News

• 9 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "A march is a way to put a stop to violence" Cali (Agenzia Fides) - A large crowd participated in Cali to march against the new wave of violence, organized by the Catholic Church, to show solidarity with Fabiola Ruiz and her family: the domestic worker was killed o ...
• 9 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Fighting continues despite peace talks Lui (Agenzia Fides) – There is alert in South Sudan, where a few days ago about twenty wounded arrived at the hospital in Lui (Western Equatoria) assisted by the operators of Doctors with Africa Cuamm (see Fides 8/1/20 ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: Lebanon looks like the Prometheus of the Middle East Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon looks like Prometheus, the mythological greek friend of mankind, punished by the gods for having brought to men the gift of fire. In the same way, the Land of the cedars is affected beca ...
• 9 January 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Child abuse by parents or their guardians continue San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - From January to the month of August 2013 a total of 1794 children were assisted by the Salvadoran Institute for the Integral Development of Children and Adolescents (ISNA). According to ISN ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalai Lama: "Forced conversion is an oxymoron" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Dalai Lama disapproves of "forced conversion" from one faith to another, defining the term "forced conversion" an "oxymoron", ie the combination of two terms entirely opposed to each other. Th ...
• 9 January 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - Peru and Chile, brotherly peoples Santiago ( Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is closely linked to the life of our peoples. In fact, together with the richness and diversity of indigenous cultures, the gift of the Christian faith is one of the foundations of ...
• 9 January 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - After 50 years of independence a proper Constitution focused on popular sovereignty is needed Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - A "self-centered" political leadership has undermined the development of Zambia. This is the harsh indictment launched by the Oasis Forum, in a message sent to Fides Agency for the 50 years of in ...
• 9 January 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The government: "the security services knew of the preparations regarding the attacks carried out on 30 December " Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The security services knew of the preparations regarding the attacks carried out on 30December in three provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but did not intervene to stop them in time ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Allah" issue: more than 100 complaints to the Director of the Catholic weekly Herald Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Lawrence Andrew, Malaysian priest and director of the Catholic newspaper "Herald", a diocesan weekly in Kuala Lumpur, is being investigated by the Malaysian justice and is likely to be ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ayatollah al-Sistani: the violence against Christians are a threat to the whole country Najaf (Agenzia Fides) - Violence that affect Christians in Iraq represent a loss for the entire country. This is the conviction expressed by Ayatollah Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani, during a meeting on Wednesday, January 8th ...
• 8 January 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - An Interfaith Council established by the Commune of Zamboanga City Zamboanga city (Agenzia Fides) - The City Council of Zamboanga City, a city on the island of Mindanao, has approved an ordinance that establishes a special "Interfaith Council of the city". The ordinance creates the new ...
• 8 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops Plenary being held, while the people "live in fear and social crisis" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) for its 101st meeting is being held. The meeting will be held from Tuesday 7th to Sunday January 12. According to the note sent ...
• 8 January 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - A group of religious women involved in the protection of young orphans Mixco (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, a group of 180 children are assisted, helped and protected in the Hogar Nuestra Señora Consoladora, founded 33 years ago to protect orphans. The structure is located in the area of Mix ...
• 8 January 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The new Bishop of El General calls on Costa Ricans to vote on February 2 San Isidro (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop-elect of the Diocese of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica), Mgr. Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv, was presented by the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of San Jose de ...
• 8 January 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Archbishop of Dhaka: "Messengers of hope among violence and social confusion" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The small minority of Bengali Christians "brings a message of hope among violence and confusion": is what the Archbishop of Dhaka, Msg. Patrick D' Rozario says in an interview with Fides Agency, d ...