News

• 28 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalit: discrimination for 165 million Indians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Discrimination related to caste, child labor, early marriage of girls and chronic malnutrition are some of the most serious problems affecting the Indian population. Castes and subcastes are m ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - A group of doctors provide free health service in the diocese of Hai Men Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) – To give witness to the Gospel through the works of charity: is the reason that led to the formation of the "Group of Divine Providence" that offers free health service to Catholics and non-Cat ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Justice for the massacre in Maguindanao: the relatives of the victims write to the Pope Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Relatives of the victims killed in the "Massacre in Maguindanao" - the kidnapping and barbaric execution of 46 people in Maguindanao province took place on November 23, 2009 - have appealed to Po ...
• 27 November 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Vicar General of Bouar: "Fr. Mateusz is fine and was released without the use of force" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Mateusz Dziedzic, the Fidei Donum Polish priest is fine. He was kidnapped in mid-October in the Central African Republic (see Fides 15/10/2014) and was released yesterday, November 26. This w ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Church ready to intervene to ensure the country's political future Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The spokesman of the "Episcopal Commission for Mediation" (CEM), Mgr. Patrick Aris said that the Catholic Church is waiting for the synthesis of the various proposals on political consult ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk: unrealistic and wrong to dream of an autonomous enclave for Christians in the Nineveh Plain Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The project still cherished by acronyms and political leaders who want to create an autonomous enclave in the future reserved for Christians in the Nineveh Plain, currently in the hands of the ji ...
• 27 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first Catholic radio in Pakistan Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Spreading the news of the Gospel via air: this is the aim of "Good News Radio", the first Catholic radio born in Pakistan, launched by the Archdiocese of Karachi, led by Bishop Joseph Coutts, wh ...
• 27 November 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Boko Haram plans attacks with suicide women bombers disguised as nuns Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The terrorists of Boko Haram plan attacks with suicide women bombers disguised as nuns. "A few months ago in Kano (northern Nigeria) the police discovered tailors who were sewing tunics for nun in ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Hunger and chronic malnutrition cause the death of a child every 33 hours Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Death caused by hunger and chronic malnutrition, which affects children under five years of age, is a real scourge for the Country. In the course of 2014, 240 young children have died. According ...
• 27 November 2014
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Russia is preparing a resolution on the defense of Christians in the Middle East Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - Russia is considering "the opportunity to submit to the Council for Human Rights of the United Nations - United Nations agency based in Geneva - a resolution to urge international measures of pro ...
• 27 November 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Violence against women decreases, but there is still an impressive number of cases Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The violent deaths of women in Honduras have reduced, but the numbers are still impressive. The Observatory on Violence published a report in which it is estimated that from January to June ...
• 26 November 2014
  VATICAN - The First International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The First "International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking" will be celebrated in all dioceses and parishes in the world, in the groups and schools on 8 February 2015, the Feast ...
• 26 November 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops of Central America gather: Communication in the culture of encounter Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Since Monday, November 24, 60 Bishops have gathered in Managua for the Annual Assembly of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC). Within this meeting a short communication course is ...
• 26 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace talks in Cuba must continue Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Despite their recent statements, FARC show a willingness to continue the peace negotiations underway in Havana: this is what the Archbishop of Tunja, President of the Episcopal Conference of Colo ...
• 26 November 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian missionaries labeled "enemies of Hindus" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christian missionaries are identified among the five biggest enemies of Hindus: is what is said in a pamphlet distributed at World Hindu Congress 2014 which has just ended in Delhi. As Fides l ...