News

• 10 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church close to the families of the missing students and engaged in proposing solutions Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishops expressed their condolences to Ezequiel Mora, father of Alexander, one of 43 missing students in Ayotzinapa, whose remains have been identified by experts (see Fides 10/1 ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/ANGOLA – Archbishop of Luanda appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 8 December 2014 appointed as Archbishop of Luanda in Angola, Bishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias, until now Bishop of Cabinda. (SL) (Agenzia Fides ...
• 9 December 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - On the feast day of Our Lady of Caacupé bishop denounces corruption and drug trafficking Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) – Diffused corruption and its connections with drug trafficking was denounced by the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay, Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop ...
• 9 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Young man dies to obtain justice San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – A sad" and "desperate act": said Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of the diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Chiapas - Mexico), referring to the tragic gesture of a yo ...
• 9 December 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Foyer Bethlehem: “giving persons with disabilities what nature and human indifference have denied them” Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – In Haïti the cost of living is very high, the country is forced to important everything from abroad. The situation of the people is precarious and living conditions of persons with di ...
• 9 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – A Christian woman beaten and humiliated: justice moves Sheikhupura (Agenzia Fides) – Besides the case of a Christian married couple burned alive on 4 November, another serous episode caused concern among the Christians in Punjab: only days ago in the town of Rana, Shiekhup ...
• 9 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Human Rights Day: Bishops focus on minorities, religious, tribals and Dalit New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of Human Rights Day, December 10 “it is necessary to examine the situation of human rights in India and to urge the government to solve various questions demanding a solut ...
• 9 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – After14 years ordination of 9 Indigenous permanent deacons San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) – Nine members of the Tzeltales Indigenous peoples were ordained as permanent deacons on 2 December in the community of Guadalupe Paxilhá, Chilo city. The news was announced ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – In Minya Governatorate in 4 years some 120 million Egyptian pounds paid in ransom for kidnapped Christians Minya (Agenzia Fides) – In Upper Egypt, systematic kidnapping of persons belonging to the Copt Christian community has become a criminal business: according to information given to the local media by Copt Christian Mi ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – More massacres in Beni area; civil society starts dialogue Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “We wish to draw the attention of the international community towards the deadly war and terrorism which is ever more intense in this eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose ...
• 9 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Ankawa thousands of faithful take part in procession for the feast of the Immaculate Conception Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands took part in a procession on Saturday 7 of December for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception which moved through the streets of Ankawa, a mainly Christian suburb of the city of Erbil ...
• 9 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “Where are you, perpetrator of violence in Central Africa?” demands the Archbishop of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “Where are you?”. The question posed by God after the disobedience of Adam and Eve, addressed to all humanity, is referred to the situation in the Central African Republic by Archbishop Dieud ...
• 6 December 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop of Torreón calls for “more proposals and less protests to achieve peace” Torreón (Agenzia Fides) – “More proposals and less protests, to restore peace” Bishop José Guadalupe Galván Galindo of the diocese of Torreón, Coahuila (Mexico), urged the diocese community, preparing to celebr ...
• 6 December 2014
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Show everyone “the joy of consecrated life”, use Facebook to foster vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Demonstrate the joy of religious consecrated life, because its source is Christ and His Gospel, and use Facebook to attract young people to consider a religious life: with this proposal Hong ...
• 6 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Artists of different faiths reflect on Saint Francis Xavier Goa (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time artists in Goa of different faiths have come together at an Art Exhibition organised on the occasion of the exposition of relics of Saint Francis Xavier. According to informati ...