 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN – Fund raising Christmas markets in aid of HIV positive and abused children in Zimbabwe EUROPE/SPAIN – Fund raising Christmas markets in aid of HIV positive and abused children in Zimbabwe Melilla (Agenzia Fides) – In view of Christmas, various fund raising events are organised by associations of volu ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Not only local militia, also foreign interests clash in Libya Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - In Libya there is a strategic struggle among various Arab and non-Arab powers, in which a number of local actors play a primary role, while being in turn backed by foreign referents. The United ...
• 4 December 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “God is present in the family”: joint Christmas Message from Catholic and Protestant leaders ASIA/INDONESIA - “God is present in the family”: joint Christmas Message from Catholic and Protestant leaders Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The family, where God is present, has an important role in the history of sa ...
• 4 December 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Paraguayan Missionaries join fellow Paraguayans in Argentina to celebrate Our Lady of Caacupé AMERICA/PARAGUAY – Paraguayan Missionaries join fellow Paraguayans in Argentina to celebrate Our Lady of Caacupé Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday 3 December, a group of 25 Paraguayan missionaries, departed fo ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN – Police raid Evangelical church in Khartoum Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Members of the police force carried out a raid on an Evangelical church in North Khartoum and preceded to demolish the building. Others arrested 37 young people gathered for prayers inside t ...
• 4 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts: “Advent in the spirit of love of neighbour” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “May Advent, a time of preparation for Christmas, help you to open your hearts to the gift of the Holy Spirit, asking Him to deepen your faith, confirm your hope in God’s promises, and hel ...
• 4 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: they are turning the country into an oligarchy, at the expense of the Constitution, the people and the institutions Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) – A struggle for power and a short sighted attitude of Lebanese political leaders who pursue only their own partisan interests are turning the country into an “oligarchy at the expense of the ...
• 4 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For Copt Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina the anti-Islamist terrorism Conference at al-Azhar was “epochal” Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - “The conference organised at the University of al-Azhar to condemn terrorism and extremism of Islamist matrix , was an event of historic importance. However I am not sure whether or not it was ...
• 3 December 2014
  VATICAN – Religious leaders resolve “to work for the freedom of all those who are enslaved and trafficked” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “We pledge ourselves here today to do all in our power, within our faith communities and beyond, to work together for the freedom of all those who are enslaved and trafficked so that th ...
• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Alba: "We cannot allow criminals steal our streets, steal our peace" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – “We cannot allow criminals steal our streets” Bishop Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz, Catholic Bishop of La Paz in Baja California Sur (Mexico), underlined as he urged the Catholic community to ta ...
• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Poverty grows in urban communities while diminishing in rural areas Kingston (Agenzia Fides) – One fifth of the Jamaican population grows steadily poorer. According to an estimate by the Jamaican Institute of Planning, the poverty rate is rising in cities while falling in rural areas, ...