News

• 29 December 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Islamists assert themselves at the university elections; for Archbishop Lahham it is not a result of political importance Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The results of the elections of student representatives have just been celebrated at the University of Jordan. There was no tension, the representatives of Islamist forces won 36 of the 94 seats, ...
• 29 December 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Catholic Senators will not resign, so they give a sign of willingness to cooperate Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Senators members of the Shura, the upper house of the Egyptian Parliament, will remain and not follow the footsteps of Nadia Henry, their Anglican colleague who resigned in protest ag ...
• 28 December 2012
  VATICAN - May peace spring up for the people of Syria, in the Land where the Redeemer was born, in the Countries of Africa and on the vast continent of Asia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - " In this Year of Faith, I express my Christmas greetings and good wishes in these words taken from a Psalm: 'Truth has sprung out from the earth.' This is how the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
• 28 December 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Year of Faith, "a challenge to promote social cohesion": Cardinal Urosa Savino’s message Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, published his New Year message addressed to all Venezuelans calling for citizens to promote social cohesion and the to authorities to incr ...
• 28 December 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Coadjutor of Bùi Chu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 24, 2012 appointed His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Vu Dinh Hieu, Titular Bishop of Baanna and Auxiliary of Xuan Loc as coadjutor Bishop of Bùi Chu (Viet Nam). ...
• 28 December 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "We are faced with a family and faith emergency ": On Sunday a demonstration in defense of the Christian family Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "The Christian family is misunderstood and mistreated" denounced the President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, speaking to the Catholic TV COPE, on the o ...
• 28 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Nazzaro: authorities in Aleppo have welcomed the Pope's words, churches full at Christmas Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of Aleppo, Mohammad Vakhid Akkad, accompanied by other local political authorities, yesterday wanted to meet the Bishops and Catholic priests gathered in the Syrian cities to extend ...
• 28 December 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Rediscovering our faith and witnessing it in society: letter from the Bishop of Bissau Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - "Reviving and witnessing our faith" is the title chosen by the Bishop of Bissau, His Excf. Mgr. José Camnate na Bissign, for his pastoral Letter addressed to Christian communities and all people ...
• 28 December 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Patriarch Gregoire III: nobody has the right to arm Christians Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In his Christmas message sent to his faithful, the Greek-Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Grégoire III Laham turned his gaze to the situation faced by the Arab world, pointing to all that the Chr ...
• 21 December 2012
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - Resignation of the Archbishop of Suva and appointment of Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on December 19, 2012 accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Suva (Fiji), presented by Archbishop Petero Mataca, in accordan ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A film on the Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione, a painter at the court of the Chinese emperor Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - A documentary film on Brother Giuseppe Castiglione (Milan 1688-Beijing 1766), the Jesuit painter at the court of the Chinese emperors, will be produced by Kuangchi Program Service (KPS), the tele ...
• 21 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Over 16 thousand people live on the streets of Buenos Aires without access to health services Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - More than 16 000 people live on the streets of Buenos Aires, the capital and largest city of Argentina, with its 2,891,082 inhabitants, who have no access to basic health services. This was ...
• 21 December 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - At least 30 deaths for an assault on a village in the Tana River District Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The toll is of at least 30 deaths caused by a new attack linked to clashes between pastoralists and farmers in the Tana River District, in Kenya. as reported by the local Red Cross; among the vi ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The situation for the population affected by the floods continues to worsen Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Damage to people and structures in 14 of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka continue to increase, where for more than a week heavy rains have been causing damage to the country (see Fi ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Budget of the Commission "Justice and Peace": nine places of worship destroyed in 2012 Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nine places of worship have been damaged, destroyed or looted in Pakistan in 2012. In the list there are five churches and three Hindu temples and a mosque of the Islamic sect of the Ahmadi , whi ...