ASIA/TURKEY - Properties returned to the churches after legal diputes
Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Court of Appeal returned 439 acres of land that had been confiscated from the Syriac Orthodox monastery in Mor Hananyo, located in Mardin, in the southeast of Turkey. As Fides learns, at the ...
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Lack of funds put the elections at risk
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The organization of the upcoming Congolese elections is compromised not only by the controversy linked to the appointment of the new President of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( ...
30 October 2015
ASIA/MYANMAR - Respect and coexistence as the basis for democracy
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue, respect for Others and tolerance are core values for the Burmese people that want to start a new democratic season", said to Agenzia Fides Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yang ...
30 October 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Pilgrims visit Holy Land, despite the violence
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Pilgrimages continue to take place in Holy Land, despite the violence in recent weeks across the territory. This was announced by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. As Fides learns, many gro ...
29 October 2015
AMERICA/CANADA - The Cross of Evangelization opens the path to CAM 2018
Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - The Cross of Evangelization, the symbol of the next American Missionary Congress of 2018, was officially welcomed in Canada by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), after arriving in the coun ...