News

• 29 November 2012
  AFRICA - The African Church will set up "Faith, Culture and Development" Organ Dar-Es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Africa has decided to set up an organ that will deal with "Faith, Culture and Development." The participants agreed to a workshop meeting that was held on November 2 ...
• 29 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Car-bombs in Jaramana spread terror among Christians Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – There are among the victims of the attack carried out yesterday morning in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana eight Christians, Greek-Catholics and Greek-Orthodoxs. This is confirmed to Fides Ag ...
• 28 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - "Run for the charitable works of the Church": 80 Chinese nuns at the Beijing International Marathon Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Come on nuns, run for the charitable works of the Church" was the loudest voice that heard during the Beijing International Marathon held yesterday, November 27. And the 80 nuns who ran to rai ...
• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - A program of support for more than 6000 street children and adolescents has started Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the program called Llachay, which aims to give back the rights of street children and adolescents who live in situations at risk, 6,365 children throughout Peru will be taken care of unti ...
• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Meeting of the Bishops of Central America, today the opening of the Jubilee Year for the 500th anniversary of the first diocese Panama (Agenzia Fides) – Since Monday, November 26, 60 Bishops of the Central American region have been in Panama for the 2012 General Assembly of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC). The meeting is bei ...
• 28 November 2012
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Precarious situation in Masisi for the presence of various rebel groups, while the arrival of the M23 is feared Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The inhabitants of Masisi are living in fear of the imminent arrival of the rebel group M23 and the effects of violent attacks on behalf of several other groups in the area," said a statement ...
• 28 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Over 200 Shiite Muslims accused of "blasphemy" Multan (Agenzia Fides) - An official complaint with the prosecution for blasphemy was presented to the police in Multan (in Punjab) against 222 Shiite Muslims, of whom 72 identified and 150 unidentified. The complaint wa ...
• 28 November 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Concern over the social consequences of the upcoming international events: the Bishops study the situation Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The members of CONSEP (Council for the Pastoral care in its acronym in Portuguese), which has the task of monitoring the implementation of the general guidelines about the evangelizing action o ...
• 28 November 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Archbishop Maroun Lahham: Palestinian Christians support the request to the United Nations by President Abu Mazen Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Land Churches unanimously support the Palestinian National Authority's accomplishment. The soul and prayers of the Holy Land's Christians ask for this step to be taken. "So Archbishop ...
• 27 November 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean-Japanese Bishops discuss the reduction of dependence on nuclear power Daegu (Agenzia Fides) - The 18th meeting of Korean-Japanese Bishops’ Exchange Meeting was held with the theme of "Nuclear Power Phase-out" in Gyeongju city of the Daegu Archdiocese in Korea from November 13 to 15. Acco ...
• 27 November 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic principles and Christian values are essential in the management of Catholic schools Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Follow firmly Catholic principles and Christian values in school management: is the exhortation that comes from the 36th Annual Meeting of the Catholic Religious Schools Council addressed to t ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A " Ministry of the Family ": the Church’s request to the government Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (DEC) and the National Commission for the Pastoral Care of the Family have asked the Dominican government to establish the "Ministry of the Family," whic ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The meeting between the Presidents of the United States and Mexico is a "historic opportunity" to solve the drama of emigration Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The event of the week, that is to say today's meeting at the White House, President-elect of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, with U.S. President Barack Obama will meet to address various bilate ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Campaign against the indigenous trade in Yucatan Merida (Agenzia Fides) - With an energetic and urgent appeal to fight what is called a "new slavery", the Commission on Human Rights of the State of Yucatan (CODHEY) and the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), h ...
• 27 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Malnutrition and lack of health care and hygiene for children who live with their parents in prisons La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia is one of the few countries where inmates can live in cells with their children. It is an irregular situation which, besides being dangerous for the integrity of children who are subjecte ...