News

• 14 April 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Easter resurrection and the birth of twins in one of the most forgotten areas in the world Jijiga (Agenzia Fides) - We have just concluded the Easter celebrations in the eastern region of Ethiopia known as Somali, named by the Somali people who live there. Even in the heart of Islam a group of faithful celebra ...
• 14 April 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Floods force more than 40 000 children not to go to school Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - A tsunami of mud and floods hit the Chilean Atacama desert region, in the north of Chile, causing deaths, people missing and thousands injured as well as more than 40 thousand children ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bombings on Christian neighborhoods in Aleppo, also two young Salesian animators killed Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The fierce ongoing war in Syria "has hit the children of Don Bosco again". This is what the Salesians of the Middle East write in the statement which reports the news of the death of two young br ...
• 14 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Meeting between the Church and those responsible of the elections: no to boycott Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Lorenzo Córdova, met with members of the Permanent Council of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, for an exchange of views on the June ...
• 14 April 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mgr. Kaigama: "It is worrying that we do not know anything about the Chibok girls one year after their kidnapping" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Our thoughts go to the girls and their families", says His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jos and President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, one year after the kidnapping o ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA - Peace and Justice in Asia: challenges of the future Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We reaffirm our commitment to work for the equality of human beings and for the rights of marginalized groups such as women, minorities, tribal, indigenous peoples. We feel the duty to promote ...
• 14 April 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Kirill: The Russian Orthodox Church supports the creation of the Palestinian State Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - The Russian Orthodox Church "expresses its support for the demands and aspirations of the Palestinians to create their own State, in implementation of UN resolutions". This is how Patriarch Kiril ...
• 13 April 2015
  VATICAN - Jubilee of Mercy: "This is a time for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Why a Jubilee of Mercy today? Simply because the Church, in this time of great historical change, is called to offer more evident signs of God’s presence and closeness... This is a time ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A boy, burnt alive because a Christian, is in serious condition Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A 14-year-old Christian teenager, Nauman Masih, was burnt alive by some young Muslims who Nauman did not know. The young man is now in hospital in Lahore, where he is struggling between life and ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation of the Archbishop of Taunggyi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 12 April 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Taunggyi, Myanmar, by His Exc. Mgr. Matthias U Shwe, in accordance with canon 4 ...
• 13 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of fifty young men and women religious in the Amazon Itaituba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for the Amazon, together with those for Youth and Missionry Action of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), in collaboration with the Conference of Relig ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX: the Pope's words on the Genocide express the conscience of mankind, they are not "against" anyone Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Turkish government's strategy to prevent from speaking of the Armenian Genocide is failing. This is why there is tension and the diplomatic reactions of Turkey are so harsh. But the Pope spoke ...
• 13 April 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Northern Iraq's displaced get own radio station Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A radio station at the service of the refugees in northern Iraq, belonging to different ethnic and religious groups - Christians and Muslims, Kurds, Shiites eyazidi - forced to flee their homes be ...
• 13 April 2015
  EUROPE/ITALY - 150 years after the delivery of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to the Redemptorists Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 June 2015, the Redemptorists around the world will begin the celebrations of the 150th anniversary (1866) of the delivery of the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to the Congregation of the ...
• 13 April 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Many children grow up in prison with their imprisoned mothers Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 200 children aged three live with their mothers held in 31 prisons in Peru. The note, issued by the National Penitentiary (INPE) and sent to Agenzia Fides, ensures that the young, male and f ...