News

• 1 September 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Ebola: “Keep watch, do not panic” says the local Church Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Senegal has joined national efforts to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus since the 29 August official announcement confirmed a first case of infection in that country. ...
• 1 September 2014
  EUROPE/NETHERLANDS - Caritas alarm: Summer of “humanitarian disasters” drains aid resources Amsterdam (Agenzia Fides) – “This Summer of humanitarian disasters” is draining the resources of international aid agencies; very soon they will be unable to address the needs of people affected by the consequences ...
• 1 September 2014
  AFRICA/LIBYA - “We no longer hear bomb explosions, the situation would seem calmer” says Bishop Martinelli Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation, to a certain extent, is under control, there is more serenity and calm than just a few days ago, and we no longer hear the explosion of bombs. Let us hope that with the grace ...
• 1 September 2014
  ASIA/NEPAL - Vicar Apostolic tells Religious men and women: mission starts with self-evangelization Katmandhu (Agenzia Fides)- Mission starts with self-evangelization: said the new Vicar Apostolic of Nepal, Mgr Paul Simick, in meetings with local men and women religious in Nepal. Fides was told that the Vicar Apostolic ...
• 30 August 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – Catholic schools cancel strike, but Israeli government talks of ‘take over’ Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) – The past two years have been difficult for Catholic schools in Israel, particularly from the financial point of view: the Education Ministry has repeatedly reduced both subsidies to scho ...
• 30 August 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – 11 militants arrested for turning a Christian church into a Hindu temple Aligarh (Agenzia Fides) – Following protests and reports to the police, 11 militants belonging to different violent Hindu extremist groups were arrested in Uttar Pradesh for occupying and desecrating a Christian church ...
• 22 August 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Cardinal Fernando Filoni: my mission among the sufferings of the Iraqi brothers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, who returned from Iraq last night after his visit as personal envoy of Pope Francis, met the Pope th ...
• 22 August 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Jesuits: the Government of Gujarat promotes extremism and violence in schools Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Gujarat promotes the principles of extremism and Hindu nationalism among school children: it has introduced, in more than 42,000 primary and secondary state schools, nine tex ...
• 22 August 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – The "Ecumenism and the Missions" Symposium begins Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Vargem Grande Paulista (SP) will host between 21 and 24 August, the "Ecumenism and Mission" Symposium. The event, which is organized by the National Council of Christian Churches ...
• 22 August 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - More than 11,000 people fleeing due to the conquest of their city by Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Boko Haram has conquered the town of Gwoza, in Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, causing the flight of more than 11,000 inhabitants. This confirms the alarm launched by the Nigerian Bishops on ...
• 22 August 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas Jordan welcomes Iraqi Christians put to flight by the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Almost a thousand Christians fleeing from northern Iraq, faced with the advancing of the jihadists militia of the Islamic State, will be welcomed in Jordan within the next few days thanks to the c ...
• 21 August 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church launches an alarm regarding the increase of suicides among teenagers Santiago del Estero (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people and teenagers are the most valuable asset of a nation and should be a major concern of all those who have responsibilities in their formation" said Mgr. Torrado Mosconi ...
• 21 August 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mission of the Patriarchs in Iraq. The Chaldean Patriarch: no to sectarian militias Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The defense of the attacked is an absolute right. But only "the forces of the State should take charge of this defense", while the creation of differentiated militia on ethno-religious basis "can ...
• 21 August 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "In Gaza, in Iraq and in Syria, we are faced with stark and horrifying evidence of the moral bankruptcy of modern warfare", say the Bishops Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "In different parts of Africa, in Iraq and Syria and now in Gaza we are faced with stark and horrifying evidence of the moral bankruptcy of modern warfare", say the Bishops of South Africa, ...
• 21 August 2014
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Seven Recollect missionaries remain alongside the population threatened by Ebola Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - "Obliged by our pastoral responsibility, we collaborate with the government of Sierra Leone in the effort to raise awareness of the danger of the Ebola virus and how to prevent it from spreadin ...