News

• 13 March 2013
  VATICAN - HABEMUS PAPAM - We have a Pope: Cardinal Jorge Mario BERGOLIO, Pope Francis I Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - White smoke: Cardinal Bergolgio was elected Pope and took the name Pope Francis I. From St. Peter's Basilica Pope Francis I delivered his first blessing "Urbi et Orbi". (Agenzia Fides 13 ...
• 12 March 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - "Seleka consists largely of jihadists, our situation is similar to that of Mali," says the Bishop of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The rebels came from Bambari to Bangassou and after a 5-hour battle with the Central African Armed Forces (FACA), yesterday morning at 10 they entered the city," says to Fides His Exc. Mgr. Juan ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians Protest in Lahore, hundreds arrested by the police: the Bishops at the sit-in Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - High social and religious tension in Lahore, after the episode on Saturday, March 9, when 178Christians houses in "Joseph colony", in the district of Badami Bagh, were set on fire, in a case of a ...
• 11 March 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support of the African American community to the Caravan of Hope Chicago (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican priest Fr. Alejandro Solalinde received on March 10, the Rainbow Push Coalition support from Reverend Jesse Jackson at the "Caravan of Hope" which will tour the U.S. this spring to u ...
• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The new Coptic Catholic Patriarch settles while in Rome the Pro Eligendo Pontiff Mass is held. Cardinal Naguib: it is a providential coincidence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, elected Patriarch of Alexandria of the Catholic Copts on January 15th, after spending a few days in spiritual retreat is about to officially take possession of h ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on Christians: a move of the Supreme Court, solidarity from political and religious leaders Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, March 11, the Supreme Court of Pakistan began the hearings to shed light on the attack at the Christian area of Joseph Colony, which took place on Saturday in Lahore, where 178 C ...
• 11 March 2013
  AMERICA/CANADA - "New evangelization in the mission Ad Gentes", final preparations for the CAM 4 COMLA 9 Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - From March 11 to 15, the Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in America and the Caribbean will meet in Montreal, Canada, in the "Village of St. Martin," a spiritual retreat hous ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Commission "Justice and Peace": "Government and police are the perpetrators of violence against Christians" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Government and police are the perpetrators of violence against Christians": This is what the Commission "Justice and Peace" of Catholic Pakistani Bishops strongly says, speaking after the seriou ...
• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram is now divided into several groups, among which there is Ansaru" said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no entity called Boko Haram but a number of groups that use this symbol which are now divided among them," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, the Archbishop of Jos ...
• 11 March 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Elections: Kenyatta wins but Odinga presents recourse Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Raila Odinga, the outgoing Kenyan Premier, defeated in the presidential election on March 4, will appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta. After 5 days of countin ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese of Tai Chung accompanies the young people’s spiritual journey of Lent Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) - A spiritual retreat, the via crucis, Taize prayer, the sacrament of reconciliation, Eucharist celebration ...: is the two-day program organized by the Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese ...
• 9 March 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa in Rome at the Mass for Chavez: "Look ahead and seek peace" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, yesterday celebrated a memorial Mass in Rome for the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5. During his homily the Cardinal ...
• 9 March 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The "Electoral Ethics Pact" promoted by the Church signed by the parties, not by the government Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The "Electoral Ethics Pact", promoted ahead of the 2014 elections by the Catholic Church in Panama City, was signed by all political parties in the country, except for the one currently in power, ...
• 9 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - False News with regards to the execution of an evangelical pastor Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is still alive. The news about his execution circulated last week have been discredited by reputable sources contacted by the association Christian Solidarity Worldwi ...
• 9 March 2013
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Christians launch a campaign to combat violence against women Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Zambia launch a new initiative to combat violence against women, a phenomenon of vast size in the country. According to official statistics, 47% of women in Zambia ha ...