News

• 26 May 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mother's Day against Domestic Violence Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - Mother's Day, which the population of the Dominican Republic celebrates on the last Sunday in May is an opportunity to relieve the longstanding problem of domestic violence: S ...
• 26 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Emmaus community" in Mindanao: women consecrated to the service of dialogue with Muslims Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims in Mindanao, the largest island in the southern Philippines, call them "maidens of Providence", "poor sisters", "flames of dialogue": they are the women of the "Emm ...
• 26 May 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The Day of Holy Childhood Association for the poor children in the world Lima (Agenzia Fides) - To arouse in children a universal missionary awareness, encouraging them to share their faith, love, hope and material goods with the poor and abandoned children in the world: this is the aim of th ...
• 26 May 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA -Bishops to the government: "Stop corruption, we need to fight poverty" Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina asks the government increased efforts to stop corruption and fight poverty. On the occasion of Argentina's national day of independence, on May 25, during the celebrati ...
• 26 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA-Instability and violence, appeal of the Apostolic Nuncio: "Enough with atrocities" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Instability, insecurity, violence, massacres: the scenario in Syria today is bleak. According to the "Syrian National Council", which leads the opposition in Houla, in the province of Homs, 88 ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA-"How to help the Christians in Syria?": we are waiting for the Pope's words in Lebanon Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "How to help the Christians in Syria and the Christians in the East? We are waiting for prophetic words from the post-synodal exhortation that Pope Benedict XVI will officially deliver in Lebanon ...
• 25 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "A transparent Church, formed by men acting under the protection of Jesus" Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - A year after his appointment as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali will present to his community the figures that the universal Church, national and ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Taliban attack girls' schools in order to force the closure Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 students and 3 teachers have been intoxicated in the second attack reported after months in Afghanistan by radical conservatives in the north of the country. According to the Afghan ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG- The journey toward the Congress on the ministry of the lay faithful has begun: "From the ministry to the testimony - living the light of Christ" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The journey for the preparation of the diocese of Hong Kong toward the Congress on the ministry of the lay faithful to be held in Hong Kong from October 27 to November 1, 2012, on the theme "F ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Religious minorities scapegoated in the Middle East, if Arab revolutions "soured" London (Agenzia Fides) - If the revolutions initiated by the Arab Spring "soured", there are strong risks for ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East: is what emerges from a new Report "People Under Threat", j ...
• 25 May 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Only half of the electors voted in the first round of presidential elections, while one heads toward the second ballot Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "The results of the first round of presidential elections will probably only be tomorrow or Sunday, for now those that are announced are the result of rumors, more or less consistent" say local so ...
• 25 May 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA-Resignation of the Archbishop of Lagos and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 25, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Lagos (Nigeria), presented by His Eminence Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi ...
• 25 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI-Confusion in Bamako, while on the border with Burkina Faso 25 people have died in inter-community clashes Bamako (Agenzia Fides)-There is a confusing situation in Mali, after the announcement by the Coordinating Committee of Patriotic Organizations of Mali (COPAM, an abbreviation that brings together supporters of the coup ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Compensation and intimidation: the government asks for damages to the civil society movement Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Malaysian government of Prime Minister Najb Razak has sued 10 leaders of the civil society movement "Bersih" ("Cleaning"), consisting of over 60 NGOs that demand transparency in the ele ...
• 24 May 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - World Day of Prayer for the Church in China: pilgrimages and prayers of the Catholic communities throughout the month of Mary Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 24, feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians, the Day of prayer for the Church in China is celebrated around the World proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI. Mgr. Ma Da Q ...