News

• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - "After military action, social and economic development is now necessary", said Mgr. Bertin Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "Military operations must be followed by a real economic development and the creation of State structures if one wants to stabilize Somalia", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Five Christians of the Orontes Valley still held by Islamic jihadists Knayeh (Agenzia Fides) - After the release of Father Hanna Jallouf OFM, parish priest in the Syrian village of Knayeh, about five men of the twenty parishioners who with him had been kidnapped by a brigade of jihadists, ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bosco Tea Project for more than 700 tea laborers Dimapur (Agenzia Fides) - India is one of the largest tea producers in the world. The districts of Golaghat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia in the Indian state of Assam, in the northeastern region of the country, have ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians to the government: "We are not terrorists" Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have sent a letter reminding the government that they are "not terrorists and are not involved in criminal or anti-social activities" As Fides lea ...
• 10 October 2014
  AFRICA - The campaign "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" has been launched Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us turn over a new leaf, for democratic change in Africa" is the title of the campaign promoted by associations of African and European civil society so that in sub-Saharan Africa the democrat ...
• 10 October 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The tragedy of Iguala and its consequences: a letter from the Archbishop of Acapulco Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to express my sorrow and that of the Catholic Church for all the consequences resulting from the tragedy of Iguala. We need to see the pain, so it can become an opportunity to build sol ...
• 10 October 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nobel Peace Prize to Malala "recalls women's rights and the right to education" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 awarded to Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl, victim of an Taliban attack when she was only 12 years old, "is good news for all of Pakistan and puts the issue of women ...
• 9 October 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Corrupt policemen and climate of mistrust, the Bishop of La Paz denounces the silence of the authorities Baja California Sur (Agenzia Fides) - There is no peace and security because many crimes have been committed with the silence of the authorities: this is what is denounced by the Bishop of the Diocese of La Paz (Baja Cal ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The law that strengthens the powers of security services has been approved, the opposition protests Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On October 8, the South Sudan National Assembly approved a law that strengthens the powers of the Security Service, the National Security Service (NSS) Bill. According to what is reported in the "S ...
• 9 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA – The four women abducted along with Father Hanna have been released; no message from the kidnappers Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday the 4 women who were part of the group of about twenty hostages kidnapped by an armed gang along with Father Hanna Jallouf, parish priest of the Syrian village of Knayeh, in the night b ...
• 9 October 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Now it is not possible to stop us": campaign against child mortality Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Every day 17,000 children worldwide die from diseases which could be avoided if vaccinated, if there were clean water, adequate food or mosquito nets. To cope with this emergency, the UNICEF Anda ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - "May the elections on 12 October bear positive fruits" hope the Bishops Sao Tome (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST) hopes that the elections to be held on October 12 in Sao Tomé and Principe is an opportunity to strengthen the co-existence of the popula ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - The children of a school take position against separated classes, based on religion Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The problem related to a private nursery school in the "City of 6 October", municipality of the governorate of Guizeh, where the institutes's management had decided to gather Christian pupils i ...
• 9 October 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Orphans who survived Ebola are marginalized for fear of witchcraft and black magic Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - In West Africa there are about 7,200 people infected with Ebola and deaths exceed 3,330. In addition to the collapse of the health system and economic development of these countries, there is t ...
• 9 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Jallouf Hanna has been released Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hanna Jallouf OFM, the Franciscan parish priest kidnapped on the night of Sunday 5and Monday, 6 October by a group of armed militants of the jihadist faction Jabhat al-Nusra has been relea ...