News

• 10 May 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - "Ban on religious hate speech" interfaith commitment after the attack in Arusha Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "Ban on religious hate speech." This decision was reached by religious leaders, Christians and Muslims, of Tanzania in the aftermath of the attack during the ceremony of inauguration of th ...
• 8 May 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We have nothing to do with the fundraising for our cathedral," says the Diocese of Torit Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Torit (South Sudan) states that it has not accepted the proposal of a group of Muslim students in the United States to raise funds for the reconstruction of the cathedral of Torit no ...
• 8 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The funeral of the priest killed will be celebrated today, the Bishop denounces the widespread violence in the country Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - "We denounce this crime which clearly shows, once again, the difficult situation that our society lives, far away from the real experience of communion and fraternity, with widespread viole ...
• 8 May 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Planned destruction of Christian churches" the Bishops denounce Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in the Central African Republic has deeply worsened with the coming to power of the rebel leader who proclaimed himself President of the Republic," says a stern message of the Epis ...
• 8 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Banda Calle 18 is willing to sign a peace pact, waiting for the government's response San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - They have been days, months, maybe years of silent work, constant dialogue, prayer and reflection, but without losing hope. Now that expectation and that work begin to bear fruit: one see ...
• 8 May 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - A "Turkish plan" for Syriac Christians? Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey may offer Turkish citizenship to all Syriacs of the Christian community who are or have been related to former citizens of Turkey and who are now in a d ...
• 8 May 2013
  VATICAN - Annual General Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies, from May 13 to 18 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the greetings and the Report of His Eminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the works of the Annual General Meeting of the Pon ...
• 8 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to a Christian NGO committed to a transparent policy and the participation of women Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The women of a Christian NGO have received threats by Rao Kasif Raheem Khan, a Muslim candidate of the "Pakistan Muslim League-N" party for their campaign of education of voters with regards ...
• 7 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - International effort for the release of the Bishops kidnapped, but beware of fake mediators Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A great international and ecumenical effort is in progress to try to save the lives and release the two Bishops of Aleppo in Syria kidnapped two weeks ago, the Syrian Orthodox Gregorios Yohannn ...
• 7 May 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After the clashes in Baga, displaced people are still homeless Baga (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of residents of Baga, in the northeastern State of Borno,in Nigeria, are displaced for fear of further clashes between the radical Islamist group Boko Haram and the combined forces of Nig ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Stop weapons," says the Church in the Country with the highest murder rate in the world San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "There are crazy people who want to impose chaos in the Country and do not respect the laws," denounced Mgr. Romulo Emiliani, Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), commenting on ...
• 7 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - No justice for the Christian victims of the massacres in Orissa: the figures of impunity Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Five years after the anti-Christian massacres that shocked Kandhamal district in the Indian state of Orissa, justice is still far and impunity prevails. In the "pogrom" of 2008, over 400 vil ...
• 7 May 2013
  AFRICA/TANZANIA – Attack in Arusha: the testimony of the Apostolic Nuncio to Fides Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful are in a state of shock and I am in town specifically to be close to the Catholic community," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Francisco M. Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio in Tan ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Minor workers engaged in heavy activity and at risk Salta (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) has discovered a traffic of child laborers in an agricultural property in Salta, at the foot of the Andes, where 97% of these were not recorded. ...
• 7 May 2013
  AFRICA/GABON - Church organizes procession against ritual crimes Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is organizing in all the dioceses of Gabon on 11 May a procession to sensitize the population and authorities on the so called criminal rituals. This is what the Bishops o ...