News

• 23 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops and Christians condemn the suicide attack: "shameful act of cowardice" Karachi ( Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference (PCBC) and the Christians of Pakistan we condemn this act in strongest terms", said the Archbishop of Karachi, His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutt ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders united: "we are convinced beyond doubt that the attempt to sow seeds of discord between Christians and Muslims will fail" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The attack carried out by the Somali Shabaab against the Westgate Mall in Nairobi has been condemned by religious Kenyan leaders participating in the Inter-Religious Council. "We, religious lea ...
• 23 September 2013
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Minors abducted and exploited for the practice of "Bacha Bazi" Nangarhar (Agenzia Fides) - The sexual exploitation of children, in particular , the practice of "Bacha Bazi" ( literally playing with boys), in which boys are "bought" to make them dance and have sex, remains one of the ...
• 23 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian NGOs: no to the "guaranteed electoral quotas" for the Copts Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Egyptian Center for Developement Studies and Human Rights - NGO close to the Coptic Orthodox Church - has asked that the forthcoming elections are celebrated by putting aside the quota system ...
• 21 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The massacre of 130 Christians in Aleppo is false: no to sectarian conflict Aleppo ( Agenzia Fides) – The news of a massacre of 130 Christians in Aleppo by Syrian opposition groups, as reported recently by the Lebanese media and some websites is completely false. This is confirmed to Fides b ...
• 21 September 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Tagle: "Hopes for a path of dialogue in the crisis of Zamboanga" Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - "We hope in an effort of dialogue and a negotiable solution to the crisis in Zamboanga. As a church we join our voices to the bishops of Mindanao in asking and building peace in the southe ...
• 21 September 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence, murders and suicides, the indigenous people hope in the aid of the Church Balsas (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Erwin Kräutler, Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu in Pará and president of CIMI, and Mgr. Enemesio Lazzaris, bishop of the Diocese of Balsas, in Maranhão and president of the Past ...
• 21 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Aid to the prisoners on the feast of the Patron of Prisoners Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - About 18,000 people in different prisons will benefit from the agreement between the Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care and the Food Bank of Bogota, which provides for the distribution o ...
• 21 September 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Two grenades found in the cathedral of Bossangoa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Two unexploded grenades were discovered in the cathedral of Bossangoa, the Central African town 300 km north-west from Bangui, the center of fighting between members of the coalition Seleka and a ...
• 21 September 2013
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "The Catholic Church will not sit in the Senate" say the Catholic Bishops Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church will not sit in the Senate, according to a statement from the Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso, rejecting the rule introduced in the law passed in May, which plans to ...
• 20 September 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops during ordinary assembly also discuss on the judgment of the Court in The Hague Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua have been attending their ordinary general assembly in the city of Jinotega since 18 September. The assembly is held every two months: sinc ...
• 20 September 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Copts, study seminars on the constitutional reform are about to begin Cairo ( Agenzia Fides) – The first study seminars organized by the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center on the constitutional review process launched to reform the Constitution approved during Morsi’s government is schedu ...
• 20 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - General health care and food counseling organized by the local Church Tijuana - The Archdiocese of Tijuana, the main city of the Mexican state of Baja California, organized the Fifth Day of Health care in the Miramar colony where free counseling services were offered regarding general medi ...
• 20 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mortar shells against the Melkite Archbishopric of Aleppo; Bishop Jeanbart : "Yes to the truce" Aleppo ( Agenzia Fides) - In a "besieged" Aleppo, the conflict also affects churches. As reported to Fides Agency by Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Melkite Archbishop of Aleppo, last night "two mortar shells damaged the seat ...
• 20 September 2013
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram has no qualms in killing innocent people", said Mgr. Kaigama Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Undoubtedly Boko Haram is still well organized and well armed despite the military offensive that has been going on for three months in the northern states of Nigeria", says to Fides Agency His E ...