News

• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Jordan in Salt launches ”Winter Campaign” Salt (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday 2 December Ahliyyah school in Salt hosted the opening meeting for the launching of the Winter Campaign organised by Caritas Jordan in the area surrounding this historic Jordanian city. ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI – The dream of a nation free of the nightmare of AIDS Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - “There is widespread participation in Malawi on the annual day for the fight against AIDS” . Monfort missionary Fr. Piergiorgio Gamba, who has worked in the country for several decades, tol ...
• 3 December 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - COP 20: world meeting for climatic justice, churches together to care for creation Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Members and partners of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have called for the promotion from a faith perspective of a cause for climatic justice during the 20th United Nations Climate Change Co ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelising with joy: a meeting of sharing, music and prayer Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) – Two days of reflection and sharing, with intervals of music and prayer, organised on 29 and 30 November by the diocese of Hai Men, Jiang Su mainland China province, brought together more than ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Churches to monitor presidential elections in January Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The principal Christian confessions in Zambia will monitor presidential elections to be held 20 January 2015 by means of a purposely formed body: Christian Churches’ Monitoring Group (CCMG). ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Resignation of the Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 3 December 2014, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Jammu-Srinagar (India), presented by Bishop Peter Celestine Elamp ...
• 3 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Conference on Islam and Terrorism at Al Azhar. Imam al- Tayyeb: “takfirist” extremism perverts the Islamic religion Cairo (Agenzia Fides) –'Takfirist' extremism which justifies with verses of the Koran violent and terrorist activity is a “perversion of the Islamic religion ”, and jihadist factions commit “barbaric crimes with ...
• 3 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - “Treated worse than animals”: dramatic situation of women with psychological or intellectual disabilities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India women with psychological or intellectual disabilities are often closed in institutes and subjected to all kinds of abuse and violence. According to a Human Rights Watch report (HRW) ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - The Year of Consecrated Life begins: witnesses of hope in the future Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - Remember the past with a heart filled with gratitude, live the present with zeal, have hope for the future: these are the three main objectives for the Year of Consecrated Life highlighted by His ...
• 2 December 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Satisfaction for the release of the General, but it is necessary to resume talks for a definite peace Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - After his release and that of other two people who had been kidnapped with him, which occurred on Sunday evening, November 30, General Rubén Darío Alzate Mora held a press conference the ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A more functional school for 4000 children in one of the poorest regions of the Country Soddo (Agenzia Fides) - A cooperation project led to the restructuring and the provision of school materials regarding the first public school which opened in Wolayta (the southern area of Ethiopia) in 1953. The institut ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Churches in Mosul are used as prisons by jihadist of the Caliphate Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Some churches in Mosul have been transformed into places of detention by jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), who have laid down laws in the northern city of Iraq since June 9. In particular, acco ...
• 2 December 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops denounce: "Banditry threatens peace, it seems that some have fun scattering weapons among the population" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The people are still held hostage by armed groups present in the area and occupy the national scene" denounce the Central African Bishops in the message for Advent prepared by the Permanent Coun ...
• 2 December 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In Haiti, the needs are still so many, the commitment of the religious women of Brazil continues Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - An assessment of the project that the missionary Church of Brazil is carrying out in Haiti, emerged immediately after the earthquake that devastated the country (see Fides 21/02/2011), was made ...
• 2 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 70 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition and 13 million work Anantapur (Agenzia Fides) - In India about 72 million children suffer from chronic malnutrition: in addition to the risk of death, malnutrition causes delays in physical and mental growth. There are also 13 million young ...