News

• 24 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi’s sentence damages tolerance in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Tolerance and forgiveness are two important values, which are present not only in Christianity but also in Islam, and in other religions in the world. We are working hard for religious harmony i ...
• 24 October 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church supports the campaign against mining exploitation in Flores Flores (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of priests, religious and laity of all the parishes, secondary school and university students on the island of Flores, the Catholic stronghold in Indonesia, gathered to challenge the mi ...
• 24 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Russian Orthodox organization to Iraqi President: free Tareq Aziz Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Imperial Society of Palestine, Serghey Stapashin, sent a message to the newly-elected Iraqi President Fuad Masum to ask for the release of former Foreign Minister and Deputy ...
• 24 October 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The youth of South Kivu with the Bishops against the amendment of the Constitution Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Positions taken in favor of the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo who in their last pastoral letter oppose to a revision of the Constitution which would give President Joseph Kabila t ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of the Rector of the "Notre Dame de Guessihio" Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Gagnoa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On September 19, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Darius Assande Ekou of the archdiocesan clergy of Abengourou as ...
• 23 October 2014
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - Reaching out to young people and drawing their attention to the mission of the Church Bratislava (Agenzia Fides) - With the objective of reaching the younger generation and drawing their attention to the efforts made by the Church in the mission field, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Slovakia ha ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Church's contribution to the growth of the nation after 50 years of independence Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church is part of the Zambian society, and shares the joys and sorrows of the nation. This is why there is great respect, and her influence has grown, thanks to her prophetic voice" ...
• 23 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Concerned about "our" problems, while thousands of people die every day Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Obviously World Mission Day in Spain had a shadow of sadness and sorrow: the death of two missionaries and a nurse infected with ebola" recalls the public letter of SCAM ("Servicio Conjunto de A ...
• 23 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Decree of the Chaldean Patriarch on priests and religious expatriates without the consent of their superiors Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "Before the ordained, the “Priest” announces the offering of his whole life to God and the Church. It is an offering grounded in the obedience to the superiors without any conservation". For ...
• 23 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Every year 100,000 Christians die because of religious persecution Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Center for the Studies of Global Christianity in the United States estimates that about 100,000 Christians die every year because of their religious beliefs, that is to say one every five min ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN - New schooling project for 450 children in the north of the Country Sinendé (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Educo, born from the union of Intervida and Educación Sin Fronteras, has promoted a project of education and improvement of educational institutions in Sinendé, in northern Benin, 564 ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - The Inter-diocesan Assembly of the Catholic Church begins tomorrow Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - Forty representatives of the four Catholic dioceses of Algeria will meet in Algiers on Friday 24and Saturday, 25th October for the National Inter-diocesan Assembly of the Catholic Church. The ...
• 23 October 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New attacks and another 60 girls kidnapped: the possibility of a truce with Boko Haram vanishes Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes for peace vanishes after 5 people were killed in a bomb attack this morning at a bus station in Azari, in the State of Bauchi (northern Nigeria), and the abduction of 60 girls in the State o ...
• 23 October 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - A new location of the detention center in San Pedro Sula for the sake of prisoners San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "Five months of work without interruption" says with satisfaction Mgr. Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F., Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), who hopes for the arrival of other ...
• 22 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Rector of "St. John the Baptist" Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 30, 2014 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Jules Pascal Zabre of the archdiocesan clergy of Ouagadougou as Recto ...