News

• 31 January 2014
  AFRICA/CHAD - Resignation of the Bishop of Doba and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 January 2014, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Doba (Chad), by His Exc. Mgr. Michele Russo, M.C.C.J., in accordance with canon 4 ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "The world of children is not limited to technology, they relate with God" Toluca ( Agenzia Fides ) - "We are very happy, especially with regards to formation: our hopes are big, because I believe that a living Church is well aware of her being and of her work, and even more so when it comes to ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - According to the report of an NGO, more than 500 deaths in prisons in 2013 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) presented its annual report which states that the number of prisoners who died in prison in this country in 2013 was 506, "it is a high number" ...
• 31 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - New agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities, reached through the mediation of religious leaders Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the efforts of the Church Leaders Mediation Initiative CLMI in Jonglei State, an agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities between the Government of South Sudan and the Cobra Faction of S ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The commitment of the authorities to work together with the Church Toluca ( Agenzia Fides) – The XVI National Congress of Missionary Childhood (see Fides 30/01/2014) opened yesterday in Toluca, Mexico, in the presence of the Bishop of Toluca, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Javier Chavolla Ra ...
• 31 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Leaders of Christian Churches: every adult citizen has to be free to choose his own religion Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Christian churches in Iraq hope that the right to freely choose one’s own religion when they reach adulthood is guaranteed to all citizens. This was reported in a statement ...
• 31 January 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Archbishop Young: concern for the 13 prisoners that will be executed Mount Hagen (Agenzia Fides) - Papua New Guinea's Justice Minister says the execution of 13 people currently on death row will happen this year, despite strong opposition from human rights groups. "Deep concern" and "abs ...
• 31 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 2014 proclaimed "year of peace and hope" in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Faiasalabad in the heart of Pakistani Punjab, has declared 2014 "a year of peace and hope": is what the new Bishop, Mgr. Joseph Arshad said, who is making a pastoral visit to p ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese New Year: opportunity for vocational pastoral ministry and evangelization Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Several mainland Chinese Catholic communities are taking advantage of the winter and New Year holidays to organize formation initiatives for young people, migrant workers, students or you ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The verdict on the wall in the Cremisan valley has been postponed Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel has postponed the verdict on the route of the separation wall. Israeli authorities plan to build a security wall in the Cremisan Valley, on the land of 58 Palestini ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAN - A Christian, in prison because "converted", has been released Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Davoud Alijani, an Iranian Christian who converted from Islam to Christianity and leader of the "Assembly of God" in the city of Ahwaz, was released from prison in Karoon on January 13. As report ...
• 30 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Church and government: together for life and for peace Margarita (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita (Venezuela), Mgr. Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, told the local press that the Church expects to be called to establish a joint project with authorities ...
• 30 January 2014
  AFRICA/CHAD - Christians and Muslims pray together for peace in Chad and Central Africa N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "The closing of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was celebrated in a very special way in Chad because it coincided with the third National Day of peaceful cohabitation", is what is said ...
• 30 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – A Christian killed for his refusal to build silencers for firearms Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Laith Hadi Behnam was a 57-year- old and was a Christian of Syriac Orthodox confession of Mosul. On Wednesday 29 January, his unknown assassins killed him with a gun in his workshop located in the ...
• 30 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 25 thousand children - missionary disciples at the feast of the Holy Childhood Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Today the great missionary feast begins: the XVI National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (CONIAM), which will be held in the Diocese of Toluca (Mexico). The event, which takes ...