News

• 4 September 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “What is happening in the north of Nigeria is similar to what happened in Iraq” says a priest in Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “What is happening in north-east Nigeria is very similar to recent events in the north of Iraq” Fides was told by Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Communications Director of the Archdiocese of Abuja ...
• 4 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Justice and Peace Commission: “The Church supports democracy, crisis demands a compromise Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In the political crisis in Pakistan “the Catholic Church supports democracy, supreme good for the nation to safeguard, and stresses the urgency of to find those solutions with legal and democ ...
• 3 September 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Ebola: local Catholic church commitment AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Ebola: Catholic church commitment Makeni (Agenzia Fides) – “We use our pulpits to explain to people how to avoid becoming infected with the disease. A special task force, headed by the diocesan ...
• 3 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “Let us work together for peace”: Christian leaders urge traditional chiefs Juba (Agenzia Fides) - “Traditional chiefs are inspired by God to work for peace in our communities. They settle disputes between individuals and groups ” said Pentecostal Bishop Michael Taban, President of South Sud ...
• 3 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The Month of the Bible, ideal context for giving new impulse to the evangelising mission of the Church La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) – “For the Catholic Church every year September is the Month of the Bible. It is an exceptional opportunity to reflect on our encounter with Jesus the Lord, … the month of September is a ti ...
• 3 September 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians in Qamishli collect aid for Yazidis fleeing Iraq Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) – It lasted only 72 hours, but was of great symbolic value, a popular campaign to collect food, drugs and clothing organised over the past few days by Christians in the Syrian city of Qamishli ...
• 3 September 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Humanitarian emergency for more than 30.000 people fleeing Boko Haram Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – More than 30.000 people represent a serious humanitarian emergency on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Most are Nigerians fleeing the advancing front of Boko Haram, the Islamist s ...
• 3 September 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Dominicans: “Dialogue as a Way of Preaching” ASIA/INDONESIA - Dominicans: “Dialogue as a Way of Preaching” Surabaya (Agenzia Fides) – Dialogue is a privileged form of Christian preaching, particularly in Muslim countries. This emerged during a Dominican Fami ...
• 3 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Floods in Orissa: Caritas appeal for the victims Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) A serious humanitarian situation threatens more than 3,5 million people. It is urgent to launch a programme of emergency aid to help the flood victims in Orissa: Caritas India launches through Fi ...
• 2 September 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – A missionary says “thank you Pope Francis: now it is up to us” Suwon (Agenzia Fides) – “We Catholics in Korea thank Pope Francis for the unforgettable words and witness he left with us. Now it is up to us, here in Korea, to work to see that these ‘seeds of a new world grow and ...
• 2 September 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops’ Conference promotes television debate between candidates for Presidency San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – A Brazilian TV station, Red Siglo 21, will televise a debate in the evening of September 16 involving candidates for presidency of the Republic of Brazil. The election is set for 5 October. ...
• 2 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic school headmaster beaten and detained on false charges Raipur (Agenzia Fides) – A totally unjustified attack on a Catholic school provoked anger and distress among Catholics in the central-northern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Fides was informed by Archbishop Victor Henry ...
• 2 September 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Dismay for the death, only months apart, of the two army officers who defeated M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We are orphans since the death of General Lucien Bahuma Ambamba who raised the banner for Congo’s armed forces” says a report sent to Fides by the civil society in North Kivu in the east ...
• 2 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Latin Patriarchal delegation visits Gaza: “it is like the cities devastated by World War II” ASIA/HOLY LAND – Latin Patriarch delegation visits Gaza: “it is like the cities devastated by World War II” Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - “We visited the district of Sajaya, where 80 per cent of homes and other bu ...
• 2 September 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA – New National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 13 June 2014 appointed as National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in So ...