News

• 6 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Let us pay tribute to Mandela fighting for his ideals", write the Catholic Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – "Let us now sing the praises of famous men, great men in their generations... They ruled their governments wisely, were known for their valour. Their counsel displayed wisdom, they saw t ...
• 6 December 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - In view of the general elections, Christians in prayer for the country's future New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The power of prayer as an antidote to the social and political evils that plague the country: with this awareness Christians in India lived an ecumenical prayer vigil simultaneously all over t ...
• 6 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A well-known Christian arrested for his conversion from Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Egyptian Bishoy Armiya, became known at the time of his conversion from Islam, was arrested in recent days by the national security forces. This was claimed by Egyptian sources that ...
• 6 December 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Indifference on behalf of the government with regards to the increasing number of attacks against Christians Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Hatred and violence increase against religious minorities in Sri Lanka, who make up 30% of the total population: is the worrying trend reported by churches and civil society organizations in the ...
• 6 December 2013
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - "Pain and concern" of the Bishops of the Antilles due to the situation of Haitians in the Dominican Republic Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishops and Bishops of the Caribbean islands have expressed "pain and concern" for the social conflict in the Dominican Republic against Haitian immigrants, following the judgment ...
• 6 December 2013
  EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on October 4, 2013 confirmed rev. Victor Jakubov, of the diocese of Nitra as National Director of th ...
• 6 December 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The U.S. Bishops to Israel: say no to illegal demolitions. Respect the property of the Church Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. bishops took the field to protest the demolition of a house owned by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem which took place on 28 October. The intervention took the form of an officia ...
• 6 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Apocalypse in Bangui" says Mgr. Aguirre to Fides Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "An apocalyptic day". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou defines what happened yesterday, December 5th, in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republi ...
• 6 December 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "They left alive, we want them back alive": solidarity for the Caravan of Central American mothers Tula (Agenzia Fides) - They are looking for their children, marching with a photo of their relatives hanging on their chest: men, women, youth, are all immigrants who have disappeared. The Ninth Caravan of Central Americ ...
• 5 December 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - St. Teresa of Avila speaks to Asia Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Carmel of the future is called to offer tools that correspond to the thirst for God that is present today in Asia. Carmelite spirituality has immense possibilities to respond to this thirs ...
• 5 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Intense gunfire in Bangui, civilians flee Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Intense gunfire in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, on the eve of the vote of the UN Security Council for a resolution that authorizes the intervention of the French and African t ...
• 5 December 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: national sovereignty is under attack Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Some Countries behave towards Lebanon "as if it were a sovereign State", and claim to pursue a "right to protection". In this way, "in fact, Lebanon becomes a hostage of the confrontation regard ...
• 5 December 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Violence and looting in Cordoba: for the Church these are criminal acts, not due to poverty Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the wave of violence that has ravaged the province, the new auxiliary Bishop of Cordoba, His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Javier Torres (appointed on November 16) has defined the violent acts ...
• 5 December 2013
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Australian Bishops are committed to spreading the Evangelii gaudium (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" is a document to be recommended to all the faithful: "We will do everything possible to ensure that its teaching is widely spread": this is what the Austral ...
• 5 December 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A new Catholic radio station Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Harare, His Exc. Mgr. Robert Christopher Ndlovu, has announced the birth of a Catholic community radio station that will start as soon as it obtains the license from the governm ...