News

• 31 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Caritas Spain receives an award "for the defense of the rights of the people" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The award "Institución del Defensor del Pueblo" (Institution of the Ombudsman), has been assigned to Caritas Spain and the people who work there, both professionals and the many volunteers. The ...
• 31 October 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholics in Hanoi demand the return of a land that belongs to the Church Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese Catholic community of Thai Ha, entrusted to the pastoral care of the Redemptorists, publicly protested in recent days demanding the return of land that they believe belongs to the p ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "We have reached a turning point in the history of the Country", say local Church sources Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The main question is where is President Blaise Compaoré and what is he doing. What seems certain is that his power is over", say to Agenzia Fides sources of the Church in Burkina Faso, who ...
• 31 October 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Thousands of young people on pilgrimage instead of the "Feast of Hallowen" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - For the third year in a row the young people of Arequipa (Peru) prepare to live the "Third Youth Festival for Faith and Life": a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Chapi that will take place t ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops a year ago warned: "Young people’s anger increases due to corrupt politics" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - A young and angry society because of the lack of prospects due to corrupt politics, but also more informed thanks to the widespread of new technologies. This is what the Bishops of Burkina F ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Project for a "return to normality" after months of armed conflict Sofala (Agenzia Fides) - After months of heated conflict, the two political forces that have been facing each other in Mozambique have signed a truce, but many families preferred to stay in camps or hide in the forest, w ...
• 31 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Alarm tuberculosis: outdated policies will not be able to stop the peak of TB drug-resistant strains Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, being held in Barcelona, the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) submitted its report, "Out of Step" which reveals deadly gaps ...
• 31 October 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Archbishop of Yaoundé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 31 October 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Jean Mbarga, Bishop of Ebolowa and apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Yaoundé as Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon). ( ...
• 30 October 2014
  VATICAN - Pope's appeal: take all necessary measures to eradicate the Ebola virus Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the General Audience on Wednesday, October 29, the Holy Father launched an appeal and expressed his grave concern regarding the worsening of the Ebola epidemic: "This implacab ...
• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Silsilah dialogue movement: "Fight soldiers with prayer" Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – The "Prayer of Harmony", a chain of prayer among Christians, Muslims and followers of other religions, is the weapon with which to "fight soldiers" and the terrorist ideology of violence and ...
• 30 October 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The families of the students who disappeared will be received by the President, Pope Francis asks for prayers Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - "Today I would like to raise a prayer and draw close in our hearts to the people of Mexico, who are suffering from the loss of these students and many similar problems. May our hearts be cl ...
• 30 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Campaign against the recruitment of children in armed conflict: "Children, not soldiers"! Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The government of South Sudan has just launched, with the support of the United Nations, the national campaign "Children, not soldiers" which aims to end and prevent the recruitment and use of chil ...
• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Jesuits: "To be companions for indigenous peoples" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits in Myanmar intend to be "companions for indigenous peoples", is what the religious said in a recent meeting dedicated to the Pastoral ministry of indigenous communities, held in the d ...
• 30 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Catholic Syrian Bishops: if the world wants to help us, stop sending us weapons! Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A severe reminder to the international community so that it puts an end to the arms trade that fuels war and an appeal to the consciences of Christians, so they resist the idea of escaping from ...
• 30 October 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Drugs: "it is urgent to move from concern to action" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Gualeguaychú, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Eduardo Lozano, who is President of the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral, acknowledged that recently there has been t ...