News

• 28 December 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Patriarch Gregoire III: nobody has the right to arm Christians Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In his Christmas message sent to his faithful, the Greek-Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Grégoire III Laham turned his gaze to the situation faced by the Arab world, pointing to all that the Chr ...
• 21 December 2012
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - Resignation of the Archbishop of Suva and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 19, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Suva (Fiji), presented by Archbishop Petero Mataca, in accordan ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A film on the Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione, a painter at the court of the Chinese emperor Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - A documentary film on Brother Giuseppe Castiglione (Milan 1688-Beijing 1766), the Jesuit painter at the court of the Chinese emperors, will be produced by Kuangchi Program Service (KPS), the tele ...
• 21 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Over 16 thousand people live on the streets of Buenos Aires without access to health services Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - More than 16 000 people live on the streets of Buenos Aires, the capital and largest city of Argentina, with its 2,891,082 inhabitants, who have no access to basic health services. This was ...
• 21 December 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - At least 30 deaths for an assault on a village in the Tana River District Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The toll is of at least 30 deaths caused by a new attack linked to clashes between pastoralists and farmers in the Tana River District, in Kenya. as reported by the local Red Cross; among the vi ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The situation for the population affected by the floods continues to worsen Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Damage to people and structures in 14 of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka continue to increase, where for more than a week heavy rains have been causing damage to the country (see Fi ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Budget of the Commission "Justice and Peace": nine places of worship destroyed in 2012 Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nine places of worship have been damaged, destroyed or looted in Pakistan in 2012. In the list there are five churches and three Hindu temples and a mosque of the Islamic sect of the Ahmadi , whi ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan Theological Seminary of Taiwan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on August 3, 2012 appointed Rev. D. Francis Xavier An-Jen Yang, of the diocesan clergy of Hsinchu as ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - Imminent opening of a second refugee camp in Syria; the director of Caritas Jordan "in 2013 there is a risk of mass exodus" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the coming days the second UN camp to welcome in Jordan territory refugees fleeing from Syria will be opened. This is confirmed to Fides Agency by the director of Caritas Jordan, Wael Suleiman. ...
• 21 December 2012
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Rebels suspend military operations; summit on the crisis in the Countries of Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - In the Central African Republic rebels of the Seleka coalition agreed to suspend military operations to "give a possibility to dialogue", while in the capital of Chad, N'Djamena, a meeting of the ...
• 21 December 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christians: a legislative action against polygamy is urgent Goroka (Agenzia Fides) - Polygamy is not just an anti-Christian practice and against the moral law, but it is also a social threat. This is why a law to prevent it is urgent. With these arguments the Christian communitie ...
• 20 December 2012
  OCEANIA/SAMOA - Cyclone Evan causes death, destruction and damage to infrastructure Apia (Agenzia Fides) - Cyclone Evan has caused deaths, destruction and damage to the infrastructure in the South Pacific. From what emerges in a statement of the Salesian community in Samoa, the archipelago was hit by th ...
• 20 December 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Catholic schools are born, enrollment increases Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen new schools will be built in the north and west suburbs of Melbourne, in what will be the largest Catholic structure since the 70s. Schools are expected to be built in several village ...
• 20 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christmas in the Year of Faith: the "Infant Jesus of Prague" in Pakistan to bring hope Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Infant Jesus of Prague" arrives in Pakistan to mark Christmas in the Year of Faith: So says Fr. Anastasio Roggero, Carmelite, Rector of the Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, who sent a s ...
• 20 December 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Christian churches participate in the national dialogue Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - There were also representatives of three Christian churches at the fourth session of the Egyptian national dialogue chaired by the Deputy President Mahmoud Mekky, which took place on 18 December. ...