News

• 23 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Migrants are not criminals", the Church continues in the reception of people from Central America Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides ) - "La Casa del Migrante del Sagrado Corazon, which is situtated in Apizaco (Tlaxcala) will not close": this was announced by the Bishop of the diocese of Tlaxcala, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Moreno ...
• 23 September 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The PMS of the Southern Cone prepare CAM4 - COMLA9 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Secretaries and Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Southern Cone of Latin America (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay and Brazil), met this weekend, from September 20 t ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA – A shopping center in Nairobi: still a dozen hostages in the hands of terrorists Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There are at least a dozen hostages still in the hands of terrorists" say local sources to Fides Agency from Nairobi, where an armed commando of Somali Shabaab extremists attacked on September ...
• 23 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops and Christians condemn the suicide attack: "shameful act of cowardice" Karachi ( Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference (PCBC) and the Christians of Pakistan we condemn this act in strongest terms", said the Archbishop of Karachi, His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutt ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders united: "we are convinced beyond doubt that the attempt to sow seeds of discord between Christians and Muslims will fail" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The attack carried out by the Somali Shabaab against the Westgate Mall in Nairobi has been condemned by religious Kenyan leaders participating in the Inter-Religious Council. "We, religious lea ...
• 23 September 2013
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Minors abducted and exploited for the practice of "Bacha Bazi" Nangarhar (Agenzia Fides) - The sexual exploitation of children, in particular , the practice of "Bacha Bazi" ( literally playing with boys), in which boys are "bought" to make them dance and have sex, remains one of the ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian NGOs: no to the "guaranteed electoral quotas" for the Copts Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Center for Developement Studies and Human Rights - NGO close to the Coptic Orthodox Church - has asked that the forthcoming elections are celebrated by putting aside the quota system ...
• 21 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The massacre of 130 Christians in Aleppo is false: no to sectarian conflict Aleppo ( Agenzia Fides) – The news of a massacre of 130 Christians in Aleppo by Syrian opposition groups, as reported recently by the Lebanese media and some websites is completely false. This is confirmed to Fides b ...
• 21 September 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "Hopes for a path of dialogue in the crisis of Zamboanga" Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - "We hope in an effort of dialogue and a negotiable solution to the crisis in Zamboanga. As a church we join our voices to the bishops of Mindanao in asking and building peace in the southe ...
• 21 September 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence, murders and suicides, the indigenous people hope in the aid of the Church Balsas (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Erwin Kräutler, Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu in Pará and president of CIMI, and Mgr. Enemesio Lazzaris, bishop of the Diocese of Balsas, in Maranhão and president of the Past ...
• 21 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Aid to the prisoners on the feast of the Patron of Prisoners Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - About 18,000 people in different prisons will benefit from the agreement between the Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care and the Food Bank of Bogota, which provides for the distribution o ...
• 21 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Two grenades found in the cathedral of Bossangoa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Two unexploded grenades were discovered in the cathedral of Bossangoa, the Central African town 300 km north-west from Bangui, the center of fighting between members of the coalition Seleka and a ...
• 21 September 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "The Catholic Church will not sit in the Senate" say the Catholic Bishops Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church will not sit in the Senate, according to a statement from the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso, rejecting the rule introduced in the law passed in May, which plans to ...
• 20 September 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops during ordinary assembly also discuss on the judgment of the Court in The Hague Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua have been attending their ordinary general assembly in the city of Jinotega since 18 September. The assembly is held every two months: sinc ...
• 20 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copts, study seminars on the constitutional reform are about to begin Cairo ( Agenzia Fides) – The first study seminars organized by the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center on the constitutional review process launched to reform the Constitution approved during Morsi’s government is schedu ...