News
6 June 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Christian political acronyms relaunch the project of an autonomous province for the "Nineveh Plain"
Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi political parties of Christian origin are trying to relaunch the project of creating an autonomous province in the Nineveh Plain, the area in the north of the Country with a heavy concen ...
5 June 2014
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Children who migrate alone without papers is becoming a "humanitarian crisis"
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States have called on the Obama administration and Congress to take concrete steps to protect undocumented children traveling alone as immigrants. The note ...
5 June 2014
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi’s appeal process does not start because of "orders" received
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, is "a very sensitive case and of high profile: the administration of the Lahore High Court - where the appeal process sh ...
5 June 2014
ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo again without water, other missiles on the areas inhabited by the Armenians
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - In Aleppo the presidential vote with which Assad seeks to perpetuate his power was held with the central districts subjected to intense missile launch and the whole city without water again. "For ...
5 June 2014
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Let’s help the people to help each other", says the President of the Episcopal Conference
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is close to the people especially helping them to help each other, creating networks of solidarity. Our action is addressed especially to the family. We make sure that groups of familie ...
5 June 2014
AMERICA/MEXICO - Children forced to work 35 hours per week in dangerous conditions
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Of the more than three million children who carry out any type of work and in poor conditions in Mexico, 1 million 200 thousand, or 39%, do not go to school. According to data collected by t ...
5 June 2014
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Peace is living together": international conference for reconciliation in Mindanao
Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - Emphasizing the crucial role that religions and cultures can have to build peace and reconciliation in Mindanao: is the aim of the international conference to be held on 6 and 7 June in Cotabat ...
5 June 2014
AFRICA/GUINEA - Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Ebola outbreak that had already hit Guinea in April (see Fides 01/04/2014) is now spreading in Sierra Leone. The number of confirmed cases in Guinea in recent weeks has increased. On May 30, acc ...
5 June 2014
ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians on pilgrimage to the house of Abraham, calling for national reconciliation
Basra (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Christians in Bassora and Baghdad, led by the Chaldean Archbishop of Basra, Habib al-Naufali, on Wednesday June 4th made a pilgrimage to the house of Abraham, in the archaeological site ...
5 June 2014
AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Cup: 10 Rules for fair play and for a more just society
Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - Fair play and a more just society: this is the goal highlighted by the Catholic Church in Germany (through its body ADVENIAT and other supporters), in collaboration with the National Conf ...
4 June 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Pontianak and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Pontianak (Indonesia), presented by Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F ...
4 June 2014
ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Bandung
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3 , 2014, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C., Prior Provincial of the Order of the Holy Cross in Bandung, as Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia)
Rev. ...
4 June 2014
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Tension among the population of Ñacunday and Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia (Agenzia Fides) - Sen. Sixto Pereira met yesterday, June 3, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), His Exc. Mgr. Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, in which the Bishop was asked to mediate betw ...
4 June 2014
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Priest kidnapped, the JRS: "We trust in local communities"
Herat (Agenzia Fides) - Every effort has been put in place to try to save the life of Fr. Alexis Prem Kumar, the Jesuit kidnapped on June 2 in a village in Herat by a group of six unidentified armed men. This is confirme ...
4 June 2014
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops awaiting the President's reply to the questions posed
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has not yet responded to the questions posed by the Catholic Church in the meeting held on 21 May (see Fides 22/05/2014): this was reported yesterday b ...
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