News

• 4 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Stop violence: fasting and prayer of the Bishops and the faithful in Damascus Damascus ( Agenzia Fides ) - "All the Bishops and faithful Christians in Damascus welcome the appeal to fast and pray for peace in Syria on Saturday, September 7. Prayer is our last chance to stop violence": says the sta ...
• 4 September 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Mgr. Bertin: "I hope in authentic dialogue with regards to the need for everybody to get out of the crisis in Somalia" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Opponents, Shabaab or others, have targeted government and foreign organization representatives and their staff. This is because they want to destabilize the Somali institutions in the recons ...
• 4 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Letter from the Grand Mufti of Damascus to the Pope: "Let us work together for peace" Damascus ( Agenzia Fides) - In St. Peter's Square (if possible) or in the great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, the Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmad Badreddin Hassou , spiritual leader of Sunni Islam, welcomes the Pope's appeal a ...
• 4 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Peace is life": the 26th edition of the Week for Peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme "Peace is life: we bargain peace, build coexistence" ("La paz es vida: pactemos paz, construyamos convivencia"), the 26th edition of the Week for Peace will be held in Colombia, fr ...
• 4 September 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II: Christians and Muslims become allies against sectarianism Amman ( Agenzia Fides) - The protection of the rights of Christians in religiously motivated conflicts afflicting the Middle East "is not a matter of courtesy, but a duty", partly because "Arab Christians have had a key ...
• 4 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Respect, promote and recognize the human rights of indigenous women San Cristóbal de Las Casas ( Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to work for the rights of indigenous women so that they are really respected, valued and recognized, in order to make sure that they also occupy their righ ...
• 4 September 2013
  ASIA/LAOS – Renounce Christian faith or leave: authorities order to 11 families Borikhamsai (Agenzia Fides) – The authorities of the village of Nongdaeng, in the Borikan district, Province of Borikhamsai, ordered 11 families who converted to Christianity (in all about 50 people) to renounce their ...
• 4 September 2013
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Threats to the distribution of water in Tripoli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The kidnapping of Anoud Senussi, daughter of Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, Abdullah Senussi, has raised protests from the Margani tribe, to whom the family of the kidnapped belongs. The ...
• 3 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Three cases of persecution of Christians in the state of Karnataka Bangalore ( Agenzia Fides) - Three episodes of violence and persecution of Christians occurred in the state of Karnataka, notorious for the presence of radical Hindu groups. As reported to Fides Agency by the ecumenical ...
• 3 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan: "Fasting and prayer for peace with the Pope: our mission" Hassaké ( Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt invitation to fasting and prayer for peace in communion and in conjunction with the prayer vigil announced by Pope Francis for September 7, was sent to the Syrian-Orthodox Christia ...
• 3 September 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Bishops of Holy Land: let us pray and fast in every parish for peace in Syria Jerusalem ( Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Ordinary Catholics of Holy Land has expressed active support for the day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria for Saturday, September 7 proclaimed by Pope Francis. In a st ...
• 3 September 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The inhabitants of the villages where a military offensive against the guerrillas is planned is caught between two fires Kinshasa ( Agenzia Fides) - "The population is trying to lead a normal life but attentive to what is happening because a new wave of violence is always feared" say to Fides Agency Church sources from Goma, the capital of ...
• 3 September 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Peace in Syria: Catholics and Muslims in the Philippines welcome the Pope’s invitation Manila ( Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines and the Muslim communities of the South will join Pope Francis for the day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, on 7 September: is what Fides Agency l ...
• 3 September 2013
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - The harsh survival of people with disabilities in the Country Freetown ( Agenzia Fides) - The civil war in Sierra Leone has left tens of thousands of disabled people, many of whom have suffered amputations. However, while the war victims receive aid, people suffering from various d ...
• 3 September 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Summit on the plight of Christians in the Middle East has started Amman ( Agenzia Fides) –Bearing in mind the background of the Syrian tragedy, the international summit, convened by the Hashemite monarchy on the challenges faced by Arab Christians in the Middle East, has started in A ...