News

• 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 ...
• 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 ...