AMERICA/BRAZIL - Priest killed along the road near Rio de Janeiro
Nova Iguaçu (Agenzia Fides) - Father Francisco Carlos Barbosa Tenorio, 37, was found dead Sunday morning, October 9, along the RJ-081 road, in Nova Iguaçu, in the Baixada Fluminense region, Rio de Janeiro state. Accord ...
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Reintroducing death penalty is a false solution to crime
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Death penalty does not solve the problem of crime. It is a false hope": says, in a note sent to Fides, the Commission for the prison ministry of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, urgi ...
ASIA/LEBANON - Christian Parties demand a new electoral law
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In the continuing institutional impasse that characterizes the Lebanese political scene, recent hypotheses to overcome the paralysis and revitalize Parliament by resorting to a "law of necessity" ...
VATICAN - Among the new Cardinals, 6 are Archbishops in mission territories
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the Angelus yesterday, Sunday, October 9, the Holy Father Francis announced the creation of 13 new Cardinals. A Consistory will be held on the 19 of November. They also include an Archbi ...
AMERICA/MEXICO - Tijuana opens parishes to Haitian migrants
Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - "I am talking to priests, so that in the shortest possible time, some parishes can be equipped as places to welcome Haitians, and must in fact welcome them in worthy places" said the Archbishop ...