News

• 18 March 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New violence in North Kivu: "there is an attempt to block the operations against the FDLR" denounces civil society Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From east to west, from north to south, there is insecurity in the territory of Rutshuru", says a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by the Civil Society of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republ ...
• 18 March 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - No trace of the schoolgirls abducted in areas reconquered by the army Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian military have found no trace of the 200 girls abducted in April last year by Boko Haram, in the territories they reconquered in northern Nigeria. "In the liberated areas we made some ...
• 18 March 2015
  AFRICA – One out of 5 people with Ebola is a child Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - 20% of cases of Ebola recorded so far in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are children. Ebola continues to be a tragic reality for nine million children living in infected areas. Besides moni ...
• 18 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholic Bishops meet in Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, March 17 the Catholic Bishops of Syria met in Homs, on the occasion of the assembly that sees them together twice a year in order to reflect together on the pastoral and charitable serv ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Even the "24 hours for the Lord" in the Lenten journey of the Chinese Catholics Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in mainland China are preparing themselves for Easter, following the indications of the Lenten Message of Pope Francis. According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, the d ...
• 17 March 2015
  AMERICA - Human rights and extractive industries in Latin America: the position of the Church Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Catholic Church in Latin America will be heard in open court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), in Washington, on Thursday, March 19. Here th ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA – The Bishops: "Violence against nuns, a crime of which India should be ashamed" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Physical violence inflicted on religious women, the rape of an old and sick nun, the desecration of consecrated hosts, are ruthless and inhumane acts, of which all citizens of India should be ...
• 17 March 2015
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appeal for the victims of Cyclone Pam: 54 000 children affected Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Appeals have been launched to help the thousands of people affected by a devastating cyclone that has battered Vanuatu and other parts of the Pacific. Martin Teulan, National Director of Cathol ...
• 17 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Diocese of Cochabamba in solidarity with the children of TIPNIS Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday will be the Fifth Sunday of Lent, and we want to make a collection in all the churches, in all communities of Cochabamba, with a key objective, namely, our solidarity, our love f ...
• 17 March 2015
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Justice and Peace: "Our initiatives for conflict resolution and environmental protection" Windhoek (Agenzia Fides) - A structure or a continental reconciliation committee in the event of conflicts, a committee that is able to go wherever there is need for mediation. This is one of the decisions taken at the e ...
• 17 March 2015
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Church assists 230,000 flood victims Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Clothes, food, money and other aid, for a total of 1 billion kwachas (about 192 thousand US dollars), were distributed by the Bishops of Malawi to more than 230,000 displaced flood victims (se ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church calls for a law to ensure emigrants the recovery of Lebanese nationality Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai urged the government of Lebanon to work on the bill again to allow immigrants from the Country of the Cedars to recover Lebanese nationality. The invitatio ...
• 17 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore at the funeral of the victims of Youhanabad: "Be men of peace" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We do not need and do not want a civil war. We Christians are people of peace. Do not let the pain cloud our eyes. What future do we want to build for Pakistan? A future of harmony and reconcili ...
• 17 March 2015
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The Egyptian government reviews Islamic religious education programs to combat extremism Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Awqaf - in charge of endowments to mosques and religious communities - announced that it has completed a draft revision of the general programs of religious education that will pro ...
• 16 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A "Day of Prayer for our martyrs" after the attacks on churches Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Time of mourning and prayer for the Church in Pakistan: today, Monday, March 16, the Catholic faithful celebrate a "special day of prayer for the innocent lives of the martyrs". This was announce ...