News

• 12 April 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The percentage of Christians in the Palestinian territories has halved over the last 13 years Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The percentage of Christians in the population of the Palestinian territories has halved since the year two thousand, from 2% to 1% over the last 13 years. And in Jerusalem, where in 1948, 27, ...
• 12 April 2013
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Bishops of Southern Africa demand free and transparent elections Harare (Agenzia Fides) -To ensure transparent elections that take place in a peaceful atmosphere away from violence. This is the request made by a delegation of IMBISA (Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Afric ...
• 11 April 2013
  ASIA/VIET NAM - Christian leader who died in prison: a victim of beatings, the faithful do not believe in suicide Dak Nong (Agenzia Fides) – There are suspicions concerning the death of the Christian leader of the Vietnamese Evangelical Church Hoang Van Ngai (also known as Vam Ngaij Vaj), who died on March 17 while he was in polic ...
• 11 April 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros II’s secretary: five guidelines to do away with religious conflicts Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are tired of palliatives. There is need for concrete measures." This is how Father Makari Habibi, personal secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, ruled in favor of the provisi ...
• 11 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "A missionary Church always communicates the truth": 95th Assembly of Bishops Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The welfare state in the nation, the permanent mission, social media: are, among other themes, at the centre of the 95th Ordinary Meeting of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, which opened ...
• 11 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A casino in front of the Church: the Bishop opposes Cancún (Agenzia Fides) - A casino, which encourages young people to gambling and attracts criminal organizations, was opened in front of a church: as reported to Fides, to block it from functioning and to ask for it to ...
• 11 April 2013
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Bishops bear witness to the faith on social networks Madang (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands proclaim and bear witness to the faith on social networks, in response to the message for the World Day of Social Communications 2013, which de ...
• 10 April 2013
  VATICAN - The new challenges of evangelization in Africa at hte centre of the XX SMA Assembly Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Society has left a profound impression, of which today we can see the fruits that the Holy Spirit has created for the generous contribution of Saint confreres," said Cardinal Fernando ...
• 10 April 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - OAS and government together in the peace process, the truce between the gangs is a first step Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement and the creation of a mission of security assistance to support the process of socia ...
• 10 April 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Chaldean Bishop Audo: Aleppo is starving Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "One lives day by day. I have the impression that people are more and more exhausted. They have all become poor and everyone is always looking for something to eat for himself and his family. In ...
• 10 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA – Church insulted and defamed in a newspaper of Hindu fundamentalists Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is hell and nuns live a life of hell, abused and battered": are among the statements published yesterday by the newspaper "Charaiveti" (which in Hindi means "Go ahead") published in t ...
• 10 April 2013
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The lack of clean water threatens the safety of women Honiara (Agenzia Fides) – In the Solomon Islands, there is one of the highest rates of urbanization in the region and infrastructure for basic services are not sufficient to cope with the influx of people moving from t ...
• 10 April 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Immigrants, Youth and reconstruction of Haiti, the aid priorities of the U.S. bishops Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has allocated $ 3.1 million to fund about 100 pastoral projects in 19 countries in ...
• 10 April 2013
  ASIA/JAPAN - "Peaceful relations between North Korea and neighboring countries": the hope of the Church Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Peace is the key word to be pursued by all means, and actions at local and regional level, but also internationally. The support expressed by Pope Francis in talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki ...
• 10 April 2013
  AFRICA/MALI - Refugees, food shortages and mine clearance: new emergencies in the Country Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The security situation in Bamako and in most of the Country have improved, but we still have the problem of refugees and displaced persons to be accommodated in their places of origin," says to ...