News

• 7 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - A mosque in Taksim Square? Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Premier Tayyip Erdogan, who returned yesterday to his country after his visit in some Countries of the Maghreb, called for the "immediate end" of the demonstrations which have trigg ...
• 7 June 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A seminary attacked "for unknown reasons," says the Bishop Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - The inter-diocesan seminary "Jisu Dhyana Niloy" in the Diocese of Dinajpur, in the north of Bangladesh, was attacked yesterday afternoon by a group of local Muslims. This is confirmed to Fides ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Synod of the Chaldean Church has begun Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, June 5 the Synod of the Chaldean Church convened by the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphael I Sako began in Baghdad. The beginning of the assembly was also attend ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The crisis is a disadvantage for everyone: the Church welcomes the new North-South negotiations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The willingness to re-open the joint industrial zone in Kaesong is a step forward that will kick off a process of thaw and rapprochement between North and South Korea. This is what the Korean Chur ...
• 6 June 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops’ warning: Too much violence in Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - " Injustice generates more violence!" say the Bishops of the Western Region (Mato Grosso do Sul), in a statement issued on June 5 on the resurgence of the clash of land in the region ...
• 6 June 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam involves Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (and even Israel?) Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam which is currently under construction on the Blue Nile is creating tension between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. According to a report published by a tri ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Extremists who burned the Christian area have been released; the man accused of blasphemy on trial Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of men who in March set fire to the Christian area of Lahore "Joseph Colony" were released by the police and out of 83 men identified and arrested, 31 have obtained bail. On the other ha ...
• 6 June 2013
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - More than 52,000 Congolese expelled from Angola in 3 weeks; an NGO reports cases of sexual violence Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - 52.231 people have crossed the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last three weeks, expelled by force by the authorities in Luanda. This was reported by the NGO ...
• 6 June 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - There is a truce between the gangs that have only made a general declaration of repentance San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "The gangs have made a declaration of repentance towards God and towards society, but not among themselves. I cannot understand how and why there is so much hate among them." This was sta ...
• 5 June 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Protect Somali nationals in South Africa", The Prime Minister of Somalia’s appeal to President Zuma Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "I appeal to the government of the Republic of South Africa as a matter of urgency to intervene and contain this unnecessary and unfortunate violence against Somali business communities to ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Priests on pilgrimage to the tombs of the martyrs pray for peace Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To follow, in the Year of Faith, the example of the Korean Martyrs, a model of virtue and faith: with this spirit on 7 June, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, 600 priest ...
• 5 June 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "One cannot live in fear": the Bishops of Michoacan ask for everyone’s commitment Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of the Mexican state of Michoacan have launched an urgent appeal to the local ruling class in which they express concern "about the situation in which our State lives." In a public s ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Support Groups for families with disabled children Da Nang (Agenzia Fides) - Children with disabilities are the most subject to violence and abuse of all kinds, they are often exploited, kept hidden or locked up in institutions and are therefore among the most marginaliz ...
• 5 June 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The important thing is to be close to the poor," says the Bishop of the devastated Diocese of Bangassou Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "I am walking as usual. We have no other means because all the vehicles available to the diocese and the missionaries were stolen," says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre Munos, Bi ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nawaz Sharif is Prime Minister, religious minorities are pessimistic with regards to the blasphemy issue Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Nawaz Sharif, leader of the "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz" (PML-N), is officially the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Sharif today received the vote of confidence in parliament with 244 votes in f ...