News

• 6 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Two future Saints for the Holy Land Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Holy Land is preparing for the upcoming canonization of two Blessed: Blessed Mariam Bawardi, known as Mary of Jesus Crucified, and Blessed Maria Alphonsina Ghattas. ...
• 6 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean diocese of Erbil conducts a census of the refugees who fled from the Nineveh Plain Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - There are more than 10 thousand Christian families who fled Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plain who have found refuge in the suburbs of Erbil and in other parts of Iraqi Kurdistan. Some stat ...
• 6 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Cali is suffering a pandemic of violence", denounces Mgr. Monsalve Mejía Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "Cali is suffering a pandemic of violence", denounced the Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia, with regards to the alarming increase in homicides in the region. The poli ...
• 6 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - National Prayer Vigil for peace in the nation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and the faithful of about 55 archdioceses, dioceses and apostolic vicariates of Nigeria, are invited to a national prayer vigil which will be held at the National Ecumenical Centre in ...
• 6 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Ecumenical Initiative: 43 hours of fasting and prayer for the 43 students of Ayotzinapa Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - 43 hours of prayer and fasting for 43 students who disappeared in Ayotzinapa (see Fides 10/10/2014) ends today, November 6. The "Ecumenical Day of solidarity" with the families of the missin ...
• 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 ...