News

• 23 June 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Sexual intercourse among minors: No on behalf of the Bishops to the amend of the Criminal Code Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference criticized a bill that proposes to decriminalize sex among minors in Peru: this bill would increase, "libertinism and promiscuity," they said. In a statement sent ...
• 23 June 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church to the people of North Korea: "Peace be with you" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace be with you": a strong appeal for reconciliation, solidarity, fraternity comes from the Church of South Korea to the people of "Brothers and sisters in North Korea." This is what is said in ...
• 22 June 2012
  VATICAN - The Pope to R.O.A.C.O.: "Every effort should be made to bring Syria out of the present situation of violence and crisis" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Assembly of the Reunion Of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO), which was held yesterday, his holiness Benedict XVI reaffirmed his closeness "to the suff ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo: "The Pope's words are a help to seek ways of peace" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Urgency for us is national reconciliation. The situation is serious, it is necessary to re-establish dialogue. Syria has always been an example of conviviality and today must find its peaceful f ...
• 22 June 2012
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Maternal Infant Care and tuberculosis Center, assistance to AIDS patients in one of the poorest neighborhoods of the capital Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, out of 80 million inhabitants, only 0.7% are Catholic, but the Catholic Church runs 12% of medical centers throughout the country, all included in the public health system. In K ...
• 22 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Fortnight for freedom: "These rights are fundamental to every human being, we cannot allow them to be trampled on" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Fortnight for freedom": from June 21, the eve of the feast of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, to July 4, Independence Day, the campaign for religious freedom promoted by the Bishops wil ...
• 22 June 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "A truly secular state respects the religious freedom of citizens": Bishops' statement Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM), calls Catholics to defend the amendments made by Congress, which are now under discussion in the local chambers, on everything that concerns the const ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Converted to Christianity? Two soldiers discharged Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of May 2012, Khamsorn and Tonglai, two members of the security forces in the village of Alowmai in the district of Phin, part of the province of Savannakhet, converted to Christia ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Homs: "Respect the humanitarian truce" Homs (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to respect the humanitarian truce in Homs reaches Fides Agency by representatives of the Christian community, civic leaders and important Sunni Muslims of the city. Families trapped ...
• 22 June 2012
  EUROPE/ITALY - The rights of refugees and asylum seekers should be respected Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The rights of refugees and asylum seekers should be respected. If they have the right to flee to save their lives, they should be granted the right to enter the Country of arrival. In addition, ot ...
• 21 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "To take charge of reviewing ways and decisions that have excluded and condemned the poor to misery": Bishops of Brazil for Rio +20 Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), expects that the Rio +20 meeting confirms the commitment of the construction of an alternative development model, integral and based ...
• 21 June 2012
  VATICAN - Pope’s appeal: "to immediately end the killing in Nigeria" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the general audience on Wednesday, June 20, Holy Father Benedict XVI launched the following appeal "to an immediate end to the killing of innocents " in Nigeria: "I am following with ...
• 21 June 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Children and adolescents at risk: new scenarios require new responses Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The forum "Children and adolescents at risk in the current socio-political realities of Ecuador" opened yesterday, June 20, in Quito. Sponsored by the Salesian Polytechnic University of Ecuador U ...
• 21 June 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - Biso na Biso: the voice of the forest promotes relations between Bantu and Pygmies Pokola (Agenzia Fides) - A community radio station that broadcasts from Pokola, 800 kilometers north of the Congolese capital Brazzaville, is committed to promoting and facilitating the understanding between the majority ...
• 21 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Truce in Homs, but civilians cannot leave the city yet Homs (Agenzia Fides) – There is truce between the Syrian army and rebels: after long and difficult negotiations, a cease-fire agreement was reached to allow the release of civilians trapped in Homs. However, say Fides ...