News

• 4 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New plan of evangelization with mass media dedicated to the "protection of life" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the new year the Church in Pakistan reintroduces evangelization with mass media, with a plan that will focus on the theme of "protection of life": this was reported to Fides by Fr. Nadeem John ...
• 4 January 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon: a road map of peace and fraternity for the country in 2014 Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, fraternity, democracy in Myanmar are "a common hope for all citizens": at the beginning of a new year, "Myanmar is preparing the beginning of a new era, made of freedom, justice and peace" ...
• 4 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo: "At the Geneva 2 one has to take cognizance of the fact that Syria is not Libya" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The participants at the Geneva 2 Conference will have to start respecting the characteristics of their Syrian Country". This is how the Bishop of Aleppo of the Chaldean, Antoine Audo describes ...
• 4 January 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian politicians: "Remove one's religious belief from identity cards" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It is time to remove one’s religious belief from identity cards: is the proposal made by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian politician who has the important role of leutenant governor of the ...
• 3 January 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - To eradicate terrorism, we need a national plan of "de-radicalization" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The radical Islamic terrorist groups in Indonesia are weaker than in the past, but they are still dangerous. To eradicate them what is needed is, on the one hand, coordinated effort on behalf of ...
• 3 January 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Tororo and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Tororo (Uganda), by His Exc. Mgr. Denis Kiwanuka Lote, in accordance with can ...
• 3 January 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church is against the formation of a fait accompli government and the postponement of presidential elections Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The highest representatives of the Maronite Church are opposed to the formation of a fait accompli government that does not represent the balance of political forces operating in the Country of t ...
• 3 January 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of the Bishop of Luiza and appointment of Successor Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - On January 3, 2014 the Holy Father, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Luiza (Democratic Republic of Congo), by His Exc. Mgr. Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, ...
• 3 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Internally displaced persons and Sudanese refugees are the first victims of three weeks of clashes Juba ( Agenzia Fides) - The clashes between soldiers loyal to President Salva Kiir and those affiliated to former Vice President Riek Machar, have created a serious humanitarian emergency in several areas of South Sudan. ...
• 3 January 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Fr. Georges Vandenbeusch welcomed in France by his parishioners Yaounde ( Agenzia Fides) – Great joy in Sceaux in the Department of Hauts-de-Seine (France) for the release of Fr. Georges Vandenbeusch, the French Fidei Donum priest kidnapped in Cameroon in mid-November and released ...
• 2 January 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros cancels catechesis in program on the day of the Constitutional Referendum Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - As the people of Egypt are preparing for a referendum to express their degree of agreement on the text of the new Constitution, the Patriarch of Alexandria of the Coptic Orthodox Tawadros II decid ...
• 2 January 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Fight against witchcraft: the vital contribution of Churches Goroka (Agenzia Fides) - In the fight concerning beliefs and practices of witchcraft, a plague which afflicts Papua New Guinea, the contribution of the Churches is crucial for bringing about real change in people's menta ...
• 2 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Erection of the Diocese of Sultanpet and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, 28 December the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Sultanpet, India, with territory taken from the dioceses of Coimbatore and Calicut, making it a suffragan of the metropol ...
• 2 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako appeals for national harmony Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We appeal to all parties in the nation, in these precise circumstances, to work for calm and invoking the language of dialogue, understanding, moderation and putting the interest of the nation ...
• 2 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: may 2014 be a "year of peace" in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – May 2014 be "a year of peace and reconciliation" in Pakistan: is the appeal launched by the leaders of Christian and other religious communities during an interfaith meeting in Lahore, in the n ...