AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "Apocalypse in Bangui" says Mgr. Aguirre to Fides
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "An apocalyptic day". This is how His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou defines what happened yesterday, December 5th, in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republi ...
ASIA/INDIA - St. Teresa of Avila speaks to Asia
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Carmel of the future is called to offer tools that correspond to the thirst for God that is present today in Asia. Carmelite spirituality has immense possibilities to respond to this thirs ...
5 December 2013
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Intense gunfire in Bangui, civilians flee
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Intense gunfire in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, on the eve of the vote of the UN Security Council for a resolution that authorizes the intervention of the French and African t ...
5 December 2013
ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: national sovereignty is under attack
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Some Countries behave towards Lebanon "as if it were a sovereign State", and claim to pursue a "right to protection". In this way, "in fact, Lebanon becomes a hostage of the confrontation regard ...
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A new Catholic radio station
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Harare, His Exc. Mgr. Robert Christopher Ndlovu, has announced the birth of a Catholic community radio station that will start as soon as it obtains the license from the governm ...
ASIA/SYRIA - Conflicting statements on the issue of the Sisters of Maalula
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The story of the nuns of Santa Tecla taken from the convent after the occupation of the city of Maalula by anti-Assad militias remains unclear.
According to sources in Damascus confirmed to a ...