News

• 9 July 2013
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Teenage pregnancies: the Church is alone in the prevention Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and other Christian churches are in fact left alone by the civil institutions and mass media in trying to prevent and curb the worrying phenomenon of teenage pregnancy i ...
• 9 July 2013
  ASIA - Bishop Wickramasinghe: major effort for inter-religious harmony is needed in Asia Galle (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on all people of good will to promote dialogue among believers of all religions in Asia: it is urgent to promote mutual respect, understanding, harmony, love and peace in the hearts and m ...
• 9 July 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Positive dialogue between Church and government, the Bishops hope for an amnesty for political prisoners Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The opening of the hundredth Ordinary Assembly of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference was attended by the Minister of Interior and Justice, Miguel Rodriguez Torres, with whom the bishops address ...
• 9 July 2013
  AFRICA - Appeal for Central Africa by Caritas Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our indignation with regards to the suffering imposed on the innocent civilian population," say the participants at the meeting of the Secretaries and National Directors of Caritas A ...
• 9 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – Mgr. Villegas, Cardinal Sin’s successor, dusts off the "critical collaboration" with the government Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The relationship between Church and government will be marked by a "critical collaboration": His Exc. Mgr. Socrates Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan and newly elected President of the Cat ...
• 9 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Abolition of the death penalty: appeal on the 2nd anniversary of the independence of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the second anniversary of the independence of South Sudan (proclaimed on 9 July 2011), a number of civil society groups have launched an appeal for the abolition of the death pen ...
• 9 July 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr. Joaquín Piña, the first bishop of Puerto Iguazu has died Puerto Iguazu (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazu, Mgr. Joaquín Piña Batllevell SJ, died yesterday, July 8 after suffering a heart attack, surgery was performed in an attempt to save his life. The bi ...
• 9 July 2013
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Justice and Peace Commission intervenes on the recruitment of Christian Arabs into the army Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A document which has just released by the Justice and Peace Commission - a body linked to the Assembly of Ordinary Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land and presided by the Patriarch Emeritus Mich ...
• 8 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Fr. Dall'Oglio’s appeal for peace during Ramadan Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The holy month of Ramadan is a time of penance and conversion to God and is a time to ask our brothers and sisters’ forgiveness. We ask the grace of repentance for everyone. We ask it while clai ...
• 8 July 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - A documentary about a Peruvian Catholic who died in a Nazi concentration camp will be shown during WYD Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A documentary realized in Peru on the life of Madeleine Truel has been selected as one of the films that will be shown to the participants attending World Youth Day 2013 in Rio, says a note sent to ...
• 8 July 2013
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - The desecration of a church in Beni has not been confirmed. The Bishop: "explosive situation" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The desecration of a Catholic church in Rwahwa (in the territory of Beni, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo) has not been confirmed, where on 28 June some armed bandits ente ...
• 8 July 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Everyone has to do their part in the peace process", Mgr. Rosa Chavez invites everyone to stop the violence in the country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador has denounced last week’s escalation of violence and murder, which generated controversy and criticism in public opinion on the so-called "gang truce". ...
• 8 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to priests: priesthood is a mission, not business Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years, the weakness in the management of the central authority, the vacatio of several episcopal sees, the lack of security and the state of perpetual socio-political emergency experie ...
• 8 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Foreign groups threaten to enter Egypt in aid to the Muslim Brotherhood Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope peace is restored soon, but we have no idea how the situation will evolve", says to Fides Agency Fr. Rafic Greiche, head of communications for the Catholic bishops of Egypt, who says that ...
• 8 July 2013
  ASIA - Asian Bishops: conviction for violence against Buddha, more effort against divisions New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Asian Bishops strongly condemn the violence against Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya. They also condemn the mentality of division, discrimination and communalism that breeds violence. They de ...