News

• 12 February 2015
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Hunger and diseases for the displaced persons in Darfur: food, medicines and basic necessities are needed Deribat (Agenzia Fides) - The population who fled the conflict areas in the volcanic area of Jebel Marra in Darfur, in western Sudan, and is now living in the north and in the east of Deribat, complains about the prolife ...
• 12 February 2015
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A UN report highlights the international links of the Congolese guerrillas Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A sophisticated network of material support, funding and recruitment has allowed the survival of one of the guerrilla groups operating in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...
• 12 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese of Acapulco committed to protecting young people from criminal gangs Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Acapulco has prepared a program to save young people who "work", or are at risk of working as hitmen for organized crime gangs that operate in the state of Guerrero. The prog ...
• 12 February 2015
  AFRICA/KENYA - Attorney-General proposes a meeting to review the proposed regulations on religious groups Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Attorney-General of Kenya has invited representatives of different religious communities in the country to a meeting to discuss the controversial measure of regulation of religious organizations ...
• 12 February 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian Mayors: the Wall in the Cremisan Valley will suffocate the presence of Christians Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - "They want to build the separation Wall in the Cremisan valley and then expropriate the lands that belong to Palestinian Christians. If that happens, the whole area will be suppressed from the ...
• 10 February 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The proposal of the FARC divides public opinion Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) to reform the armed forces, police and intelligence services of the state, has created a lot of confusion, especially in the poli ...
• 10 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: a phenomenon which is difficult to quantify Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - Although the number of migrants who arrive at the border in Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) has decreased compared to previous years, the concern of the Bishop of the Diocese, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo R ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - CCSM denounces offensive drawings of Lord Jesus Christ on hookahs Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan denounces steps undertaken by some companies in which immodest and indecent drawings depicting Lord Jesus Christ are posted on hubble bub ...
• 10 February 2015
  VATICAN – World Day of the Sick: the Church runs 115 352 health care and social assistance institutes in the world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - February 11 is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes and it is also the XXIII World Day of the Sick. Pope John Paul II initiated the day in 1992 to encourage people to pray for those who suf ...
• 10 February 2015
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary: "There is a growing feeling of anti-Christianity in Niger Niamey (Fides) - "The extremist group Boko Haram attacked the city of Diffa yesterday. The attack comes as Niger’s lawmakers are due to vote on a plan to send troops in the operations against Boko Haram in Nigeria. Thi ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections in Delhi: nationalists collapse, for the Church it is "a new beginning" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "One may well say that it is a new beginning. A certain ideology has been defeated and we hope that now the wave of violence against churches may cease. We cherish hopes that the new governm ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore: "Blessed are the parents who teach love, not hatred to their children" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The family is the first place where one learns to love, where we experience and practice mutual love. Blessed are those parents who teach their children respect and love for others, who avoid ha ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Archbishop Matar: Lebanon must adopt a strategy to distance itself from regional conflicts Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon must adopt a strategy to distance itself from regional conflicts. This is the alarm launched by Maronite Archbishop Boulos Matar Youssef during his homily yesterday, Monday, February 9, o ...
• 10 February 2015
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The UN: over 2.5 million people face food emergency because of the civil war Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Two and a half million people in South Sudan are in urgent need of food, desire peace and are tired of living in fear. This is what Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs ...
• 9 February 2015
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Resignation of the Bishop of Lichinga and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 8, 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Lichinga, in Mozambique, by His Exc. Mgr. Elio Greselin, S.C.I., in accordance wi ...