News

• 24 May 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-2012 presidential elections, the Bishops encourage "those who defend peace and the common good" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential elections to be held in Korea in December 2012, are intended to "have a great impact on international politics." Citizens are required to recognize and exclude candidates who are ...
• 24 May 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Only dialogue can solve inter Rwandese instability in eastern Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) continues between the national army and loyal military deserters to General Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the Congolese government due ...
• 24 May 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM-A Jesuit: "Education and the fight against corruption, priorities for the country" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The government should focus on education in the coming years, on the fight against corruption, on a legislative reform and on the protection of ethnic minorities and environment: So say ...
• 24 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - The supporters of the military junta want the leader of the coup as President of the transition Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - This complicates the political and institutional crisis in Mali after the announcement on behalf of the supporters of the military coup of the investiture of the head of the military junta, Capta ...
• 24 May 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Fighting human trafficking, which has become "an industry" in the hands of organized crime Gualeguaychú (Agenzia Fides) - There were about sixty participants at the XXVII Meeting of the "Diocese of Frontier, which this year had the theme of human trafficking. From May 21 to 23, representatives of the dioceses ...
• 24 May 2012
  VIETNAM - 4 Catholic students in prison "subversives": they were promoting religious freedom and protection of life Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Sentenced to prison for "propaganda against the State": is the fate of 4 Catholic students, tried by a court in Hanoi today for a crime that the Criminal Code punishes with prison sentences betwee ...
• 22 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - After the attack on the President of the transition period, political instability is putting off negotiations for the North Bamako (Agencia Fides) – The President has been treated in the hospital nearest to his office, but his injuries are not serious”, Don Edmondo Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, where yesterday a ...
• 22 May 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new Archbishop of Seul: “Priority to Evangelization and the reunification of Korea” Seul (Fides Agency) – Priority will be evangelization in a country where the Catholic community is growing but also “missio ad gentes”; equally important is the work for reconciliation and reunification with North ...
• 18 May 2012
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The first soldiers of the CEDEAO have arrived , expectation for the formation of the transition government Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – “The arrival of the small vanguard of the contingent of the CEDEAO did not stir up particular sentiments among the population”, Fr. Davis Sciocco, PIME missionary, and director of Radio Sol ...
• 18 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Religious Liberty but also “strengthening of the sharia” in the joint Declaration of Government and Islamic rebels Cotabato City (Agenzia Fides) – The new “political subject” which the government and Islamic rebels are agreeing to create in the South Philippines, in the framework of a type of federal system – to substitute t ...
• 18 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Historic opportunities for peace in Mindanao” Missionaries and Civil Society at work ASIA/PHILIPPINES “Historic opportunities for peace in Mindanao” Missionaries and Civil Society at work. Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – There is an historic opportunity for an agreement of lasting peace in the ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - “There must be no more war between Sudan and South Sudan!”: Appeal of Catholic Bishops and Anglicans of South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic and Anglican Bishops of South Sudan are asking the International community for a “more balanced “position on the conflict that is setting their country against Sudan. The messag ...
• 16 May 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced Conversions result of Poverty and Ignorance Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Poverty, ignorance, illiteracy and social injustice are the principal causes of the phenomenon of “forced conversions” which is afflicting Pakistan. New regulations are needed to counter ...
• 16 May 2012
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A request from the Bishops of Angola for a greater attention to the poor in a very rich country Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “An observation post on poverty in Angola needs to be created so as to monitor the struggling polices to fight poverty, to verify the results of these policies and their effective impact on ...
• 16 May 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Overcome poverty and corruption”: the voice of the Church on the anniversary of independence Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Te Deum for 201 years of independence in Paraguay was marked by an unique note: the people were not allowed to go into the Cathedral or the Square in front, though thi ...