News

• 23 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mission to relieve: a challenge for evangelization; the Missionary Campaign 2014 begins Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary Campaign 2014 in Brazil has begun in view of World Mission Day, which will be held on 18 and 19 October. The aim of “Mission to relieve” is to bring awareness of the existe ...
• 23 July 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The chicungunya virus continues to alarm Latin American Countries San José (Agenzia Fides) - After Haiti and El Salvador (see Fides Agency 03/07/2014 and 08/07/2014), the chikungunya virus arrives in Costa Rica. The Ministry of Health of Costa Rica has just released news regarding six ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The jihadists of the "Caliphate" attack Tilkif, rejected by Kurdish Peshmerga Tilkif (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday evening, Tuesday 22 July, the militia of the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate responsible for the expulsion of Christians and Shiites from the city of Mosul launched a mortar attack ag ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - A special school to restore dignity and social role for the disabled Thrissur (Agenzia Fides) - Being disabled in India is difficult. In 2000, in Thrissur, Kerala, the Sisters of the Congregation of the Samaritan Sisters (CSS) founded the "Snehadeepthi" special school. Their "special" chi ...
• 23 July 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishop of Choluteca: 5000 people are forced to put their lives at risk in mines every day Choluteca (Agenzia Fides) - After the death of 8 of the 11 miners, who were buried in the collapse of the Cuculmeca mine in San Juan Arriba, in the municipality of El Corpus, Choluteca (Honduras), on July 2, the Bishop o ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Prison Ministry: the Church denounces overcrowding and is inspired by Fr. Kolbe New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in India is strengthening its commitment in the prison Ministry. On the one hand, denouncing overcrowding, a long-standing problem in Indian jails. On the other hand choosing an ins ...
• 23 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Bishops appeal to the Prime Minister and the government: "stop the catastrophe" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi national government must ensure "necessary protection" for Christians and other minorities in the Country, provide "financial support to displaced people who have lost everything", pay t ...
• 22 July 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "UN expert on religious freedom will visit Viet Nam to assess the situation in the country" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt, will visit Viet Nam from 21 to 31 July 2014, "to assess the situation in the country and meet all religious communities": This is what is repor ...
• 22 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Child malnutrition rates skyrocket: +73% compared to 2013 Leer (Agenzia Fides) - Rates of malnutrition have skyrocketed in parts of Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei States since conflict erupted in South Sudan in December (see Fides 10/07/2014). More than 13,270 children, most und ...
• 22 July 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Although some people promote hate, the Church is committed to peaceful coexistence Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Some sectors of Dominican society promote hatred and resentment among the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This is what is said in an editorial in the latest issue of the Cathol ...
• 22 July 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - March for solidarity: 1600 million unemployed and 400 million young slaves in the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Unemployment and slavery are two sides of the same coin. Young people from all over the world are slaves or are exploited. From the work done with the hands of 400 million children, clothes, shoe ...
• 22 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Emeritus Sabbah: there is no war in Gaza, but a useless massacre Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - In the night between Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 July, the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip caused further destruction and casualties among the civilian population. The number of Palestin ...
• 22 July 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Religious violence increases in Uttar Pradesh Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) – Violence based on religion and hatred disseminated by Hindu extremist groups are increasing in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. This is denounced to Fides Agency by the Com ...
• 22 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Last exodus from Mosul: nearly three thousand Christians Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The last Christians who have left Mosul after the jihadist ultimatum by the self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate are almost three thousand. A very high number, Mosul is now empty of Christians. Thi ...
• 22 July 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Archdiocese of Managua condemns the criminal act against innocent civilians on Saturday Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Managua expressed "deep sorrow and outrage with regards to the terrible criminal act which took place last Saturday against fellow Nicaraguans who were going back to their hom ...