News

• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - More than 250 Bishops from East Africa at the Assembly on new evangelization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 16th, the 18th Plenary Assembly (Association of the Members of the Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa) opens in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe. According to information sent t ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Insecurity caused by Boko Haram: The Church promotes a day of prayer Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to entrust Cameroon as well as all the other Countries in war to the Lord. The insecurity that is raging on the borders of Cameroon, in particular those with Nigeria, has created a psyc ...
• 16 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A photo exhibition on the 33 years of fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples arrives in Manaus Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - After Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Belém, the exhibition "Indigenous Peoples of Brazil 1980/2013 - Retrospective images in the struggle of indigenous peoples in Brazil for their collective rights" ar ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: the Bishops do not express support for candidates or political parties in elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The date of the next general elections in Egypt has not yet been set. In all probability, the Egyptians will not go to the polls before next October, but already meetings and contacts to define li ...
• 16 July 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Twelve hours of continuous prayer for peace in the Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There will be a number of youth groups in Italy and in several countries, including Jerusalem, that will spiritually join the young people from Rome who tomorrow, July 17 will gather in the Basilic ...
• 15 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Aguilar’s appeal : "Migrant children are not intruders or invaders" Tehuacán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Tehuacan (Puebla, Mexico), His exc. Mgr. Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez, has launched an appeal to the entire diocesan community, priests in their parishes, lay people, ...
• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean nuns and the children released, "a sign of hope for all" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Monday, July 14 the two Chaldean nuns and three young children - two girls and a boy - who were seized on June 28 last in Mosul, were released. Their captors were linked to t ...
• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Letter from Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Parliament: there is no time to waste Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Since the meetings of the Iraqi parliament convened to form a new government have proven to be a waste of time, Patriarch Louis Raphael I sent a Letter to the Members of Iraqi Parliament. The Pa ...
• 15 July 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN – Opening of the meeting of African Bishops on the family in preparation for the Synod Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM/SECAM) to consolidate African issues and help prepare African bishops for the upcoming Synod which will be held ...
• 15 July 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The perpetrators of the attacks against some villages on the coast have been identified Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Idris Kamau, a Kenyan, has been indicated by a report of the Security Service (NIS) as the commander of the armed groups responsible for the attacks in Lamu County (coastal region on the border ...
• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – Gaza, proposal of truce. The director of Caritas Jerusalem: it is urgent to intervene immediately to assist victims Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli government has agreed to support the proposal for a truce proposed by Egypt, although there are still Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip as a result of air raids carried out this morn ...
• 15 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The solution to the problem of emigration passes through cultural and social conversion Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, participated yesterday in the "Coloquio México Santa Sede sobre migración y desarrollo", which ends today. The Apostolic Nuncio, H ...
• 15 July 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: Mexico and the United States have to ensure the rights of children San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, has asked "Mexico and the United States to ensure the rights of children, because it is not right to take advantage of ...
• 14 July 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Give teachers their salaries": church’s appeal in favor of teachers Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides) - "The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela expresses its full support to employees and workers of the Association for the Promotion of Popular Education (APEP), which is experiencing a very u ...
• 14 July 2014
  AFRICA/GABON - Erection of the Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou and appointment of the first Apostolic Vicar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 11, 2014, the Holy Father, erected the Apostolic Prefecture of Makokou (Gabon) to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate and appointed Father Joseph Koerber, C.S.Sp., Apostolic Prefect of ...