News

• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/TURKEY - Catholic Bishops’ spokesman controverts the Turkish press on "Vatican Archives and the Armenian Issue" Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The spokesman of the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of Turkey, Rinaldo Marmara, clearly controverts the statements attributed to him by the Turkish media about the existence of historical docume ...
• 18 December 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Let us live!" from the East of the DRC the cry of complaint, but also of hope, of Christians Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The plunderers have stolen God from too many children and women in this country because it is still possible to be silent." It is one of the provocations contained in a letter from the east of ...
• 18 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Priest threatened with death returns to the capital to continue to fight against drugs Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The priest José María "Pepe" Di Paola, who long ago left the neighborhood Barracas of the Argentine capital, because threatened by drug traffickers, will return to Buenos Aires to continu ...
• 18 December 2012
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Rebels of the coalition Seleka conquer Bria, an important diamond center Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The diamond center of Bria, at the center of the Central African Republic, was conquered today by the men of Seleka, a coalition of three rebel groups, who are looting it. So says an local army s ...
• 18 December 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Still no food aid or medical care for undocumented Rohingya Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - In the month of August, the Bengali authorities blocked the delivery of humanitarian aid, including medicines and food, by the three NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Action Against Hung ...
• 17 December 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni closes the centenary of the evangelization of northern Uganda: "May the power of the Holy Spirit guide you in your Missio ad gentes for the benefit of the Church in Africa" Arua (Agenzia Fides) - "May the blessing of the our Risen Lord upon this country and those who govern it, both traditional and political leaders. May His Holy Spirit guide you towards the realization of the New Evangeliz ...
• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A delegation of Bishops meets the President to express the Church’s concern and for the Christmas wishes Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Bishops from Argentina, led by His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancedo, President of the Episcopal Conference, will visit the President of the Republic, Cristina Fernandez, a fe ...
• 17 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appointment of the Rector of the inter-diocesan philosophical Seminary "St. Francis Xavier " in the Archdiocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on June 9, 2012 appointed Rev. Fr. Azif John of the clergy of the same archdiocese as Rector of the ...
• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The phenomenon of child labor spreads: in the streets, factories, fields Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child labor continues to spread through the streets of Quito despite the will to eradicate it in the country. In the capital of Ecuador one see youngsellers of all kinds of merch ...
• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Family and the Year of Faith at the centre of the 40th mission in Argentina Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – Conclusion of the 12-day pastoral mission of 33 missionaries of the Church of Paraguay addressed to their countrymen who emigrated to the Argentine territory. Led by His Exc. Mgr. Claudio Sil ...
• 17 December 2012
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bombs in Kirkuk during Cardinal Sandri’s Mass Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - Terrorist attacks struck yesterday, Sunday, December 16, the city of Kirkuk, causing nine deaths (including 2 children) and more than fifty injuries. Two coordinated attacks – carried out with ...
• 17 December 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - More than 914,000 internally displaced people, 600 schools in North Kivu destroyed, while tension continues Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 600 schools have been destroyed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, due to the instability for the presence of various armed movements that in addition to fighting each other, te ...
• 17 December 2012
  AFRICA/LIBYA - The Libyan authorities decree the south "military zone" and close the borders with four States Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - The Libyan General National Congress (parliament) decreed the south of the Country "closed military zone" and announced the temporary closure of the border with Algeria, Chad, Sudan and Niger, i ...
• 17 December 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - Dramatic situation of malnourished children and mothers without medical assistance Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The number of children suffering from acute malnutrition in Nepal has reached emergency levels, and the situation has remained unchanged despite 15 years of commitment, effort and investment. ...
• 15 December 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church: "Vote the people closest to the problems of the population" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming elections are "really important because we are going to elect the people who are closest to the problems of the population and have in their hands the solution to these problems." T ...