News

• 29 May 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALILAND - More severe penalties to curb rapes in Somaliland Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - According to official estimates, there were about 5,000 cases of rape in Somaliland in 2012, compared to 4,000 in 2011. The figures of Sexual Assaults Referral Centre (SARC), indicates an incre ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/LAOS - The government encourages women to sterilization, Christians defend life Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - A family planning campaign launched by the Department for Health Care in the province of Huaphan (eastern Laos) encourages women to undergo surgical sterilization (tubal ligation). As reporte ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration with the Pope: to pray for peace with North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration, will be broadcast from St. Peter’s Basilica next Sunday, 2 June, in communion with Pope Francis. The Archdiocese of Seoul will pray with a particular intenti ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II and Cardinal Sandri at the solemn inauguration of the American University of Madaba Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The official opening of the American University of Madaba, AUM, affiliated to the University of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, May 30. King Abdullah II of ...
• 24 May 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - North Korea proposes a summit with the South: "hope re-opens", say the Bishops Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - North Korea has formally proposed to South Korea to host a joint event to commemorate the inter-Korean summit of 2000, which marked the beginning of a detente and rapprochement phase (the so-calle ...
• 24 May 2013
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Africa Day: Economic growth is not reflected on the population Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, we celebrate Africa Day and, despite the macroeconomic estimates declare an increase of 5.1% in the continent in the last year, this is not reflected in the various sectors of society: ...
• 24 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "British-born Adebolajo is not a Nigerian": the Nigerian community in London react Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian press is giving prominence to the murder of British soldier which took place on May 22 in the London area of Woolwish, by two people carrying weapons. The first identified killer, Mic ...
• 24 May 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: the Palestinian problem is the focus of all conflict in the Middle East for the last one hundred years Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no doubt that the Palestinian problem is the focus of all conflict in the Middle East for the last one hundred years. This is the truth that we cannot circumvent". This is what the Patr ...
• 24 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A new future for Christians in Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - There may be a different future: made of respect for human rights, dialogue, justice and harmony for Christians in Karnataka, one of the major Indian States. After the local elections on May 5 ...
• 24 May 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO - The erection of the new diocese of Dolisie (Republic of Congo) and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis on 24 May 2013, erected the new diocese of Dolisie (Republic of Congo), with territory taken from the diocese of Nkayi, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of B ...
• 23 May 2013
  AMERICA - "A Continental Mission in solidarity with those who suffer", CELAM follows Pope Francis City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Latin America, willing and committed to bringing the fruits of life among our peoples, welcomes the evangelical orientation of Pope Francis’ programmatic proposal for the whole Chu ...
• 23 May 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Jesuit: President Yudhoyono is an accomplice of religious intolerance Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is in fact, an accomplice and creator of the climate of religious intolerance and violence against minorities that exists in Indonesia. The st ...
• 23 May 2013
  VATICAN - The Pope prays for Catholics in China on the feast of Our Lady of Sheshan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis invites the faithful around the world to pray for the Catholics in China. Tomorrow, 24 May, is the day dedicated to the liturgical memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of ...
• 23 May 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Tensions in North Kivu on the eve of Ban Ki-moon’s visit Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 30,000 refugees in camps in North Kivu (eastern DRC) have fled because of the fighting between the Congolese army and the rebels of the M23. This was stated by sources of the UN High ...
• 23 May 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - A contribution to better understand the migratory situation Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Office for the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, in collaboration with the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), published a report, which provi ...