News

• 28 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We must discern the signs of the times and be witnesses of hope before violence", urges Cardinal Rivera Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico, Norberto Rivera Carrera, urged Mexicans not to think that they have already been defeated and not to give in to despair in the face of rising violence acro ...
• 28 November 2011
  ASIA/SYRIA - Torture and mutilation of children held in prisons in the country Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed serious concern due to the incidents of general violation of human rights that are registered in Syria and for the total impunity to ...
• 28 November 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Appointment of Auxiliaries of the Archdiocese of Colombo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on November 28, 2011 appointed Rev. Fidelis Emmanuel Lionel Fernando, Episcopal Vicar for the faithful of the Archdiocese of Tamil Columbus and Rev. Sampathawad ...
• 26 November 2011
  AFRICA-Financial speculation and Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The current international financial crisis is having strong repercussions even towards the poorest Countries of Africa. The international speculation in fact, after the mortgage crisis, bad housing ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Word of God to evangelize society today: Bible Week just concluded Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To hold firm the reference to Sacred Scripture, in order to evangelize a rapidly changing society: with this spirit, the community celebrated the Catholic Bible Week 2011, sponsored by the Bibli ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - A spiritual offensive to revive faith in North Korea Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Today, since the regime denies personal freedom, including religious freedom, it is not possible to send material aid to the faithful Christians in North Korea. "Only God's action, solicited by pr ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Tentorio’s case, the police have identified the person behind the assassination; civil society on a pilgrimage Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The investigation of Father Fausto Tentorio’s murder, the missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) killed on October 17 in Arakan, may be at a turning point: as loca ...
• 26 November 2011
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops' Appeal: building peace in Central America Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Strengthening the culture of life and peace in Central America: is what the Bishops of Central American Bishops' Secretariat (SEDAC) ask at the end of the assembly held in Tegucigalpa. The A ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Vacuum of authority, ideas, law, morals in Mindanao", denounces a Jesuit Davao (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the difficulties that we live in Mindanao: in particular the absence of the rule of law, the absence of a credible leadership, the lack of adequate investments in social pr ...
• 26 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Thousands of believers marching to defend migrants in Chiapas and the earth San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) – To demonstrate against the mining exploitation, the destruction of nature, drug abuse and violations of the rights of migrants: for this purpose, local sources of Fides report that over ...
• 25 November 2011
  VATICAN - "The gap between the north and south of the world and the wounded human dignity of so many people, call for to a charity able to expand in concentric circles": the Pope to Caritas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "This is the Christian distinctive: faith that becomes active in charity. Each of you is called to give his contribution so that the love with which we are always and forever loved by God b ...
• 25 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay Missionary Association of the laity: on December 18 the missionary mandate to a lay woman who will spend three years in India Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) –Mrs Stephanie Ling, of the parish of St. Margaret in Hong Kong on 18 December will receive the missionary mandate of the Hong Kong Catholic Lay Missionary Association to spend three years on ...
• 25 November 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA- Kenya blocks the strategic port of Kismayu, the Shabab respond with attacks Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least three people have died and thirty injured: this is the toll of a series of terrorist attacks carried out yesterday, November 24, in Garissa, in the North Eastern Province in Kenya. On ...
• 25 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -New appeal by the Church to dialogue on the mining issue: "Our country does not deserve to see repeated tragic episodes" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Peru called for a "fair, equitable and constructive" dialogue after the announcement of a strike against the mining activities in the department of Cajamarca (the Andes, 860 ...
• 25 November 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The establishment of SIGNIS Colombia, a challenge for the Catholic communication in a country committed to peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – After the conclusions of a meeting between individuals and representatives of different institutions working in the field of the Catholic communication, that gathered on November 18 at the head ...