News
8 March 2016
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Goic: "a society of more equity, for life with more dignity "
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop Goic: "a society of more equity, for life with more dignity "
Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic, of the diocese of Rancagua who is about to celebrate fifty years of pr ...
8 March 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: no “Christian militia ” to free land occupied by jihadists
ASIA/IRAQ – Chaldean Patriarch: no “Christian militia ” to free land occupied by jihadists
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - “To think that our victory can depend on the formation of isolated armed factions to fight to ...
8 March 2016
AFRICA/EGYPT - Justice Minister promises “solution” for Coptic student offenders of Islam
AFRICA/EGYPT – Justice Ministers promises “solution” for Coptic students punished for offending Islam
Minya (Agenzia Fides) – Egypt’s minister of justice will examine with care the judicial situation of so ...
8 March 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Churches in Lahore could be demolished to make way for new underground railway line
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A Number of sites and buildings of historic, artistic and religious value as well as several church buildings risk being demolished to make way for a new line of the underground railway planned ...
8 March 2016
AFRICA/TUNISIA - “The terrorists have no popular support, the people side with the security forces” says National PMS Director
Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - “The prevailing feeling among Tunisians is that the terrorists must be defeated” Fides was told by Fr. Jawad Alamat, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Tunisia, where, ...
8 March 2016
ASIA/INDIA - Promotion of lay Catholics and commitment to dialogue, priorities for the Catholic Church in India
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – “There is need for on-going formation for the laity to enable them to understand and to live their role in the Church. In today’s socio-political scenario, it is fundamental to recog ...
8 March 2016
EUROPE/ITALY - Respect for women and respect for women’s dignity
Roma (Agenzia Fides) – On international Women’s Day, the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO/ UMOFC) celebrates the announced canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and thinks of the four S ...
8 March 2016
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic Bishops call for “transparent dialogue” to overcome racism still present in our society
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “Racism and racial division is still present in South Africa” the South African Catholic Bishops denounce, calling for “transparent dialogue” even though “we are aware that thi ...
7 March 2016
VATICAN - Martyrs of charity, victims of indifference
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I voice my closeness to the Missionaries of Charity suffering bereavement after the killing of two of their Sisters in Aden, in Yemen, where they assisted elderly people. I pray f ...
7 March 2016
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Pope Francis, on 5 March 2016, appointed Apostolic Administrator “sede plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of the archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro (Democratic Republic of ...
7 March 2016
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishops of India and Missionaries of Charity: “will not abandon Yemen”
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “Concern, anger and grief, a cowardly attack”: this was how the Catholic Bishops of India, in plenary assembly in Bangalore until 9 March, reacted to the massacre on 4 March in Aden, Y ...
7 March 2016
AMERICA/MEXICO - Scarcity of jobs, low wages, dangerous work, poverty
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico is experiencing an economic crisis. Among the most serious consequences, violation of the right to work , which means unemployment, low wages, discrimination, dangerous jobs. This ...
7 March 2016
ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Hinder: the martyred Sisters were loved by the Yemenite people. Still no news of abducted priest
Aden (Agenzia Fides) – The local people “loved the Mother Teresa Sisters killed in Aden, and admired their way of serving others regardless of religious belonging , putting first the most in need. This earned ...
7 March 2016
AMERICA/URUGUAY - "The Gospel of joy guides our mission": international symposium prepares CAM 5
Pando (Agenzia Fides) – " The Gospel of Joy Guides our Mission " was the theme of the 2nd International Missiology Symposium held in Ururguay 28 February to 2 March. The symposium is part of preparations for the 5th ...
7 March 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Completed and available the Catechism of the Catholic Church in Urdu "A Work of Mercy ”
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “At the end of 13 years of intense work , the entire Catechism of the Catholic Church translated into Urdu, approved by the Holy See and sent to press, has been just published in Pakistan. ...
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