News

• 4 August 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN – Celebration for 484 missionaries of Palencia around the world Palencia (Agenzia Fides) - About 40 missionaries of Palencia gathered for the usual summer meeting, together with the bishop of the diocese, Mgr. Esteban Escudero, and the diocesan delegate for the Missions, Father Dioni ...
• 4 August 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops of Eastern Africa: "The threat to the family in our region is now more real than ever" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "The threat to the family in our region is now more real than ever before", says the final communiqué of the 18th Plenary Assembly of AMECEA (Association of Members of the Episcopal Conference ...
• 1 August 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Malnourished children at risk because of very poor sanitary conditions throughout the Country New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Children who live in unhealthy areas, with very poor sanitary conditions, in particular in places where there is a high rate of population, use outdoor spaces for their physiological needs, ge ...
• 1 August 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The UN Special Rapporteur: "Serious violations of religious freedom" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "Serious violations of freedom of religion or belief are a reality in Vietnam", said Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion, at the conclusion of the official visit to ...
• 1 August 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Forgiveness of Assisi dedicated to peace in the Middle East Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - The "Forgiveness of Assisi", the feast held on August 2, which is celebrated in the "Portiuncula", in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Assisi will be dedicated to peace in the Middle ...
• 1 August 2014
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - 49% of mothers and pregnant women are discriminated in their workplace Sidney (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report by the Human Rights Commission, 49% of mothers in Australia suffer from discrimination where they work during pregnancy, when they are on maternity leave or when they ...
• 1 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church: stop the violence, but do not stop peace talks Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The escalation of violence must stop": is the appeal launched by the President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga. The Archbishop said that the Churc ...
• 1 August 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Prayers and fasting for peace in Gaza and throughout the Middle East Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In conjunction with the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas for a truce that should ensure the suspension of military actions in the next three days, liturgies, prayers and fasting to b ...
• 1 August 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Twal: the truce is not needed if Gaza remains a desperate prison Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The truce which has begun is a good thing, but it will not help if the conditions in Gaza remain those of a desperate land under siege, where only fear and frustration that feed hatred can gr ...
• 31 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Major epidemiological control towards the chikungunya virus Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Local health authorities have decided to strengthen epidemiological control for the early detection of chikungunya cases and the provision of a microsite on the Secretary of Health website w ...
• 31 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Mosul, signs of revolt against the "Islamic Caliphate". Bishop Nona: So far no church has been destroyed Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - After the destruction of historical monuments in the city of Mosul by militants of the Islamic State, the first local movement of armed resistance against the jihadists who have proclaimed the cre ...
• 31 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - August 25 - Day of Remembrance for the victims of anti-Christian massacres in Orissa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A special "Day of Remembrance" to commemorate the victims of anti-Christian massacres that occurred in 2007 and 2008 will be celebrated in Orissa on 25 August. The day will see the organizatio ...
• 31 July 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo, missile at the Armenian Catholic Church. Three dead Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon a missile launched from the areas of Aleppo controlled by the rebels fell in the area of the Armenian Catholic parish of the Holy Trinity, in the district of al-Meydan, causin ...
• 31 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops: "Family Reunification for immigrant children" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to consider a legal institute that deals with "family reunification" for immigrant children who, from Central and South America, cross the borders of the United States in search ...
• 30 July 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A new Youth Centre of the Salesians of Don Bosco has been inaugurated Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of Don Bosco have opened a new Center for youth pastoral in Bangladesh, Dhaka. The "Don Bosco Youth Centre" was inaugurated in the presence of religious and the laity and Fr. Guiller ...