News

• 19 September 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Dialogue with the Holy See, tension in the diocese of Vinh Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue between the Holy See and Vietnam continues on a path of good relations and cooperation, while there is tension in the diocese of Vinh, where protests continue over the arrest of t ...
• 18 September 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The conditions of the priest attacked with acid remain serious. "Why is the Church attacked?" asks the Bishop Dar es Salaam ( Agenzia Fides) - "The conditions of Fr. Anselmo unfortunately remain very serious, because the acid continues to penetrate beneath the surface layers of the skin", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Augus ...
• 18 September 2013
  AFRICA/UGANDA - New intervention to fight AIDS in the region of Karamoja Moroto (Agenzia Fides) – In Morilinga, in the district of Moroto, region of Karamoja, international agencies, NGOs and local associations have come together to share strategies and commitments for the elimination of HI ...
• 18 September 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Elections in Iraqi Kurdistan: Christian candidates in no particular order Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the upcoming elections for the regional parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan - scheduled for Saturday, September 21 - Christian candidates participate with a plurality of competing lists . ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cases of child workers and indigenous people exploited in inhumane conditions have been denounced Ballivián (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Labour in the city of Salta, in the northwest of Argentina, have reported cases of child labor and aborigines without documentation, engaged in a factory in Ballivián General ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Ecumenical Te Deum for the 203 years of independence of Chile Santiago ( Agenzia Fides ) - Chile today celebrates 203 years of independence. The Chilean Episcopal Conference has launched a special website for this important anniversary, which will broadcast Ecumenical Te Deum via ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE – To love ones homeland inside prisons: Mgr. Chomali celebrates with inmates Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "I know it is not easy to be here when you know we celebrate the Feast of the country outside. However, despite being in this situation, no one can force you to stop loving your homeland": a ...
• 18 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The rebels continue to harass the population despite the dissolution of Seleka Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "What can you do, these things happen!". In an interview with Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a missionary talks about what happened to him on September 16 when he went to negotiate with the re ...
• 18 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The U.S. Pentagon to General al-Sissi: Protect the Copts Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. defense secretary Chuck Hagel, in a telephone conversation on Tuesday, September 17 with General Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, rebuked the strong man of the Egyptian army to make every effort to ...
• 18 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Peace is the supreme good to rebuild Syria": the Syrian people welcomes the Pope's new appeal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To restore hope to the Syrian nation, to rebuild schools, infrastructure, hospitals, to allow the return of refugees, peace is the supreme good. For this reason we welcome with respect and ...
• 18 September 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Vigil for peace in Zamboanga: on September 21: government, Church, civil society will unite Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A massive event and a vigil for peace for Zamboanga and the southern Philippines will see, on September 21, in the capital Manila, the Philippine government, the Catholic Church and several civil ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church inherits the grand Luna Park theater, National Monument of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The grand "Luna Park" theater in Buenos Aires, able to accommodate up to 10 thousand seated spectators, where memorable pages have been written in the history of politics, culture and sport ...
• 17 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian schools strike to protest against the acts of vandalism in an institute Calcutta ( Agenzia Fides) - Christian schools in the state of West Bengal will be closed on September 19 to protest against the acts of vandalism that hit a Christian school near Calcutta. As reported to Fides by the loc ...
• 17 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Narendra Modi Premier candidate: for the Church "it is political suicide of the BJP " New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The main opposition party in India, the "Bharatiya Janata Party" (BJP), a markedly nationalist formation that contends the government of the country and the Congress Party and was in power in ...
• 17 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR – A Congolese nun wins the 2013 Nansen Refugee Award Kinshasa ( Agenzia Fides) - "She is a true heroine", said António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in announcing the Nansen Refugee Award to Sister Angélique Namaika, a Congolese nun who works in the nort-e ...