News

• 7 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Fighting continues in North Kivu despite the agreements in Addis Ababa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 people have lost their lives in fighting in the territory of Masisi and Rutshuru (90 km from Goma, capital of North Kivu in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo). Thi ...
• 7 March 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - The population of Mali finds hope again Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - The military successes of the Franco-Malian troups (supported by those in Chad) in the north of Mali incourage people who see a possible way out from the crisis. "Not only jiahdisti groups were e ...
• 7 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Petition to remove the death penalty under the law of blasphemy Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To eliminate the death penalty under the law of blasphemy and withdraw the charges against Sherry Rehman: this is what the petition launched by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), non- ...
• 7 March 2013
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Prison camps spread out and encompass the villages Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The notorious "prison camps" that exist in North Korea, where more than 200 thousand political prisoners and dissidents are detained, for reasons of conscience and religion, are getting bigger and ...
• 7 March 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Education should become a benefit for everyone is what the Bishop of Rancagua hopes Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the school year Mgr. Alejandro Goic, Bishop of Rancagua (Chile), hopes that "education can become a benefit for everyone, especially the poor." "The legitimate demands of th ...
• 6 March 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Death of Chavez: Cardinal Urosa Savino will celebrate Mass for the repose in Rome Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, will celebrate a "Mass" in honor of the late President of Venezuela Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias in Rome, where he is to attend the conclave that ...
• 6 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian Pastor released, who was arrested for alleged blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Protestant Pastor Karma Patras, 55 years old, arrested in October 2012 on false charges of blasphemy, was released on bail after his accuser admitted he accused him "incorrectly". A ...
• 6 March 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula": Archbishop of Seoul’s appeal Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Due to the tensions that occur between North and South Korea, "it is urgent to promote a desire for dialogue." Starting with an assumption: "The Church proposes to denuclearize the Korean Penins ...
• 6 March 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Education is the key to the development of the country": Assembly of Bishops has begun Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - What began on Monday, March 4 in Asuncion is an assembly of Bishops dedicated to the central theme of education as a key to the development of the country. The Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' ...
• 6 March 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: Soon a summit between the Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing a meeting of all Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East, to promote unity among Christians and deal with the problems and suffering that we share in this difficult mo ...
• 6 March 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The Addis Ababa Agreement greeted with suspicion by the Congolese but there is good news Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Congolese people welcomed the agreement of Addis Ababa with a certain mistrust, because many other similar agreements had already been signed in the past, but with poor results," said the ...
• 6 March 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - The counts of the presidential election continues Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - In Kenya the counting of the presidential election votes held on 4 March continues, albeit slowly. From the initial data so far available it appears that Uhuru Kenyatta is ahead with 53% , follo ...
• 5 March 2013
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - One person was killed in a demonstration against the alleged killers of Sister Marie Emmanuel Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - One person was killed and 8-9 were wounded and three are in serious condition. This is the toll, still provisional, of today’s clashes, March 5, in Mandritsara in the north-east of Madaga ...
• 5 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year of Faith: antidote to terrorism and violence in Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Rediscover and renew one’s faith, deepen catechism, work for the new evangelization is an antidote to the spread of sectarian violence in the province of Punjab, the most important in Pakistan: ...
• 5 March 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "The participation of citizens in political life, frees people from violence," the Bishops’ message Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Honduras has launched an appeal to work for reconciliation and to "overcome the divisions and conflicts that weaken us against our real enemies: corruption, injus ...