News

• 25 February 2014
  AFRICA/DR CONGO – United Nations will increase Peacekeeping troops in Katanga, a drama signalled by the country's Catholic Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The people of Katanga welcome the announcement by the command of MONUSCO (UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) of a decision to increase its Peacekeeping troops in the southern Co ...
• 24 February 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Catholic Bishops: for 2014 “a Church with a warm heart” (Agenzia Fides) – A “Church with a warm heart”. This is the motto chosen by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of South Korea for the year 2014: Fides was informed by Fr. Thaddaeus Lee Ki-rak, the Conference’s ex ...
• 24 February 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: A Lenten Season of fasting and prayer that Christians in Iraq will not emigrate Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - “I ask you to fast and to offer prayers that Iraqi Christians will remain here in our country and not emigrate”. This pressing call was contained in a brief but heartfelt message, issued by ...
• 24 February 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombians deported from Venezuela: Catholic Bishops in border area dioceses work to provide assistance and promote peace Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) – Bishops in dioceses along the border between Colombia and Venezuela have welcomed the initiative by Venezuela’s head of state, Nicolas Maduro, to convoke a national peace conference on Wedne ...
• 24 February 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “churches and mosques must be rid of armed infiltrators”: say the Catholic Archbishop and the Imam of Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to disarm “infiltrators” in churches and mosques in order to counteract gangs of militia and looters presently terrorising the country. This appeal has been launched by Arch ...
• 24 February 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “We must be all involved to stop the violence” says the Bishop of Zacatecas Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) –Bishop Sigifredo Noriega Barceló of the Mexican diocese of Zacatecas, affirmed that to tackle the drug-culture present in the country it is necessary to combine efforts on the part of the c ...
• 24 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Christian is the first woman elected to lead a political party in Egypt Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Coptic Orthodox Christian, Hala Shukrallah, elected head of the Constitution Party, is the first woman leader of a political party in Egypt. Hala Shukrallah succeeds Nobel Mohamed El Baradei, w ...
• 24 February 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Campaign to vaccinate children against measles and rubella Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – Beginning in April, the Programma Ampliado di Immunizzazione (PAI) is organizing in Paraguay, for one month, a campaign to vaccinate children aged 1 to 5 years, against measles and rubella. ...
• 24 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - No to social exclusion, no to the caste system: Franciscans in India play a prophetic role Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) – Franciscans, consecrated persons as well as lay members, have reaffirmed their prophetic role in India, their desire to be “a poor fraternity among the poor and for the poor”, committed to ...
• 21 February 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Decision to include Syriac and Christian religious education in 152 schools Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Ministry of Education has decided to include Syriac and Christian religious education in the currucula of 152 public schools in the provinces of Baghdad, Nineveh and Kirkuk. The goal i ...
• 21 February 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dialogue with the Taliban? Peace march to say "no" to extremism Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan must wake up and seriously consider the threat posed by the Taliban militancy, formulating an appropriate strategy to ensure lasting peace. Dialogue must go hand in hand with a clear ...
• 21 February 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation of the Bishop of Moroto and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 20, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Moroto (Uganda), by His Exc. Mgr. Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo, in accordance wi ...
• 21 February 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - "Unspeakable violence in Katanga" denounce the Bishops of the Province Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us say it loud and clear that our populations are not cannon fodder" say the Bishops of Katanga (in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo) who denounce the serious situation of the ...
• 21 February 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Half a million child laborers, exploited in activities which are dangerous to health and safety Cateura (Agenzia Fides) - In Paraguay, in 2013, over 416 thousand boys, girls and adolescents were employed and engaged in very risky jobs. This is what is reported to Fides Agency by the "Encuesta Nacional de actividade ...
• 21 February 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The army must be armored against corruption Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The army must be armored against corruption", said His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia. The brief interview, sent to Fides Agency by the loc ...