News

• 26 February 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Pluralism endangered” government inertia NGO report Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The historical and traditional religious pluralism which has always marked Indonesia is at risk due to inertia on the part of the government which leaves space for Islamic extremists: this war ...
• 25 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – The UN takes closer look at massacres in 2002 and the present situation of freedom of religion in Gujarat Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) – The United Nations Organisation intends to act to guarantee that the human right of ‘freedom of religion’, ratified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is fully respected in t ...
• 25 February 2014
  OCEANIA/TUVALU – Appointment of the Superior of the Missio sui iuris of Funafuti Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 24 February 2014, appointed as Ecclesiastic Superior of the Missio sui iuris of Funafuti, in Tuvalu (Pacific Islands) Father Reynaldo B. Getalado, a memb ...
• 25 February 2014
  AFRICA/LYBIA - “These extremists are shedding innocent blood to get more visibility” says Archbishop Martinelli Bengasi (Agenzia Fides) - “It is not clear what these extremists really want. They would appear to be shedding the blood of innocent victims to get more visibility. Orthodox Coptic Christians have been their target for ...
• 25 February 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “Our place is here”: caring for mothers and infants in need of medical attention Yirol (Agenzia Fides) – War is making it ever more difficult to help mothers and infants in need. Caring for the most vulnerable is the constant commitment of Medici Africa Cuamm in the martyred land of South Sudan. T ...
• 25 February 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Syria, Gaza, Egypt: Holy Land Custodians launch initiatives to face emergency Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Ongoing violence and social and political crisis rocking the Middle East has prompted the religious communities in the region rethink forms of presence in order to meet the urgent needs of ...
• 25 February 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA – Dialogue between two parties on equal terms, not between weak and powerful Jerico (Agenzia Fides) – The block has been lifted to open the road leading to the Anglo Gold Ashanti mining area, in the town of Jerico of Antioquia (Colombia), where about 500 peasants from Quebradona, Vallecito, La ...
• 25 February 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - “A presence in the eyes of the world for our small country”: newly created Cardinal Langlois speaks with Fides Roma (Agenzia Fides) – He is the youngest Cardinal created in the Consistory held in recent days and the first Cardinal in the history of Haiti: his Eminence Chibly Langlois, Archbishop Les Cayes, aged 55, kindly gave ...
• 25 February 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – New rules for election of Orthodox Coptic Pope examined by civil authorities Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Synod of Orthodox Coptic Bishops has approved new regulations for the election of a Patriarch. The rules are now being examined by the Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Fides was to ...
• 25 February 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Classrooms under water, 10 toilets and no water for more than 1000 pupils Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Damp classrooms, muddy walls falling to pieces await school children in Cochabamba. “There is more rain water inside the school than outside” say the parents of children at the school ...
• 25 February 2014
  AMERICA/ UNITED STATES – The Church should never forget her duty to accompany immigrants towards integration Washington (Agenzia Fides) – “Immigrants will only be able to integrate in American society if they feel ‘strong’, and the Catholic Church should never forget her role to accompany our immigrant communities " sa ...
• 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 ...