News

• 19 December 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Even Cuba will attend the Summit of the Americas: a dream come true Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Several statements have been sent to Agenzia Fides to comment the historic decision of the Governments of the United States and Cuba to establish diplomatic relations (see Fides 18/12/2014). Amon ...
• 19 December 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The Bishops: "Working together to build a more fraternal Country" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In a message published on the occasion of Christmas, titled "Peace on earth to men", the Argentine Bishops' Conference urges the entire national community to "build a more fraternal Country ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA – Foreign staff on the run from a looted hospital; health care system collapsing Benghazi (Agenzia Fides) - The clashes in Benghazi, capital of Cyrenaica, between Islamist militiamen and soldiers loyal to General Khalifa Haftar are causing serious damage to the local health system. The Libyan press r ...
• 19 December 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Education, food and protection for orphaned girls Visakhapatnam (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of St. Louis began their work in the Indian diocese of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in 1986. After arriving in the isolated village of Yellamanchilli they realized after some ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Islamist threats against the Christmas celebration; Muslim leaders: we defend the churches together with Christians Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In Egypt even this year, as in the past, as the Christmas celebration approaches the Internet becomes a vehicle for attacks and threats against local Christian communities. Islamist sites warn Mus ...
• 19 December 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Appeal of the Chaldean Bishop of Beirut for displaced Iraqi Christians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – There are more than eight hundred Christian families who have fled Mosul and Nineveh Plain and have found refuge in Iraq. Their condition is that of the "newcomers" in a Country already destabi ...
• 19 December 2014
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - One hundred thousand children cannot attend school because of the floods Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred thousand Moroccan children have not been attending school since November due to severe floods and heavy rains that have hit southern Morocco, severely damaging bridges, roads and infra ...
• 18 December 2014
  AMERICA/CUBA - "New horizons of hope brighten the lives of the Cuban people", says the Bishops' Conference Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank the Lord because new horizons of hope brighten the lives of the Cuban people, because good relations without tensions between peoples, who are so close, are the foundation of a promisin ...
• 18 December 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops: a minute of silence in Catholic schools, at Christmas prayer for peace Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Catholic schools across Pakistan will observe a minute of silence and gathering during the morning prayer, remembering the victims of the Taliban attack in the military school in Pes ...
• 18 December 2014
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Bishop of Alotau’s appeal for the population Alotau (Agenzia Fides) - "I launch an emergency appeal for the people of the Southeast of my diocese, Alotau. Thousands of people are suffering from a severe shortage of food and are starving because of Ita cyclone, whic ...
• 18 December 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Islamic State turns the monastery of St. George into a prison, the cross on the dome removed Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Mosul, captured by jihadist militants of the Islamic State (IS) in June, Christian churches continue to be turned into prisons. Last weekend, the jihadists of the IS transferred at ...
• 18 December 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Ebola: appeal of the Hospital in Serabu; for FAO a million people at risk of hunger Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation due to the epidemic of Ebola is really horrible. Our health workers are subjected to very serious risks, and some of them have lost their lives", said Fr. Paul Sandi, Secretary G ...
• 18 December 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - For Mgr. Falla Robles: "The unilateral cease-fire should take place without any conditions" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The unilateral cease-fire should take place without conditions", said the Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, His Exc. Mgr José Daniel Falla Robles, Auxiliary of Cali, up ...
• 18 December 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christmas Message of His Beatitude Patriarch Twal: tragedies and hopes of a difficult year Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy City of Jerusalem "is under blood and tears" and religious antagonism jeopardizes its mission of "city of peace and inter-religious coexistence". The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fou ...
• 18 December 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - Clashes among MPs on anti-terrorism law could put fundamental freedoms at risk Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes among MPs of the majority and the opposition in Parliament in Nairobi occurred during the vote on the controversial anti-terrorism law that would weaken, according to several members hum ...