News

• 6 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Uromi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 November 2014 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Father Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun, O.S.A., Master of students of Philosophy and Director of the St . Augustine's Institute in Makurdi, as Bish ...
• 6 November 2014
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Dodoma and appointment of the first Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 November 2014 the Holy Father erected the ecclesiastical province of Dodoma (Tanzania) and appointed the first Archbishop of Dodoma His Exc. Mgr. Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap., who was ...
• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Married couple burned alive: Christians protest in Lahore and call for the UN to intervene Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are shocked and worried. Christians in Pakistan are now wondering: what country do we live in? The horrible and barbaric execution of a Christian couple, accused of blasphemy, is an act that ...
• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - After years of waiting, the small community of Lai Gang has its own chapel Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Enthusiasm marked the celebration of Mass on All Saints day, November 1, and All Souls' Day, in the small community of Lai Gang. In fact, after years of absence of priests and lack of a place to ...
• 5 November 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops are always close to the 3 and a half million Peruvians away from home Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) has sent a message to the "three and a half million Peruvians who are away from their homeland in search of a better future for themselves and their families ...
• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Amnesty: it is necessary to do justice and reform the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pakistani authorities must bring to justice those responsible for the killing of the Christian couple accused of blasphemy". This is what Amnesty International says in a note sent to Agenzia ...
• 5 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Ouédraogo: "There is a desire for dialogue to end the crisis" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a desire for dialogue to lead the Country out of the crisis", said Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, in an interview wi ...
• 5 November 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch extremist groups are a product of the West Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Extremist groups, with their large-scale offensive are upsetting the geopolitical scenarios in the Middle East, and are also a product of wrong strategies pursued in the West. This was denounced ...
• 5 November 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The fight against drugs should be considered a State matter Posadas (Agenzia Fides) – Drugs are a scourge that is part of the death structure, and is "an evil that is growing rapidly in our country, it is uncontrolled, produces silence and fear, forces citizens to be mere spect ...
• 5 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Ulema Council calls for "an impartial investigation" into the events in Kasur Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) calls for "an impartial investigation on what happened in Kot Radha Kishan in Kasur district, where a Christian couple was burnt alive" (see Fides 04/11/2014): th ...
• 5 November 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - New massacres in Beni, the people are exasperated and protest in the streets Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Massacres in Beni, North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continue, despite the visit of President Joseph Kabila in the city in order to reassure the people, terrified by the violence ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Christian Sawan Masih, on death row for blasphemy, prays and remains hopeful Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Sawan Masih, a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, who since 2014 has been on death row in the prison of Faisalabad, remains confident about his release: this is what the Christian Joseph ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: "With silence, the government becomes an accomplice in the attacks on minorities" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The new government of nationalist leader Narendra Modi is not openly against minorities, but we are sad and worried about what is happening in India: The government says and does nothing to s ...
• 4 November 2014
  AFRICA/GHANA - The Bishops: "postpone the African Cup of Nations due to the Ebola situation" Accra (Agenzia Fides) -The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has called on the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone the AFCON (African Cup of Nations) 2015 scheduled for next year in Morocco due ...
• 4 November 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Two thousand secondary school teachers gathered for the XII Education Forum Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - There will be about 2,000 headmasters and secondary school teachers who will gather on November 5 to participate in the XII Education Forum whose theme will be "To educate: a passion which ...