News

• 12 March 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A Catholic Guide for parishes with faithful of different languages and ethnic groups Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the United States (USCCB) has created a guide to assist pastors of culturally diverse parishes. The pastoral aid, published in English and in Spanish, aims ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Christian Pastor attacked by Buddhist extremists Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a social and political tense situation, in which sectors of civil society ask the government to stop the discrimination of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, even the violence against religious mino ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic bishops gather in Lebanon Raboueh (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, March 12th the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Syria will meet in Raboueh, Lebanon, at the seat of the Greek-Melkite Patriarchate. This is confirmed to Fides Agency by the Armenian ...
• 11 March 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram: over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed. This is the death toll and damage carried out against the Catholic community in the north-east of Nigeria by the Islami ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON-Maronite Church: to encourage organ donation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Church is in favor of organ donation and called on the Lebanese medical staff to encourage the spread of this practice, calling at the same time to monitor abuses that may compromise ...
• 11 March 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - To improve road communications in view of the national pilgrimage for the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Blessed Anuarite Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo) have launched an appeal to the governor of the Eastern Province to continue the work of improving the line ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Bishops: "Korea, rise up in splendor!", the Pope is coming Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - " Korea, rise up in splendor! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you" (Is 60:1), with this quote of the prophet Isaiah, the Bishops of South Korea have welcomed with great joy, ...
• 11 March 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Criminal gangs train children to handle firearms Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Honduras is experiencing a wave of violence that last year registered an average of 19 deaths per day. These figures were released by the Observatory on Violence of the National Autonomous U ...
• 11 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Churches subject to violence and sacrilegious acts, even during Mass Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Several churches have been affected by acts of violence that have occurred in recent days in Venezuela: the news was given by Mgr. Victor Hugo Basabe, Undersecretary of the Episcopal Conference ...
• 11 March 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Inauguration of the pediatric wing of the hospital in Yirol Yirol (Agenzia Fides ) – Although the situation in the Country is unstable, on Saturday, March 8th the NGO Doctors with Africa Cuamm inaugurated a new pediatric ward of the hospital in Yirol which will accommodate abou ...
• 11 March 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - One cannot stop violence with violence Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The use of force is reserved by law to the bodies of State security, they have the sole responsibility to stop the violence caused by some people": This is what we read in the statement sent to ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – A church building destroyed by extremists, the demolition of Christian homes in the capital is at risk Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan see their right to have places of worship and even a house violated. As reported to Fides, the faithful Christians of the area identified by the initials "Chak 3-4 -L" i ...
• 10 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack in a prayer hall in Orissa, two people arrested Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Two people were arrested after the attack carried out in a Christian prayer hall in Orissa. Following this attack, the government in Orissa deployed 70 police officers in the village of Prad ...
• 10 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Goa ask: To postpone the elections scheduled on Holy Thursday Goa (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Goa is opposed to the decision to hold general elections in the state on April 17, which coincides with Holy Thursday. The request for a postponement was expressed publicly by the Arch ...
• 10 March 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - There is no adequate treatment for HIV-positive children Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In Argentina, since December 2010 there have been about 8000 cases of children infected by AIDS, and every year 100 are added. However, medicines and therapies, monopolized by international ...