News

• 17 July 2014
  AFRICA/KENYA - The army have discovered four fields where the perpetrators of the attacks in the coastal region hide Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan security forces have found and destroyed four paramilitary fields used by militants who since June have terrorized some villages in the County of Lamu on the coast of Kenya on the bor ...
• 17 July 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - A bill to ensure and regulate the construction of churches is being studied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - A committee of inquiry called to outline a draft law to regulate and ensure clear legal procedures concerning the building of churches and Christian places of worship on Egyptian territory has beg ...
• 17 July 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President intends to ask a billion dollars to fight Boko Haram Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has asked the National Assembly for an international loan of one billion dollars to buy new weapons and equipment to fight Boko Haram. According to the ...
• 16 July 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Formation, communion and sharing: the Catholic community committed to summer camps for children Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Formation of faith, communion and the sharing of faith and life: summer camps promoted by Catholic communities have started, aimed at children and young people. According to information ...
• 16 July 2014
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Sport to unite communities, overcome differences, promote social justice Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - Sport can bring us joy, friendship and a sense of community. It can be a vital means of development for young people and make an essential contribution to our health and wellbeing. Yet other in ...
• 16 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul, the Islamic Caliphate orders: no aid to Christians and Shiites, while their homes are being expropriated Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadist militiamen of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who since June 9 control Mosul and have proclaimed the Islamic Caliphate, have ordered civil servants to suspend any pro ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - More than 250 Bishops from East Africa at the Assembly on new evangelization Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 16th, the 18th Plenary Assembly (Association of the Members of the Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa) opens in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe. According to information sent t ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Insecurity caused by Boko Haram: The Church promotes a day of prayer Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to entrust Cameroon as well as all the other Countries in war to the Lord. The insecurity that is raging on the borders of Cameroon, in particular those with Nigeria, has created a psyc ...
• 16 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A photo exhibition on the 33 years of fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples arrives in Manaus Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - After Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Belém, the exhibition "Indigenous Peoples of Brazil 1980/2013 - Retrospective images in the struggle of indigenous peoples in Brazil for their collective rights" ar ...
• 16 July 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Tawadros II: the Bishops do not express support for candidates or political parties in elections Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The date of the next general elections in Egypt has not yet been set. In all probability, the Egyptians will not go to the polls before next October, but already meetings and contacts to define li ...
• 16 July 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY - Twelve hours of continuous prayer for peace in the Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) - There will be a number of youth groups in Italy and in several countries, including Jerusalem, that will spiritually join the young people from Rome who tomorrow, July 17 will gather in the Basilic ...
• 15 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Aguilar’s appeal : "Migrant children are not intruders or invaders" Tehuacán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Tehuacan (Puebla, Mexico), His exc. Mgr. Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez, has launched an appeal to the entire diocesan community, priests in their parishes, lay people, ...
• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean nuns and the children released, "a sign of hope for all" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Monday, July 14 the two Chaldean nuns and three young children - two girls and a boy - who were seized on June 28 last in Mosul, were released. Their captors were linked to t ...
• 15 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Letter from Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Parliament: there is no time to waste Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Since the meetings of the Iraqi parliament convened to form a new government have proven to be a waste of time, Patriarch Louis Raphael I sent a Letter to the Members of Iraqi Parliament. The Pa ...
• 15 July 2014
  AFRICA/BENIN – Opening of the meeting of African Bishops on the family in preparation for the Synod Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM/SECAM) to consolidate African issues and help prepare African bishops for the upcoming Synod which will be held ...