News

• 23 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: "Close schools in sign of protest against the violence on Christians" Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "We demand the closure of the schools of the Archdiocese of Mumbai on March 25, to protest against the attacks on Christian institutions": this is what Catholics of the state of Maharashtra say, ...
• 23 March 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Caritas supports 80 thousand people without food or health care Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - Charity and social justice are part of the institutional mission of Caritas Mexico, that has just published a document in which all the initiatives carried out in a year in the Mexican state o ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Three murders a day: unprecedented wave of aggression, crimes and violence Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At least 164 people were killed in violence between January and February in Haiti: this was stated by the National Commission Jistis ak Lape (JILAP, in Creole, Justice and Peace in Italia ...
• 20 March 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Every minute a child dies due to lack of drinking water Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the next World Water Day, scheduled for March 22, the NGO Plan International recalled that every year about half a million children die due to the lack of access to drinking in ...
• 20 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Thottunkal: "India should be concerned about human rights, not just cows" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "India should be as concerned about its people, as it is about its cows": said Indian Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). The ...
• 20 March 2015
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - "Tunisians, peaceful people who want a democratic Country are those who suffer the most" says the Director of the PMS Tunis (Agenzia Fides) - "Tunisians are deeply saddened because they are the first to experience the violence of the terrorists", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Jawad Alamat, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) ...
• 20 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian Bishop writes to the jihadists: our Church does not identify itself with any armed group Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The Assyrian Church of the East – to which hundreds of Christians in the Khabur valley taken hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) belong – has chosen not to identify itself with a ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Project which involves women to bring electricity to poor communities Siuna (Agenzia Fides) - A three-hour drive from the town of Siuna, Nicaragua, surrounded by vegetation, is a small community with no electricity, just like many others throughout Latin America. Recently, thanks to a pr ...
• 20 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The pastor of Youhanabad: "Critical situation, let us pray with the Via Crucis" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is critical. Many people are afraid of an attack by Muslims in Youhanabad after the traditional Friday prayers in nearby mosques. But there is a massive deployment of police. We, t ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops of the diocese on the border: enough with violence and more attention towards the youth Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) - Some Bishops of the United States and Mexico consecrated the border between the two countries to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 17, at the Cathedral of ...
• 20 March 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Hospitals in Al Azhar open their doors to Christian doctors Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Abel Hai Azab, dean of the University of Al Azhar - known as the greatest theological center of Sunni Islam - has announced the decision to take advantage of Christian doctors and professors withi ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Millions of children deprived of education: schools destroyed or used as shelters for the displaced Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the beginning of the conflict in Syria, there are currently more than 5 million children and 2 million displaced who have sought refuge in neighboring countries. According to est ...
• 18 March 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report on conflicts over water in Brazil: 42 000 families involved Paranà (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has announced the imminent publication of the Report on conflicts over water with data related to the year 2014. According to some data already disclosed, last ...
• 18 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Elections: the Archbishop of Medellin urges the socio-political formation of the community Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 October the regional elections will be held in Colombia to choose mayors, councilors, governors and deputies. "For a successful outcome of such an important civil event in the life of soc ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregoire III: "one is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in the Middle East" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "One is inconsiderate to invoke external military interventions to defend Christians in Syria and the Middle East. We are a sovereign Country with a legitimate government, which is responsible ...