News

• 9 December 2015
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Fighting in Bangui, after the rejection of the nomination of Bozizé, has reduced Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere that Pope Francis left is reducing many reactions, which until recently would have been violent and are now calmer. Unfortunately, some news media continue to inflate tensions lik ...
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  7 December 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian teacher denounced on false charges of proselytism Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Denounced because she "preached Christianity to Muslim girls": this is the fate of Mary Javaid, a Christian teacher at a female primary school in the district of Pakpattan, in the province of Pun ...
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  7 December 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Anniversary of Caritas Bolivia, at the service of the poorest among the poor Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - On December 4, 1958 the Bolivian state granted official recognition to the Caritas Bolivia Social Pastoral as an institution created by the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB), with the aim of ...
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  7 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Drug is not lightning in the middle of a dark night" says Mgr. Uriona Villa de la Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the issue of drugs should be fought with prevention. Drug is not lightning in the middle of a dark night, but is caused by family situations of abandonment becaus ...
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  7 December 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - North Korea "opens up" to the Masses celebrated by South Korean priests Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - From next year, the South Korean Catholic Church in North Korea will send priests to celebrate the Eucharistic liturgies during the major feasts of the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. ...
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  7 December 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Jihadist threats to Coptic monasteries, the strengthening of security measures are required Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the last hours, according to Egyptian sources consulted by Agenzia Fides, jihadist threats were directed in particular against the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of al Baramos, dedicated to the Virg ...
• 7 December 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - 69 armed groups are in the east of the Country Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - There are 69 armed groups which are still active in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in a strongly degraded humanitarian context with 1.6 million people displaced. According to a state ...
• 7 December 2015
  AFRICA - African Bishops: Mercy and family love for the fight against AIDS Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the Papal declaration of the Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy, we wish to intensify the promotion of compassion in our responses to the challenges of HIV and AIDS in local parishes and ...
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  5 December 2015
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Eric LeCompte: "The solution to the debt crisis must protect the most vulnerable" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "Puerto Rico needs a solution to the debt crisis that prevents austerity and protects the vulnerable", said to Fides Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of the religious development group, Jubile ...
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  5 December 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - "Martyrs of faith and charity, witnesses of hope", today ceremony of beatification Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The main Catholic radio stations in Peru, Radio Maria and Radio Santa Rosa, have confirmed the live broadcast of the ceremony of beatification of the first three martyrs of Peru, which will be ...
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  5 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Presidential elections, the Maronite Bishops support the "compromise" on the name of Franjieh Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) - The "compromise" solution that is slowly being reached among opposing political forces in Lebanon sees Maronite Suleiman Franjieh emerge as a strong contender and represents "a great opportunity ...
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  5 December 2015
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - A South Korean ecclesial delegation with four bishops visit North Korea Pyongyang (Agenzia Fides) – The 17-member delegation’s visit representing the South Korean Catholic Church ended on 4 December. The delegation included four bishops – among them, Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-joong, P ...
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  4 December 2015
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - ILO: New Protocol for the abolition of all forms of slavery Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The eradication of all forms of slavery, such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation, the worst forms of child labour, forced marriage, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed ...
• 4 December 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Presidential elections: the vacant Lebanese presidency could be filled by Suleiman Franjieh, a Maronite Christian politician Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The vacant Lebanese presidency could be filled by Suleiman Franjieh, a Maronite Christian politician, a childhood friend of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In recent days there have been increasin ...
• 4 December 2015
  VATICAN - Pope at the plenary assembly of the Cep: "Let us be inspired by the strength of the Gospel and the Holy Spirit; let us come out of our narrow enclosures" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us pray so that the Church may always follow the model of the Acts of the Apostles. Let us be inspired by the strength of the Gospel and the Holy Spirit; let us come out of our narrow ...