News

• 4 November 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The comfort of the Church for the victims of the attack in the area of Lake Turkana Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The attack against a police contingent carried out by an armed group in the early morning hours of November 1st in Kapedo, in the Lake Turkana area, in northern Kenya caused 22 victims. Among ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Church of St. Ephrem in Mosul could soon be transformed into a mosque Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In the northeastern city of Mosul, Iraq, since June in the hands of the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), the Syrian Orthodox church dedicated to St. Ephrem has been emptied and there are rumor ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christian schools subsidized by the State increase Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - There are 55 schools belonging to foundations and institutions related to the Christian communities in Turkey already entitled to receive financial support from the State. Of these, 36 belong to ...
• 4 November 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of the Bishop of Lugazi and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 4 November 2014 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Lugazi (Uganda) by His Exc. Mgr. Ssekamanya Matthias, in accordance with canon 401 ...
• 4 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians burned alive in a brick-kiln on charges of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian couple, Shahzad 26 years old and Shama 24 years old, were burned to death by a Muslim mob, from five villages in the south of Lahore (Punjab province), who accused them of committing ...
• 3 November 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of San José del Amazonas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 1, 2014 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F., Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Trujillo (Peru) as Apostolic Vicar of San José del ...
• 3 November 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The National Security Council begins San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The "Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Ciudadana y Coexistence" was officially established on October 31, with 70 members, and the work program was decided. There will be meetings every week ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops, between the Pope's visit and elections: "The visit will take place without any problems" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Our request to the government has always been that the elections should not be held immediately after the Pope's visit to Sri Lanka, because the event could be used politically by stakeholders ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: immediately elect a Christian President to save the Lebanese "model" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Only the immediate election of a new Christian President can ensure the continuation of a Lebanese democracy, founded on the sharing of power between Christians and Muslims, blocking the road to ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church encourages the Small Christian communities to strengthen their faith and to proclaim the Gospel Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Korea encourages parishes to rediscover the "Small Christian Communities" as a tool to strengthen their faith and to proclaim the Gospel in the territory: is what emerged from the ...
• 3 November 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Pray for reconciliation, justice and peace", asks Cardinal Ouédraogo Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A novena for peace in the Country was proclaimed by Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, upset by the popular uprising that on October 31 forced ...
• 3 November 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Constitutional Amendment: Kinshasa looks at what is happening in Ouagadougou Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The events in Burkina Faso, where President Blaise Compaoré has been forced to relinquish power after 27 years of uninterrupted power, are closely observed throughout Africa, and in particular ...
• 3 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops to the families of the students missing: "Hope pushes to keep fighting" Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - "Letter to Families of students killed and kidnapped in Ayotzinapa" is the title of the message of the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Acapulco (Archdiocese of Acapulco, Diocese of Ch ...
• 3 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch: from Iraqi Premier full support to the Christian communities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A commitment, explicit and personal, to take charge of the defense of the Christian community in Iraq has been expressed by the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al Abadi, in the afternoon of Sunda ...
• 31 October 2014
  ASIA/MACAO – To reaffirm the Christian identity of the laity in order to carry out the mission of Christ Macau (Agenzia Fides) – To reaffirm the Christian identity in order to fulfill the mission of Christ: this was the aim of the Forum on "Continuity and development of the laity of the Catholic community in Macao in the ...