News

• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The new Coptic Catholic Patriarch settles while in Rome the Pro Eligendo Pontiff Mass is held. Cardinal Naguib: it is a providential coincidence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts on January 15th, after spending a few days in spiritual retreat is about to officially take possession of h ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on Christians: a move of the Supreme Court, solidarity from political and religious leaders Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, March 11, the Supreme Court of Pakistan began the hearings to shed light on the attack at the Christian area of Joseph Colony, which took place on Saturday in Lahore, where 178 C ...
• 11 March 2013
  AMERICA/CANADA - "New evangelization in the mission Ad Gentes", final preparations for the CAM 4 COMLA 9 Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - From March 11 to 15, the Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in America and the Caribbean will meet in Montreal, Canada, in the "Village of St. Martin," a spiritual retreat hous ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Commission "Justice and Peace": "Government and police are the perpetrators of violence against Christians" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Government and police are the perpetrators of violence against Christians": This is what the Commission "Justice and Peace" of Catholic Pakistani Bishops strongly says, speaking after the seriou ...
• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram is now divided into several groups, among which there is Ansaru" said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no entity called Boko Haram but a number of groups that use this symbol which are now divided among them," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, the Archbishop of Jos ...
• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Elections: Kenyatta wins but Odinga presents recourse Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Raila Odinga, the outgoing Kenyan Premier, defeated in the presidential election on March 4, will appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta. After 5 days of countin ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese of Tai Chung accompanies the young people’s spiritual journey of Lent Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) - A spiritual retreat, the via crucis, Taize prayer, the sacrament of reconciliation, Eucharist celebration ...: is the two-day program organized by the Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese ...
• 9 March 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa in Rome at the Mass for Chavez: "Look ahead and seek peace" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, yesterday celebrated a memorial Mass in Rome for the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5. During his homily the Cardinal ...
• 9 March 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The "Electoral Ethics Pact" promoted by the Church signed by the parties, not by the government Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The "Electoral Ethics Pact", promoted ahead of the 2014 elections by the Catholic Church in Panama City, was signed by all political parties in the country, except for the one currently in power, ...
• 9 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - False News with regards to the execution of an evangelical pastor Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is still alive. The news about his execution circulated last week have been discredited by reputable sources contacted by the association Christian Solidarity Worldwi ...
• 9 March 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Christians launch a campaign to combat violence against women Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Zambia launch a new initiative to combat violence against women, a phenomenon of vast size in the country. According to official statistics, 47% of women in Zambia ha ...
• 9 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Alleged blasphemy: over one hundred Christian homes burned in Lahore and a Bishop wounded Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of about 3,000 Muslims attacked and set fire this morning, Saturday, March 9, to about a hundred homes of Christians in the district of Badami Bagh in Lahore, for a case of alleged blasph ...
• 8 March 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - No to the exploitation of gold in Matagalpa, the clergy’s statement Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Matagalpa with its Bishop His Exc. Mgr. Rolando Alvarez Lagos, is opposed to the proposed opening of gold mines in the area. The position was clarified in a statement presented ...
• 8 March 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Radical Islamic groups: stop to the churches in West Java Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Protestant community "Banua Niha Keriso Protestant" in the city of Bandung (West Java province) received threats and orders to stop the assemblies of worship. A local Muslim leader ...
• 8 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - The Central African Bishops: "Feelings of hopelessness for the conditions of the population" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Central Africa denounce "the inertia and total inaction of the signatories of the agreement of Libreville, in a statement issued after an extraordinary Council of the Central Afric ...