News

• 26 June 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The instability of Katanga at the center of the Congolese political struggle Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The failed assault on Kasapa prison in Lubumbashi by an armed commando highlights once again the insecurity in the province of Katanga. The assault was carried out in the night between 22 and ...
• 25 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul: "A year of pastoral service, with the smell of the sheep" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To evangelize according to Pope Francis’ words, when he says that "Pastors must have the smell of the sheep": is the pastoral perspective of the Archbishop of Seoul,His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom S ...
• 25 June 2013
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Jesuits launch a new educational project and a new school Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits launch a new educational project in Cambodia: a secondary school with four classes per year, and a small elementary school will be built in Battambang. The project also includes a ...
• 25 June 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The university conflict has to be resolved in a positive way " ask the Bishops Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Venezuela (CEV) has launched an appeal to the government and university field in order to create a space of "real and sincere dialogue" in order to find an immediate s ...
• 25 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The social fabric is completely torn" the Bishops write to the President of Transition Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The rebellion led by the coalition Seleka has shaken the foundations of national unity. The Central Africans live in fear and distrust." This is the cry of alarm launched by the Bishops of the C ...
• 25 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - There is still no news of a priest who has been missing for 4 days Monteria (Agenzia Fides) - There is much concern among the faithful for the priest Nestor Dario Buendia, 35, who works in the parish of San Antonio de Padua in the village of Cereté (about 500 km north of Bogota) who ha ...
• 25 June 2013
  AFRICA/TOGO - "Social peace is threatened, we work for reconciliation": Bishops' appeal Lome (Agenzia Fides) - "When social peace is threatened, no disciple of Christ can close himself in indifference or withdraw from the call of the Gospel to be a peacemaker. This is what the Bishops of Togo write in the m ...
• 25 June 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church: thanks to the army, bulwark against chaos Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the demonstration against the government of Morsi convened on June 30 - the first anniversary of his rise to power - by opposition forces, the Coptic Orthodox Church published a message ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Church in aid of the victims of the "tsunami of the Himalayas" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India "joins the efforts of the government and other voluntary organizations in bringing solidarity and humanitarian aid to victims of the disasters that hit the people of the states o ...
• 24 June 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Meeting of Caritas on the humanitarian crisis in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Steering Committee (COPIL) of Caritas, that have initiated a program of emergency aid to help people affected by the crisis in the north of Mali, begins today in Bamako. Accor ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop of Yangon: "The Church architect of the dialogue to stop religious conflicts" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In the country there is tension and fear. Buddhist extremist groups feed hatred and communal violence against Muslims, but they are few. Some Buddhist monks have offered shelter to the victims a ...
• 24 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - An anti Boko Haram civilian militia worries residents of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The local population is concerned about the presence of a civilian militia that operates alongside military personnel engaged in security operations in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, one of th ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA – A Catholic priest killed. Bishop Hindo: he offered his martyrdom for peace Gassanieh (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 23 the Syrian priest François Murad was killed in Gassanieh, in northern Syria, in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land where he had taken refuge. This is confirmed b ...
• 24 June 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A nationalism that creates tension is not part of Caribbean cohabitation Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic weekly "Camino" denounced the existence of groups that are promoting "a worrying nationalism" with the crisis triggered by the prohibition imposed by the authorities of Haiti ...
• 24 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We need to communicate and understand the protest of farmers," says the Bishop of Tibú Tibu (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Tibú, in Colombia, Mgr. Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos has invoked the path of dialogue to find a solution to the plight in the region of Catatumbo. For days, more than 1,200 resid ...