News

• 27 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA – Are the Anti Balaka really a "Christian militia"? Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The clashes between former Seleka rebels and anti Balaka militia (anti machete in mandja language) that are ravaging the Central African Republic are often described as "interfaith", being that t ...
• 27 January 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA – The Bishops' appeal before the vote on February 2: Choose the deputies with attention Alajuela (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica have asked the faithful to pay close attention to the choice of the deputies rather than the President, in the upcoming election on Febr ...
• 25 January 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops: "Respect democracy" Lusaka ( Agenzia Fides) - "The political environment in Zambia, today, is characterised by manipulation, patronage and intimidation of perceived government opponents" denounce the Bishops of Zambia in a press statement s ...
• 25 January 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Mamfe and successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 25, 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Mamfe (Cameroon), by His Exc. Mgr. Francis Teke Lysinge, in accordance with can. ...
• 24 January 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Newly appointed Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung visits the homeless Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Seoul, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, made his first pastoral visit to "Eun-Pyong" Village, a hostel for the homeless, the sick, the marginalized, run by Caritas Seoul. As reported to Fid ...
• 24 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - President of the Iraqi Parliament Najafi delivers Obama a letter on the plight of Iraqi Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Iraqi Parliament Osama Najafi, during his meeting on Wednesday, January 22 in Washington with Barack Obama, delivered two letters to the U.S. President, one of which is dedi ...
• 24 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections: the Bishops launch an appeal against corruption New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "India needs honest politicians who dedicate themselves with zeal, working for a nation free from crime, free from discrimination, where no one suffers from hunger, and free from the demon of ...
• 24 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – For the Archbishop of Caracas: "the closure of a newspaper is something terrible! We cannot sink into the darkness of misinformation" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, has asked the national government to mediate to solve the problem of the shortage of paper for printing newspapers, pointing out that the ...
• 24 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Democracy and respect for the human person: the Church encourages us to prepare for the vote Cúcuta (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement entitled "Pastoral Guidelines in the context of the Congress and the Andean Parliament elections in 2014", the Bishop of Cúcuta, His Exc. Mgr. Julio Cesar Vidal Ortiz, said that ...
• 24 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Agreement reached on a ceasefire between government and rebels Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to international pressure an agreement for a cease-fire between the two rival factions of the SPLM (Sudan People's Liberation Movement) that have been fighting in South Sudan since December ...
• 24 January 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - "These attacks will hit back those who committed them" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "These attacks will hit back those who committed them". This is Fr. Rafic Greiche’s belief, spokesman of the Catholic Bishops of Egypt. "Television continues to send images of demonstrations aga ...
• 23 January 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - On the feast of St. Francis de Sales, the Church reflects on witchcraft Madang (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church and Media: A Reflection on witchcraft": as reported to Fides, this is the central theme of the day, organized by the "Commission for Social Communications", at the Episcopal Conferenc ...
• 23 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The important role of the media in promoting peace in the Tierra Caliente Apatzingán (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the difficult situation that the region of Tierra Caliente is experiencing, the Bishop of the Diocese of Apatzingán, His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Velazquez Patiño, speaking to reporters ...
• 23 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church engaged "with the victims of violence and in rebuilding the social fabric" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico call on the authorities to solve the problem of violence that is plaguing the community in different parts of the country, so that people "can live in peace". The note ...
• 23 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Different opinions on the establishment of a province in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Council of Ministers approved a plan on Tuesday, January 21 that provides for the establishment of a new independent province in the Nineveh Plain, in the northern region of the Country ...