News

• 15 April 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church calls for calm and responsible participation in the voting Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Church representatives and other sectors of society in Panama are concerned about the tense political climate particularly in this last period of the presidential campaign, and called on ...
• 15 April 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian leaders’ appeal: "Stop the violence, this is not the future for which the people of the Country voted" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The current situation can never be resolved through military means; instead the war lengthens and aggravates it to undesirable situation. The warring parties should therefore put the interest of t ...
• 15 April 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - A missile on an Armenian Catholic school: a child killed, 61 injured Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A child died, 61 people were injured: children, parents and teachers. This is the tragic toll of the missile which hit the Armenian Catholic school in Damascus, in the historic district of Bab ...
• 14 April 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Appointment of the Rector of the "Liberman" interdiocesan Seminary in Dakar Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides ) - On July 17, 2013 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Alfred Waly Sarr, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Dakar as Rec ...
• 14 April 2014
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Charles" Major Seminary in Butare Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, 2013 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Bishop Diedonné Rwakabayiza of the clergy of the Diocese of Cyangug ...
• 14 April 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - Card. Ezzati’s appeal: Solidarity with the people of Valparaiso after the tragic fire Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in the north of the country and for the recent fire that broke out in Valparaiso which has killed 12 people so far and forced 10,000 ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon’s message: An Easter of reconciliation Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, and He gave us the ministry of reconciliation. God was in Christ and through Him embraced the whole world": With this awareness, the Archbish ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - The director of Caritas: among the refugees, the number of Christians increases Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Among the Syrian refugees in Jordan, Christians "are continuing to increase and prepare to live a Easter marked for them by discouragement and spiritual weariness". This was reported to Fides Agen ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The government army regains control of the city of Maalula Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian army loyal to President Assad have retaken control of the town of Maalula, 50 kilometers from Damascus. The news comes from Syrian security sources, according to which the army is ga ...
• 14 April 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bombing in Abuja: "the victims of the Boko Haram and Al -Qaeda alliance are poor workers", said a priest Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A blast at a bus depot on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja has killed dozens of people during the morning rush hour. The authorities have not yet released an official toll of the explos ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi trial "postponed to a later date": a mystery Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The continuous postponement of Asia Bibi’s appeal is becoming a mystery. As anticipated by Fides Agency (see 12/04/2014 ), this morning the administration of the Lahore High Court announced tha ...
• 14 April 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa invites to find every possible path to solve the serious problems in the country, due to general discomfort Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Sabino, Archbishop of Caracas, during a nationally televised interview on Sunday 13 April, said he was "deeply saddened by the violence he had never seen before on behalf of ...
• 12 April 2014
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Bishops on the eve of the election: vote for those who promote the common good Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "The vote that expresses the political and moral maturity of citizens is a responsible vote": say the Bishops of Guinea Bissau in a message issued on the occasion of the presidential and legislat ...
• 12 April 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA –"Schools of reconciliation" are born: initiative of the Church for young people Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - A contribution to reconciliation and peace in the country is the initiative of the Catholic Church in the districts affected by the phenomenon of criminal gangs: about 70 young people involved ...
• 12 April 2014
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Coptic Christians make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The prohibition desired by Pope Shenouda ceases to be effective Tel Aviv (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday April 11th about ninety Coptic Christians landed in Tel Aviv with the intention of celebrating Holy Week in Jerusalem and in the Christian Holy Places scattered in Israel. The news, f ...