News

• 10 December 2013
  ASIA/THAILAND - New elections on February 2, but "the situation changes day by day", says the Director of the PMS Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "The King has announced that the new general elections will be held on February 2, but the situation remains fluid and unstable. Everything can still change. We hope that this wave of protest is ...
• 10 December 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA – Mandela; Cardinal Napier: "Grateful for what he did for South Africa and the world" Johannesburg ( Agenzia Fides) - "When I learned of the death of Mandela, my first reaction was one of gratitude. Gratitude for what Nelson Mandela did for South Africa and for the world", says Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier ...
• 10 December 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "The people demand justice": the cry which concludes the feast of Our Lady of Caacupé Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - "Family is the center and guides the integral growth of the human person, this is what our authorities must understand", is what His Exc. Mgr. Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop of Caacupé (Parag ...
• 10 December 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Bishops’ appeal to stop violence and vandalism. "There have been deaths in Jujuy", said Mgr. Fernandez Jujuy (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentine Episcopal Conference has launched an appeal to the policemen who have been on strike in different regions of the country, asking them to "stop this behavior that jeopardizes safety a ...
• 10 December 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Sharia Court to the government: for the crime of blasphemy, death is the only and right punishment Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Court for the Sharia, the Islamic court in Pakistan, has issued an order calling on the Government to amend the penalties for the crime of blasphemy, currently punishable with impr ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Resignation of the Bishop of Mangochi and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on December 6, 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Mangochi (Malawi), by His Exc. Mgr. Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M., in accordance wi ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Appointment of the Coadjutor of Bubanza Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on December 7, 2013, appointed Rev. Georges Bizimana of the clergy of Ngozi, Rector of the Jean Paul II major Seminary of Gitega as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Buban ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - On December 13, National Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace convened by the Bishops Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of the liturgical season of Advent, the Bishops of the dioceses in Guinea Bissau and Bafata , His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Zilli and His Exc. Mgr. José Camnate na Bissign have invited all t ...
• 9 December 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Among social and political unrest, missionary activity continues Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - "For months, strikes, riots, killings, attacks against party headquarters and Hindu villages have multiplied. The opposition wants to paralyze the country to force the government to amend the e ...
• 9 December 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Evening Mass restarts, the communities want to prepare themselves for upcoming feasts Ciudad Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Ciudad Victoria (Mexico) restarts the celebration of evening Masses, which had been suspended in various church villages for security reasons. The Bishop of the diocese, H ...
• 9 December 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The monastic Community in Deir Mar Musa works for reconciliation Nabek (Agenzia Fides) - The monks and nuns of the monastic Community of Khalil Allah in Deir Mar Musa - founded by the Roman Jesuit Dall'Oglio Paolo, who was abducted by unknown kidnappers at the end of July - have issue ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The situation in Bangui is slowly normalizing, but there are still thousands of refugees in parishes" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Bangui is slowly normalizing, but there are still thousands of people in parishes", says to Fides Agency Mgr. Juan Jose Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, who has been blocked ...
• 9 December 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Strong condemnation of the attack committed by the FARC, that declare a truce for Christmas Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve, expressed his strong condemnation with regards to the attack carried out by the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in the m ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT – New Draft Constitution now available. Religious freedom guaranteed Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Arab Republic of Egypt is "a sovereign state, united and indivisible, a democratic republic, based on citizenship and the rule of law". This is how the Egyptian nation is defined in the new dr ...
• 9 December 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Political divisions increase while conditions of life worsen", denounce the Bishops Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The political fault lines and their impact on all aspects of the lives of Zimbabweans are set not only to deepen, but also to stand in the way of progress and ultimately in the way of peace" the ...