News

• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "rebels" say no to truce in Aleppo. Bishop Abou Khazen: powers from outside plan our torture Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The refusal of the anti-Assad forces to humanitarian truce in Aleppo proposed by the UN envoy Staffan de Mistura is "a serious matter" and proves once again that the Syrian conflict "will not end ...
• 4 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Meeting of Bishops Emeritus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From March 23 to 27, the first Meeting of Bishops Emeritus of Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Department of Ecclesial Communion and Dialogue of the Episcopal Council Latin Ameri ...
• 4 March 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops of Nigeria and Cameroon together in assisting refugees fleeing Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conferences of Nigeria and Cameroon work together to provide assistance to thousands of Nigerians who fled to Cameroon fleeing the violence of Boko Haram. This was revealed by His Ex ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The seven swords that pierce Mary's heart in Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There are "seven swords that pierce Mary's heart in Myanmar", said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo presiding over the Mass at the National Marian Shrine in Nyaung Lay Bin. As reported to Fides, speaki ...
• 3 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA – Towards CAM 5: Continental Meeting of the PMS America Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the American continent is taking place in Cuba. According to the program sent to Fides, the National Directors w ...
• 3 March 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros meets the families of 21 martyrs; another Copt beheaded in Libya Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II will meet today, Tuesday, March 3, the families of 21 Coptic Christians killed in Libya by terrorists linked to the Islamic State (Is). This is what official ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A new anti-terrorism law to stop the influence of IS Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic State, the extremist group that sows terror in the Middle East, is scary even in Southeast Asia. Malaysia's new anti-terrorism act that will be tabled in parliament this month w ...
• 3 March 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Classes suspended in the University of Tachira, false accusations made against the Catholic University Táchira (Agenzia Fides) - Classes at the Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira (UNET), the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) headquarters of Táchira and the Catholic University of Táchira (UCAT) have been suspend ...
• 3 March 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - There are 6000 teachers: one million children do not go to school Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In Honduras, the State has decided that teachers who retire should not be replaced. Therefore more than one million children remain uneducated. The tendency is to close schools in the towns ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In defense of the rights of minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti remembered Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Religious minorities remain at the center of a political, religious and social debate in Pakistan. In view of the election to be held in March, a formal election procedure remains a point of c ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Former General Aoun: let us welcome Christians fleeing Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Former general Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (MPL), has launched an appeal to the Lebanese authorities so that the entry of new refugees in Lebanon of Christian Assyrians, Ch ...
• 3 March 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Archbishop of Bangui visits two militia leaders in prison Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I came to witness compassion to my children that are going through a difficult time. I came to tell them that God's love is strong, and they must not stop preaching peace", said His Exc. Mgr. Di ...
• 3 March 2015
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Investigation into the embezzlement of funds allocated in the fight against Ebola virus Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - There are 40 people under investigation on charges of embezzlement of funds allocated in the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone. The investigation came after a check carried out by the Audit S ...
• 2 March 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - For observers of the Church: "Elections were held in a peaceful manner" Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - "We read (rather than heard) that there was 'tension in Lesotho'. There was no tension before or during the elections", says a note of the election observers of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the ...
• 2 March 2015
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Unexpected increase of cases of rotavirus in children: a thousand a week San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The most common cause of severe diarrhea in children is due to infection known as rotavirus. Each year, health authorities in Costa Rica are ready to face the peak of the disease starting from ...