News

• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Archbishop of Aleppo: "Chaos and rubble in Syria. United with the Pope we call for dialogue " Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We see only chaos and destruction in a conflict that is against everything and everyone. In a country disfigured, with the civilian population led to the slaughter, Pope Francis’ appeal calls ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Pelatre with regards to the riots: the prospect of compromise seems to have the upper hand Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The riots which broke out in Turkey are a "warning sign" that the Turkish government might want to consider if it is to protect the stability that in the past 10 years has favored the country's ...
• 3 June 2013
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 19 April 2013 appointed rev. Fr. Christiaans Willem, O.S.F.S as National Director of the Pontific ...
• 29 May 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Complaint by a religious group for violence against Mapuche children Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - A group of men and women religious and priests engaged in the pastoral work with Mapuche communities, composed of the original Amerindian inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 24 April 2013 appointed Fr. Michael Abdo Abdo OCD as National Director of the Pontifical Mission ...
• 29 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks: First agreement on equitable distribution of land Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Colombian bishops believe that the land issue is central to building true peace. Indeed, the Church's social doctrine stresses the need for an equitable distribution of land and policies tha ...
• 29 May 2013
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Eritrean refugees protest against the regime in Asmara Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly three thousand Eritrean refugees have protested in the camp of Berahle in the Afar region of Ethiopia a few kilometers from the border with Eritrea. The protesters wanted to draw the ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops to the government: no to religious discrimination in textbooks Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The education and formation of the mentality of young people are one of the key points on which to intervene to change Pakistan, to reduce religious intolerance and to promote harmony and peac ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Vera López’ humanitarian mission Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishop Raul Vera Lopez OP will be part of a delegation of 12 observers who in the first half of June will try to enter Syria to collect data and information on the atrocities and hu ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Politics: "Yudhoyono has to act more to put an end to religious intolerance" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Adviser for Human Rights, Albert Hasibuan, asked the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to be more decisive with his subordinates, including local and regional lead ...
• 29 May 2013
  AFRICA/SOMALILAND - More severe penalties to curb rapes in Somaliland Hargeisa (Agenzia Fides) - According to official estimates, there were about 5,000 cases of rape in Somaliland in 2012, compared to 4,000 in 2011. The figures of Sexual Assaults Referral Centre (SARC), indicates an incre ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/LAOS - The government encourages women to sterilization, Christians defend life Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - A family planning campaign launched by the Department for Health Care in the province of Huaphan (eastern Laos) encourages women to undergo surgical sterilization (tubal ligation). As reporte ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration with the Pope: to pray for peace with North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration, will be broadcast from St. Peter’s Basilica next Sunday, 2 June, in communion with Pope Francis. The Archdiocese of Seoul will pray with a particular intenti ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II and Cardinal Sandri at the solemn inauguration of the American University of Madaba Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The official opening of the American University of Madaba, AUM, affiliated to the University of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, May 30. King Abdullah II of ...
• 24 May 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - North Korea proposes a summit with the South: "hope re-opens", say the Bishops Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - North Korea has formally proposed to South Korea to host a joint event to commemorate the inter-Korean summit of 2000, which marked the beginning of a detente and rapprochement phase (the so-calle ...