News

• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Lenten Mission in the suburbs in Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For the faithful in Jakarta Lent is a special time for mission in the suburbs. The communities of the archdiocese, from the biggest parishes to the smallest, from religious congregations to lay ...
• 27 February 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: "Stop murderous violence!" San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Venezuela have asked Venezuelan authorities to stop violence and not to resort to "methods or weapons that are contrary to the law", making clear reference to the death of t ...
• 27 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A priest killed in the east of the Country; the Bishop of Goma denounces insecurity in the area Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The treasurer of the parish of Mweso (in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), Father Jean-Paul Kakule Kyalembera, was killed in an apparent robbery attempt on the evening of 25 Fe ...
• 27 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 5 months after the death of the students of Ayotzinapa: a calm but critical attitude Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, February 26, five months after the disappearance of the 43 students of Iguala (Guerrero, Mexico), the Bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas, His Exc. Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, s ...
• 27 February 2015
  AFRICA/BENIN - Service centers for more than 500 needy children Porto-Novo (Agenzia Fides) - There are many children who live in a state of poverty in Benin. To address this phenomenon, there are various initiatives. Among these is an ongoing project of the Spanish NGO Educo together ...
• 27 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of child laborers, exploited and often unpaid continues to increase Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In 2013 about 2 million 500 thousand working children, between 5 and 17 years of age were registered in Mexico. They represent 8% of the total child population in this age group. Seven out o ...
• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - New episodes of violence against Christian churches New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - New episodes of violence against Christian communities and buildings in India have taken place. A case of vandalism in the church was reported in Goa, western India. Unidentified men hit and d ...
• 27 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Anguish for Christians held hostage by jihadists; Syrian Catholic Archbishop Hindo: avoid unnecessary alarm Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians of the villages on the river Khabur taken hostage and deported by the jihadists in their strongholds increases to more than three hundred. "If the ...
• 26 February 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Despite the crisis, the PMS in Spain has increased the support for missions by 20% Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the economic crisis that the country is experiencing, the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain (PMS) have managed to increase its support to missions by collecting 19.52% more than the p ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Family threatened by materialism and selfishness", say the Bishops Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The family "first school of virtue" is threatened by materialism and selfishness, say the Bishops of Nigeria in a statement issued at the end of their Plenary Assembly. In the document, sent to Ag ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A simple ambulance service can save the lives of hundreds of mothers and children Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In South Sudan, 90% of women give birth at home. In situations of complications related to childbirth, it is necessary to intervene with an emergency service. A network of mobile phones, an always ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadists of the Islamic State deport Christian prisoners of the villages of Khabur Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Christians in the villages of the valley of Khabur captured by the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) in the northeastern Syrian province of Jazira increases. According to update ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Arson attack against the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the early hours of today, Thursday 26 February, an arson attack damaged the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate's Theological Seminary of Jerusalem, not far from the Old Town. The fire devastated a ...
• 26 February 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Military offensive in Mindanao; the Bishop in Basilan: "For peace, sincerity is needed" Basilan (Agenzia Fides) - There is no peace in Mindanao. After the massacre in Mamapasano, on 25 January, in the southern Philippines, armed forces have launched a military offensive against fighters of the "Bangsamoro I ...
• 26 February 2015
  AFRICA/LESOTHO - Elections: a delegation of Bishops of Southern Africa as observer in the national elections Maseru (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) is in Lesotho as observer in the national elections to be held on February 28th. In a note sent to Agenzia Fi ...