News

• 13 May 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Minerals, cause of conflicts in the world: NGOs ask the EU for "a strong law" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - More than 40 civil society organizations, including the NGO of the Jesuit Alboan, have signed a declaration addressed to the European Union (EU) criticizing the "insufficient and minimal impact" ...
• 13 May 2015
  AFRICA - Regional Conference of "Caritas Africa": the challenges to face Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The love of Christ urges us: together in the service to the poor". This was the theme of the 8th Regional Conference of "Caritas Africa" which was held in Rome from May 10 to 12, before the 20th G ...
• 13 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Education and aid to the poor at the Luigi Caburlotto school Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "The purpose and mission of the 'Luigi Caburlotto School' are love, faith and quality": this is how the nuns of the congregation of the Daughters of St. Joseph tell Fides their educational commit ...
• 13 May 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Remembering the victims of Garissa, Christian leaders denounce the insecurity in which Kenya lives Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "As we remember the victims of the Garissa terror attack, we should continue to pray for those who were involved in this tragedy- those who actually killed so that they be converted and have res ...
• 13 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Aurangabad and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Aurangabad (India), by His Exc. Mgr. Edwin Colaço, in accordance with can. 401 § 1 o ...
• 13 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – When will violence be stopped? Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 May, the "Desde la Fe" weekly of the Archdiocese of Mexico titled its editorial "Narcoterror" to describe the current situation in which the country lives. The text refers to th ...
• 13 May 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - President al-Sisi: so far little has been done to renew "religious speech" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt similar efforts to "renew religious speech" and therefore "dry up the sources" of extremism and terrorism, "are still not sufficient". This is what Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ...
• 13 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Tarahumara children sleep in schools so they are not forced to walk five hours Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of children of ethnic Tarahumara (population living in the present territory of Mexican Chihuahua) sleep in their schools to avoid being forced to walk three to five hours each day to ...
• 13 May 2015
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Letter of Bishops: "The evil of capital punishment" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "With the many countries that have abolished the death penalty as an extreme act of violence performed in the name of the people and with the teaching of the Catholic Church, we the bishops ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops denounce: the immigration system has become an "inhuman industry" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has denounced through a recently published report that the system of detention centers for immigrants in the US has become an "inhuman ...
• 12 May 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Parties of the two blocs signed a document of "national partnership" proposed by the Maronite League Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Eight Lebanese parties, related to both blocs that for years have dominated the national political scene, have agreed to sign a document entitled "National Partnership to strengthen the state and ...
• 12 May 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - The Vicar of Paksè: "We hope the 17 Laotian martyrs can be celebrated all together" Paksè (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very happy for the recognition of martyrdom of Father Mario Borzaga, young missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Paul, Laotian catechist. We look forward to the successful out ...
• 12 May 2015
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops urge to "work for reconciliation in view of elections" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Disarmament, reconciliation of souls, truth about the recent past of the Ivory Coast, equal justice, forgiveness, dialogue among political opponents and within the parties themselves. These are ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops call for urgent action and dialogue, "No more violence" for the Tia Maria case Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 50 days have gone by since the protests started in Islay, a village near Arequipa, about 800 km south of the Peruvian capital, against the Southern Copper mining project, and government and protest ...
• 12 May 2015
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appeal from Christian leaders: "Young people, stay in Africa, Europe does not guarantee comforts and pleasures" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We are saddened by the news of many African migrants perishing in the deserts of northern Africa and the Mediterranean Sea and call on African states and Governments to institute proactive measur ...