News

• 4 July 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: there is also a political use of the drug market in the Holy City Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The use of drugs is unfortunately becoming an epidemic in East Jerusalem. It affects the Palestinian community in such a devastating manner. 15 thousand young Palestinians use drugs, and 5 th ...
• 4 July 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Change starts from education, says the Archbishop of Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "A great change is taking place in our country. In several cities, where there were houses made of wood and bamboo, buildings made of concrete are increasing. In the perception of many, this is ...
• 4 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Immediate answers concerning the issue of immigrants are urgently needed" Criciuma (Agenzia Fides) - "The issue of immigrants needs immediate responses, which go beyond hospitality. In the daily work of the parishes, we need more support for immigrants", said Fr. Onécimo Alberton, president o ...
• 4 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The first container of medicines of Caritas Somalia and NGO Perigeo on the road to the Somali government Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Somalia is one of the States where the highest rates of malnutrition and mortality rate are registered in the world. There are always so many and uncontrollable emergencies in the Country and ...
• 3 July 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Terrorist groups settle in the Christian area of Essa Nagri in Karachi Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – There is violence and insecurity in Essa Nagri, a Christian neighborhood of Karachi, with a population of over 40 thousand people. The resident population, mostly poor Christians engaged in me ...
• 3 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Formation and spirituality for a missionary Church, engaged in society Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Formation and spirituality are the basis of the missionary commitment and the presence of Christians in the world: is what emerges from the XXXVII Course of "Cardinal Rossi" Latin American M ...
• 3 July 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - Pressures on behalf of the authorities over a Christian woman to abjure faith Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the village of Saisomboon, in the province of Savannakhet, and a government official have warned a Christian woman named Varn to abjure faith, otherwise she will be expelled from ...
• 3 July 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ – Bombings and raids against churches in Mosul for the release of the nuns and orphans Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days ago the Iraqi air force began bombing in Mosul, and the air raids are increasing each day in intensity. Yesterday the roads that cross the Nineveh Plain were full of convoys of cars wi ...
• 3 July 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 6 hospitals looted or burned in a few months, at least 58 people killed in the hospitals Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in hospitals and the destruction of medical facilities are denying medical services to many of South Sudan's most vulnerable people, said Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the report: "Sout ...
• 3 July 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Historic meeting between religious communities for peace in the country Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics, Jews and Muslims in Colombia have signed an historic joint declaration for peace. As FIdes learns, the agreement took place on 1 July in Bogota, in the presence of Cardinal Ruben Salaz ...
• 3 July 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - 1,512 suspected cases of chikungunya in addition to 5,698 confirmed cases of dengue San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Ministry of Health in El Salvador (MINSAL) there are 1,512 suspected cases of chikungunya in the State of El Salvador. Most of them in the department of San Salvador, with ...
• 2 July 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: No to the restoration of the death penalty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Wednesday July 2, reiterated its opposition to restore the death penalty. In the note sent to Fides, the Bishops recall the Gospel passage ...
• 2 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Immigrant children: now even more controls on the southern border of Mexico Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - The northern and southern borders of Mexico are completely different: while the northern border with the United States is guarded by thousands of police and cameras, the southern border was virt ...
• 2 July 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Christian family, the cradle of vocations to priesthood" for the Church in Vietnam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A careful family pastoral, prayer, and the quality of faith in families, are the secrets to keeping the vocations to priesthood alive in Vietnam: "If a family is holy, there are vocations", ...
• 2 July 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO R.D. - The Bishops recall "the sacred duty to protect the nation and preserve peace" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "A message of peace and hope to the Congolese people" was addressed by the Bishops of the African country at the end of the plenary Assembly of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO ...