News

• 14 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The request for compensation for the burning of the church in Tabgha has been rejected Tabgha (Agenzia Fides) - The administrative offices of the tax authority in Israel has rejected in recent days the claim for compensation presented by the Catholic Church for the damage of the arsonist attack which last ...
• 14 September 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Nineveh Plain, Christians in Alqosh in procession for the feast of the Holy Cross Alqosh (Agenzia Fides) - In the Nineveh Plain, still largely subject to the control of the self-proclaimed jihadist Islamic Caliphate, about a thousand Christians moved in procession among fields and barren hills to reac ...
• 14 September 2015
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Turning point in the Libyan negotiations? "We hope this is the right moment" hopes Mgr. Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope this is the right moment and that the Libyans are seriously able to reach an agreement", says to Agenzia Fides His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli, a ...
• 14 September 2015
  VATICAN - The first blessed in South Africa: Benedict Daswa, family man, killed for the Gospel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "A new Blessed is being proclaimed in South Africa. Samuel Benedict Daswa was a family man killed in 1990 - just 25 years ago because of his fidelity to the Gospel, recalled Pope Francis du ...
• 12 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni to the Bishops of Bangladesh: "try to sow unity in the dioceses" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The unity with Christ and with the community of the faithful, who "have a right to see their Bishops living in communion, both in the pastoral decisions taken by them and in their implementation", ...
• 12 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni meets Bishops, priests, religious and laity of Bangladesh: "We are all in a permanent state of mission" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – Today Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, met the representatives of the seven dioceses of Bangladesh, in Dhaka: Bishops, major religious sup ...
• 12 September 2015
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Bishop Marcuzzo with regards to Christian Schools on strike: there will be no "closure" of Holy Sites Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - "There is nothing serious and reliable in the rumors of a possible closure of Holy Sites as an initiative to be taken in the support of the strike regarding Christian Schools". This is what Bis ...
• 12 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Bishops denounce the climate of violence and the rekindling of the spirit of division of the Country Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Thou shalt not kill". With reference to the fifth commandment the Bishops of Burundi invite Burundians to work for peace in the Country which is experiencing the worst crisis since the civil ...
• 12 September 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Amnesty for 3522 prisoners: the Bishops express their satisfaction with "this act of mercy" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "The news of the liberation of prisoners is a source of joy and spiritual relief for the detainees themselves and their relatives as well as for the collaborators of the Prison Pastoral Care", sa ...
• 11 September 2015
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Bangladesh for the XXV Anniversary of the diocese of Rajshahi: "there is much work to do" Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is consoling to know that after twenty-five years your Local Church is growing, not only in number, but also in the service of God and of the community, in spite of tensions and different d ...
• 11 September 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Week of Peace: Colombians want a date for talks with the ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The 28th edition of the Week of Peace is being held in different cities of Colombia with exhibitions, conferences and artistic events, which this year has chosen the motto "I greet others", as gr ...
• 11 September 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Bombay Archdiocese to hold National Eucharistic Congress in November Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - "The event is meant to affirm our belief in God and learn from the sacrifice Jesus Christ made. By participation, Catholics learn to sacrifice, share and nourish", said Cardinal Oswald Gracias, A ...
• 11 September 2015
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The rains have caused severe damage to church structures in Mbour; controversy over the lack of relief Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains have devastated Senegal in recent days and damaged the home and the school of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and the church of Santa Marta in Mbour, 80 km south of the c ...
• 11 September 2015
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Chief of Staff escapes a road ambush carried out by rebel soldiers Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The Chief of Staff of the Burundian army, General Prime Niyongabo, escaped this morning, September 11, an attack in the capital, Bujumbura. The convoy of the general was attacked by a heavily ...
• 11 September 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From the crisis of Zamboanga, a hope for Muslim-Christian relations Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - From the crisis of Zamboanga, the city of the Philippines "destroyed" by Islamic rebels in September 2013, can and must be a hope to improve and develop the Muslim-Christian relations in ...