News

• 8 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: may Geneva 2 not turn Syria into an Islamist State Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Syria, "hope that the Geneva 2 Conference opens prospects for democracy, freedom and equality for Syria". This is the reason why I am opposed to any Islamist drift that claims ...
• 8 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "We need to get out of the logic of religious conflict, we are in front of criminal acts", said the Bishop of Bossangoa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian and Muslim communities "are held hostage by the criminal logic" of groups that are confronting each other in the Central African Republic, said Mgr. Nestor Désiré Nongo Aziagbia, ...
• 8 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Catholic priests and Protestant pastors in the forefront to save lives: a testimony to Fides Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing political conflict in South Sudan between President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar, has now put the two main tribes in the country in contrast: Dinka and Nuer. But a ...
• 7 January 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishop of Mannar calls for an international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need an international investigation to ascertain the truth about alleged war crimes, given that most of the Tamils in the north and east of the country no longer have confidence in a ...
• 7 January 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - "One should listen to the Mapuche people in order to resolve the conflict in Araucanía" asks the Bishop of Temuco Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The first thing to be done urgently in order to finally resolve the conflict in Araucanía is to listen to the Mapuche people: pointed out the Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, His Exc. Mgr. Héct ...
• 7 January 2014
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Christians were fined for possession of "extremist books" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Astana has fined two Protestant Christians for possession of Christian publications, defined as "extremist material". As reported in a note sent to Fides by the organization "Forum 1 ...
• 7 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We are tired of war, we need peace"; Christian leaders’ appeal Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We condemn the senseless killing of civilians and we call on President Salva Kiir Mayardit and former Vice President Riek Machar to stop the fighting and negotiate peacefully instead of resorting ...
• 7 January 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Much is being done to fight malnutrition and give health care assistance to babies of HIV women and AIDS patients Marrere (Agenzia Fides) - The General Hospital of Marrere assists a population of approximately 300 thousand inhabitants, especially people living in the slums of the big city of Nampula, 14 km away from the hospital. Du ...
• 7 January 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Food, clothing, shelter, water: emergency for Sudanese refugees Kakuma (Agenzia Fides) - Until January 3, 2273 Sudanese refugees arrived in the Kakuma camp, at the Holy Cross parish in Kenya, where there are over 130 thousand people of different African nationalities. A note by ANS, ...
• 7 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Battle between Islamist factions in Raqqa Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - The clash between the different Islamist factions that oppose the Assad regime has become open war in Raqqa, the city where the Italian Jesuit Paolo Dall'Oglio was abducted five months ago. In rec ...
• 7 January 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Christmas: Egyptian President visits Patriarch Tawadros Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - After the concerns of the vigil, the Coptic Christians of Egypt are celebrating Christmas marked by the consistent deployment of means of protection put in place by the army and police forces. In ...
• 7 January 2014
  VATICAN - During the Angelus Pope Francis recalls Childhood Mission Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, on Monday, January 6, the feast of the Epiphany, the Holy Father said: "the Pontifical Mission Society of the Hol ...
• 7 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "In Malakal , the situation is desperate", says a local source to Fides Juba (Agenzia Fides ) - "There has been fighting in Malakal since December 24. The faithful were not able to celebrate Christmas Mass" refers a source of the local Church to Fides. Malakal is the capital of the Upper Nil ...
• 7 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Pope Francis elected among the ten "key men of the year 2013" Beijing (Agenzia Fides ) - Pope Francis was elected in the group of the ten "key men of the year 2013" by 50 representatives of the media, journalistic and diplomatic associations, among the most important of mainland Ch ...
• 7 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – A priest of the diocese of Ciudad Victoria has been missing since November, violence does not calm down Ciudad Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, His Exc. Mgr. Antonio González Sánchez, confirmed that one of his priests has been missing for two months, while the insecurity in the area remains very ...