News

• 23 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The important role of the media in promoting peace in the Tierra Caliente Apatzingán (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the difficult situation that the region of Tierra Caliente is experiencing, the Bishop of the Diocese of Apatzingán, His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Velazquez Patiño, speaking to reporters ...
• 23 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church engaged "with the victims of violence and in rebuilding the social fabric" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico call on the authorities to solve the problem of violence that is plaguing the community in different parts of the country, so that people "can live in peace". The note ...
• 23 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Different opinions on the establishment of a province in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Council of Ministers approved a plan on Tuesday, January 21 that provides for the establishment of a new independent province in the Nineveh Plain, in the northern region of the Country ...
• 23 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The State has collapsed, UN intervention is needed": appeal of the Archbishop of Bangui and the Imam Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The new President of the Central African Republic, Ms. Catherine Samba-Panza, swears in today, January 23, in a Country ravaged by fighting between former Seleka rebels and anti-Balaka militia. O ...
• 23 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 4,000 cases of anti-Christian violence: the "Report on persecution" presented to the Bishops Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 4,000 registered cases of anti-Christian violence in 2013, carried out mostly by Hindu extremist groups who are active in the country. The incidents include the murder of 7 faithfu ...
• 23 January 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: Tripoli will not give in to the spiral of sectarian violence Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Tripoli should not become "a victim of political conflicts", and its inhabitants do not have to follow "the path of violence, which has never led to positive results". This is what t ...
• 23 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Nothing has come out of the negotiations to end the fighting Juba (Agenzia Fides) – There is no agreement to end the fighting in South Sudan. The talks between the delegation of former President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar in Addis Ababa have so far not led to any ...
• 23 January 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Prisons do not re-educate and are in crisis: intervention of the Archbishop of Rio Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, His Exc. Mgr. Orani João Tempesta, recently appointed Cardinal by Pope Francis, has questioned the Brazilian prison system, highlighting the fact that t ...
• 23 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community intensifies the works of charity and evangelization in view of the Chinese New Year Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the Chinese New Year, which will be celebrated on January 31, the Catholic community of mainland China is intensifying the works of charity and evangelization, especially rega ...
• 22 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians wish to "be united in everyday life" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The unity of Christians goes beyond worship, meetings and declarations: it must have a tangible expression in daily life": this is what the Anglican Bishop Msg. Manu Romal Shah, emeritus of Pesh ...
• 22 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Geneva 2: The Jesuit Refugee Service calls for a negotiated settlement and more support to refugees Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - More pressure on the Syrian government and the opposition for an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution; allow access and humanitarian organizations to the work on the ground; increase t ...
• 22 January 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Andean Countries together for the XIII Regional Meeting of the Youth Ministry Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From January 22 to January 26, the XIII Regional Meeting of the Andean Youth Ministry will be held in Cochabamba (Bolivia). According to the note sent to Fides Agency, the aim is to reflect ...
• 22 January 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A human life is worth more than anything else Chichigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, expressed severe criticism regarding the intervention of the police in Chichigalpa last weekend, du ...
• 22 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Kurds claim an autonomous government in north-east Syria. Three Christians among the 20 ministers Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the International Conference on Syria convened in Geneva, the Syrian Kurds have taken a step forward towards the creation of an autonomous political entity in the north-east of th ...
• 22 January 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Invisible Victims": meeting of the Network for the fight against human trafficking Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The biennial meeting of the members of Christian Organisations Against Trafficking in Human Beings (COATNET – in English) ends today, 22 January, which brought together in Madrid 60 experts fro ...