News

• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/JAPAN - The disabled at the centre of the Conference on the reduction of disaster risk Sendai (Agenzia Fides) - Natural disasters are destroying the globe, both in Western Countries and in the poorest Countries in the world. Over the past decade there have been several natural disasters like the tsunami in ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: necessity to rebuild Gaza, support schools, help refugees and immigrants Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal to the "reconstruction of Gaza to help the thousands of families left homeless after the last conflict", a reminder of the centrality of the educational work of Christian Scho ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - UN report: positive developments but still restrictions on religious freedom Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - There are "positive developments, but also a number of serious problems regarding religious freedom in Vietnam": says the report presented to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations by the ...
• 11 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - A new church will be built in Cuba, the first since 1959 Pinar del Rio (Agenzia Fides) - The Cuban Catholic Church will be able to build a new place of worship on the island, which will be the first time since the revolution, in 1959. According to the information of the Archdi ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Forced mass sterilizations continue Bilaspur (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom and personal dignity of Indian women continue to be trampled. From 2013 to 2014 over 4 million forced sterilizations were carried out in the country. There was turmoil in the State ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops: "Be a poor Church for the poor" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Our ministry now has a clear aim: to be a poor Church for the poor. Pope Francis' visit in Korea, in August 2014, is a starting point for the change and renewal of the Korean Church". This ...
• 11 March 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA – A study of the Church: the factors of internal conflict Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Youth unemployment, unequal distribution of resources, land disputes, fights between ethnic and political groups. These are the potential causes of conflict in Kenya according to a study sponsor ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Uncertainty about the fate of Christians held hostage by jihadists Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of the villages of Khabur valley taken hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) continue to be in their hands, and their fate is tied to the evolution of the military balan ...
• 11 March 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 400 years of evangelization in Posadas: "we share the joy of evangelizing" Misiones (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Posadas celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first "reduction" of the Jesuits, called Our Lady of the Annunciation of Itapúa, which was the nucleus from which ...
• 11 March 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The suffering of the population will increase with the war; the Church is making huge efforts Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Unfortunately the military option seems to prevail, and the suffering of the population will continue", say local sources from South Sudan to Agenzia Fides, who for safety reasons have asked for a ...
• 11 March 2015
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A primary school for children in Hosanna Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Hosanna, 250 km south-east of Addis Ababa, about 70 thousand people live, mainly very poor families, who do not have sufficient resources to ensure education to their children. The precar ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Jing Xian highlights the need to give authentic Christian witness Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) - Absolute sobriety in community and personal life, in order to give authentic Christian witness: this is what His Exc. Mgr. Pietro Feng Xin Mao, Bishop of the Diocese of Jing Xian (today Heng S ...
• 10 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Weapons, from security to threat for the family, must be eliminated" asks the Archbishop of Medellin Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - Following the invitation of the Mayor of Medellín, Aníbal Gaviria Correa to various institutions including the Catholic Church, to support the campaign for the disarmament of this city, the A ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in march ask Hindu radicals to owe Mother Teresa an apology Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Radical Hindu leaders owe Mother Teresa of Calcutta an apology, whose work is a valuable asset for the entire Indian people: this is what Christians of Andhra Pradesh state, who recently took ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Appeal of the Chaldean Patriarch: the offensive against the Caliphate causes new humanitarian emergencies Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State carry out attacks against "humans, monuments, civilization". But the offensive of the Iraqi army and local Islamist tribes against the Caliphate is causing, as ...