News

• 6 November 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Religious leaders "no" to hudud: "Do not exploit religion for political reasons" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "Our position is clear: we want to maintain the status quo and support the current Constitution, which guarantees minorities and does not make Malaysia an Islamic state. We are opposed to a ...
• 6 November 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Appeal for a moratorium on the death penalty: 200 people on death row in inhuman conditions Juba (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for a moratorium on the death penalty in South Sudan was launched by Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and a series of local groups of civil society. In a joint stateme ...
• 6 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - School burned in Lahore: blasphemy-Pakistani Muslims "lose their control" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is really shocking that Farooqi Girls High School in Lahore was burned to the ground because a teacher was accused of blasphemy. No one should be allowed to take the law into one’s own hand ...
• 5 November 2012
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Nigeria for the centenary of the Evangelization of the Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will make a pastoral visit to Nigeria for the centenary of the Evangelization of the Ecclesiastical ...
• 5 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - An Archbishop calls for "prayers and practical help to avoid the destruction of Syria" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church and the Monastery of Santa Maria in Deir Ezzor, on the banks of the Euphrates River, were destroyed by an explosion on Saturday, October 27. It is an event that shocked us and so we ...
• 5 November 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Year of Faith begins in Venezuela with an appeal for an amnesty for political prisoners Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, launched an appeal to the national government to take the necessary measures in favour of political prisoners: "We insisted on this issue ...
• 5 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The memory of the dead, especially the examples of their faith, in order for us to live a life of faith and witness Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The memory of the dead, especially the examples of their faith that they gave us, help us to live a life of faith and witness: is the main theme that marked the commemoration of the dead ...
• 5 November 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Year of Faith and national reality: 196th Assembly of Bishops Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay gather for their 196th Ordinary Plenary Assembly which starts today, November 5 until Friday, November 9, at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference in Asuncion. Ac ...
• 5 November 2012
  AFRICA - "Silent Emergency": each year over a million children die from malnutrition Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of food continues to cause deaths every year, over a million children under 5 years of age in Sub-Saharan Africa. Deaths due to malnutrition in this region are exacerbated by drought an ...
• 5 November 2012
  AFRICA/KENYA - Attack during a church service within the police station: for the Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa: "It is a political act, not a religious one" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The attack which took place yesterday, November 4, was aimed at the Sunday celebration of the Christian interfaith community Utawala in Garissa in eastern Kenya, 140 km from the border with Soma ...
• 5 November 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Malnutrition, poverty and drought for thousands of women, children, indigenous and rural population Antigua (Agenzia Fides) - A medical team will travel to Basque Retalhuleu, 200 km from the capital of Guatemala, on November 15 to carry out more than 150 surgeries over the course of two weeks. For more than 10 years, t ...
• 5 November 2012
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Violence in Nigeria: not only Boko Haram but also banditry Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The indictment of a corporal of the police in Zamfara State (Northern Nigeria) for theft of weapons has shed light on a series of attacks in some villages in the area, previously attributed to Isl ...
• 5 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church of Bombay remains cautious on the crucifix dripping with blood Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has never claimed that the phenomenon of droplets of blood or water found on the crucifix in Irla is a miracle. In these cases, the Church is always prudent. Every special ev ...
• 5 November 2012
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Egyptian Catholics welcome with enthusiasm the election of the new Coptic Orthodox Pope Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The election of the new Patriarch Tawadros II as head of the Coptic Orthodox Church arouses reactions of joy and enthusiasm in the composite Catholic community in Egypt. "We are all delighted," co ...
• 31 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Diocese of Kao Hsiung entrusts 8 couples the mandate for the Evangelization of families Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) – With the appointment and the missionary mandate assigned to 8 couples of lay faithful of the Diocesan Commission for the Evangelization of the Family, the Diocese of Kao Hsiung in Taiwan wi ...