News

• 17 June 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "One votes on the basis of the existing electoral rolls" says the archdiocese of Kisangani Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Consultations between institutions, civil society and religious leaders continue with regards to the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at a central level led by President ...
• 17 June 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Prayers to the Virgin of Fatima to invoke the election of a new President Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - With lawmakers failing to elect a president 24 times over the past year, Parliament chose another way on Tuesday, June 16 to help ease the deadlock: prayers. The prayers were held on the occasion ...
• 17 June 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South African leadership is accused of xenophobia Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - New xenophobic attacks have been denounced by the local Nigerian community residing in South Africa's Northern Cape. According to representatives of the expatriate community, some cars be ...
• 17 June 2015
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Women and girls rebel against forced marriage Maroua (Agenzia Fides) - "Aldepa" is an association of women which was established in the northern region of Cameroon, where the phenomenon of child marriage is widespread, and deals with the protection of the victims in ...
• 17 June 2015
  VATICAN – The Pope: "the international community should act in a fitting and effective way to prevent the causes of forced migration" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of his general audience, held in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis launched the following appeal: "This coming Saturday marks World Refugee Day, promoted by the United Nations. We ...
• 16 June 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 March 2015 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Rouphael Zgheib, of the Maronite clergy as National Director of the P ...
• 16 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "No to prejudice, yes to rights and participation": week of Migrants San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Helping our communities to reflect and deepen the reality of migration, enlightened by the experience of this year’s Fraternity Campaign, whose theme 'Church and Society' has allowed us to ...
• 16 June 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the border between Peru and Bolivia, crossroads of migrants Rio Branco (Agenzia Fides) - Rio Branco, in the State of Acre, in Brazil, on the border with Peru and Bolivia, is a particularly critical area for migrants: according to data of the Secretariat of Justice and Human Right ...
• 16 June 2015
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The diocesan process of beatification of Cambodian martyrs begins Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Cambodia has officially opened the diocesan phase of the beatification process of 35 martyrs, killed or left to die during the persecution suffered by the Church under the regim ...
• 16 June 2015
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - No to impeachment against the President; one is moving towards the formation of a new government Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - "The deputies are holding meetings to find a way out of the institutional crisis when, on June 13, the High Court rejected the motion of impeachment of President Hery Rajaonarimampianina, w ...
• 16 June 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite and Greek-Melkite Synods have begun. Patriarch Grégoire: 60% of the Lebanese think of emigrating Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "According to a recent survey, 60% of the Lebanese are considering the idea of emigrating, and 35% of them are actually waiting for a visa". This was reported yesterday by the Greek-Melkite Patri ...
• 16 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The central districts of Aleppo attacked by rebels Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, June 15, the central districts of Aleppo, currently under the control of the army, were attacked on several fronts by rebel militias with mortars, rockets and heavy machine guns, creat ...
• 16 June 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "The situation is blocked", say local sources Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "In Bujumbura, the situation is relatively calm, but in some neighborhoods one cannot access because of the barricades": say local sources of Agenzia Fides from the capital of Burundi, who for ...
• 15 June 2015
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - Resignation of the Bishop of Hamilton in Bermuda, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 June 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda (Antilles), by His Exc. Mgr. Robert Joseph Kurtz, C.R., in accordance w ...
• 15 June 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop of Mazatlan’s appeal after the violence perpetrated during the weekend Sinaloa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Mazatlan (Sinaloa, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. Mario Espinosa Contreras in the face of the climate of violence in recent days, which resulted in the murder of a woman and the disappeara ...