News

• 14 March 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dialogue to conclude the agreement in the country has started again Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Haiti (CEH) announced that on Thursday, March 13 the second phase of the inter-Haitian dialogue to put an end to a long crisis that paralyzes the country start ...
• 12 March 2014
  AFRICA/R.D.CONGO - Appointment of the Bishop of Kasongo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 11, 2014, the Holy Father, appointed Fr. Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr., Provincial Superior of the missionaries of Africa to Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda ...
• 12 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On a mission in the land of the Taliban with Pope Francis Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - The mission in Quetta in the Baluchistan region, inaccessible land where Taliban militants groups are hiding, continues "in the company of Pope Francis". This is what Fr. Renald Lawrence, of the ...
• 12 March 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Christian Churches committed to education, health and rights of 30 000 children Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 30 thousand children, girls and adolescents who benefit from support programs offered by churches, NGOs and other Christian organizations engaged in the Gran Santo Domingo ...
• 12 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - "A just peace! "Church's solidarity with the people of Syria New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Three years of conflict in Syria have literally devastated and destroyed your life and your dreams. More than 100,000 lives have been lost, thousands of maimed and wounded are dying of hunger ...
• 12 March 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Full availability of Bishops to dialogue with the government on issues of national interest Managua ( Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua will express in writing to President Daniel Ortega its total willingness to dialogue with the government: this was stated by His Exc. Mgr. René Sócrates ...
• 12 March 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The situation has improved in Bozoum, but the situation remains precarious in the rest of the Country", says a missionary Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Safety conditions are improving in Bozoum, at least we managed to block the violence and theft that occurred in past days", says to Fides Agency Fr. Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary in Bo ...
• 12 March 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - 46 missing children in the desert after the latest attacks in South Darfur have been found Kalma (Agenzia Fides) - After the attack of local paramilitary forces Rapid Support Forces in dozens of villages in the area south-east of Nyala, in South Darfur, approximately 46 children were found wandering in the des ...
• 12 March 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Some Catholic and Anglican Bishops: "fight against corruption to defeat Boko Haram" Abuja (Agenzia Fides ) - "I have just returned from Europe. Anywhere I went, Nigerians in Europe were asking me the same question: why is Boko Haram killing innocent children?" said Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Ar ...
• 12 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA – In Aleppo, the Order of Malta inaugurates three new mobile clinics for refugees Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Three years after the beginning of the civil war in Syria, Malteser International - the international relief agency of the Sovereign Order of Malta – inaugurates three new mobile clinics in cam ...
• 12 March 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A Catholic Guide for parishes with faithful of different languages and ethnic groups Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the United States (USCCB) has created a guide to assist pastors of culturally diverse parishes. The pastoral aid, published in English and in Spanish, aims ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Christian Pastor attacked by Buddhist extremists Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a social and political tense situation, in which sectors of civil society ask the government to stop the discrimination of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, even the violence against religious mino ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic bishops gather in Lebanon Raboueh (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, March 12th the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Syria will meet in Raboueh, Lebanon, at the seat of the Greek-Melkite Patriarchate. This is confirmed to Fides Agency by the Armenian ...
• 11 March 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram: over 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed since 2009 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 Catholics killed and 20 churches and priests houses destroyed. This is the death toll and damage carried out against the Catholic community in the north-east of Nigeria by the Islami ...
• 11 March 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON-Maronite Church: to encourage organ donation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Church is in favor of organ donation and called on the Lebanese medical staff to encourage the spread of this practice, calling at the same time to monitor abuses that may compromise ...