News

• 25 June 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Coptic Orthodox Church: thanks to the army, bulwark against chaos Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the demonstration against the government of Morsi convened on June 30 - the first anniversary of his rise to power - by opposition forces, the Coptic Orthodox Church published a message ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Church in aid of the victims of the "tsunami of the Himalayas" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India "joins the efforts of the government and other voluntary organizations in bringing solidarity and humanitarian aid to victims of the disasters that hit the people of the states o ...
• 24 June 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Meeting of Caritas on the humanitarian crisis in Mali Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Steering Committee (COPIL) of Caritas, that have initiated a program of emergency aid to help people affected by the crisis in the north of Mali, begins today in Bamako. Accor ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop of Yangon: "The Church architect of the dialogue to stop religious conflicts" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In the country there is tension and fear. Buddhist extremist groups feed hatred and communal violence against Muslims, but they are few. Some Buddhist monks have offered shelter to the victims a ...
• 24 June 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - An anti Boko Haram civilian militia worries residents of Maiduguri Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The local population is concerned about the presence of a civilian militia that operates alongside military personnel engaged in security operations in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, one of th ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA – A Catholic priest killed. Bishop Hindo: he offered his martyrdom for peace Gassanieh (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 23 the Syrian priest François Murad was killed in Gassanieh, in northern Syria, in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land where he had taken refuge. This is confirmed b ...
• 24 June 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A nationalism that creates tension is not part of Caribbean cohabitation Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic weekly "Camino" denounced the existence of groups that are promoting "a worrying nationalism" with the crisis triggered by the prohibition imposed by the authorities of Haiti ...
• 24 June 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We need to communicate and understand the protest of farmers," says the Bishop of Tibú Tibu (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Tibú, in Colombia, Mgr. Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos has invoked the path of dialogue to find a solution to the plight in the region of Catatumbo. For days, more than 1,200 resid ...
• 22 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Year of Faith: "Small Christian Communities" to revitalize the people of God Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - One of the ways and places to revitalize and give new impetus to the faith of God's people in Korea are the "Small Christian Communities". For this reason the Bishops' Conference of Korea has prom ...
• 22 June 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - 30 social projects thanks to the Populorum Progressio Foundation Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - The Populorum Progressio Foundation of the Catholic Church is committed to funding two social projects in the City of Arequipa, Peru, as Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical Counc ...
• 22 June 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - An awakening of national consciousness, yes to peaceful demonstrations, the voice of the church Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Brazil, in a note published yesterday, expressed themselves with these words: "We declared our solidarity and support regarding demonstrations, when peaceful, that led to the str ...
• 22 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Major Seminary "St. John's Regional Seminary "in Visakhapatnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 13 April 2012 appointed rev. José Maliekal, S.D.B. as Rector of the Major Seminary "St. John's R ...
• 22 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the Major inter-diocesan Seminary "St. Paul's Regional Seminary "in Vijayawada Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 13 April 2012 appointed rev. Garlapati Michael Kishore, S.D.B. as Rector of the Major inter-dioce ...
• 21 June 2013
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Invitation of the Church: a vote for a referendum against abortion Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Uruguay called on the population to participate in the vote on Sunday, June 23 to decide whether or not to hold a referendum against the "unjust" law that decriminaliz ...
• 21 June 2013
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – A town has been granted to 300 Sierra Leonean refugees; "it is the sign of the regional integration process," says a missionary Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - Liberia has granted citizenship to 300 Sierra Leonean refugees living in the Country since the days of the civil war that ended in 2002. The ceremony for the conferral of citizenship took place ...