News

• 6 June 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – On the eve of the World Cup: illiteracy and hunger, but also hopes for a better future Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - The neighborhood of Jardim Terezopolis, in Betim, Brazil, 35 000 inhabitants, about 8,700 families in an area of 260 hectares, was a large pocket of poverty, low human development and edu ...
• 6 June 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Children under 5 years of age malnourished and at risk of infectious diseases Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - About 857 000 Somalis are in need of immediate aid, while more than 2 million are facing food insecurity due to drought, poor harvests and ongoing armed conflicts in the Country. Children are ...
• 6 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram threatens the unity of the army", says Cardinal Onaiyekan to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of Boko Haram threatens to undermine the unity of the Nigerian armed forces, especially if one gets to the point of interpreting what is happening in northern Nigeria as a religious c ...
• 6 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops announce six months of prayer for peace in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nigeria are proposing an initiative of national prayer, from July to December, to restore peace in the Country, put to the test because of the violence of Boko Haram. According to a ...
• 6 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protestant pastor kidnapped and robbed, saved by the faithful Okara (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3, five armed men entered the home of Rev. David Hanook, Protestant Pastor of the Church of Pakistan (Anglican), in a village near Okara, in the diocese of Lahore, taking the Pastor and hi ...
• 6 June 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Religious intolerance is a problem in Central Java Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Religious intolerance remains a serious problem in the province of Central Java, marred by serious incidents of religious violence in 2014: is what is stated in a note sent to Fides Agency by th ...
• 6 June 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Even at the Wall of Bethlehem, the Pope, Abbas and Peres join in prayer for peace Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The event is scheduled for this afternoon at 4.30p.m. in the Cremisan valley, the "green lung" of Bethlehem, which is on the planned route of the separation wall erected on the orders of the I ...
• 6 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The hydroelectric megaprojects damage 20,000 indigenous Puerto Escondido (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Puerto Escondido, His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Vasquez Villalobos, has spoken out against the hydroelectric megaprojects, particularly that of Paso de Reina, that the government in ...
• 6 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian political acronyms relaunch the project of an autonomous province for the "Nineveh Plain" Dohuk (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi political parties of Christian origin are trying to relaunch the project of creating an autonomous province in the Nineveh Plain, the area in the north of the Country with a heavy concen ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Children who migrate alone without papers is becoming a "humanitarian crisis" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the United States have called on the Obama administration and Congress to take concrete steps to protect undocumented children traveling alone as immigrants. The note ...
• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi’s appeal process does not start because of "orders" received Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, is "a very sensitive case and of high profile: the administration of the Lahore High Court - where the appeal process sh ...
• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Aleppo again without water, other missiles on the areas inhabited by the Armenians Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - In Aleppo the presidential vote with which Assad seeks to perpetuate his power was held with the central districts subjected to intense missile launch and the whole city without water again. "For ...
• 5 June 2014
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Let’s help the people to help each other", says the President of the Episcopal Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is close to the people especially helping them to help each other, creating networks of solidarity. Our action is addressed especially to the family. We make sure that groups of familie ...
• 5 June 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children forced to work 35 hours per week in dangerous conditions Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Of the more than three million children who carry out any type of work and in poor conditions in Mexico, 1 million 200 thousand, or 39%, do not go to school. According to data collected by t ...
• 5 June 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Peace is living together": international conference for reconciliation in Mindanao Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - Emphasizing the crucial role that religions and cultures can have to build peace and reconciliation in Mindanao: is the aim of the international conference to be held on 6 and 7 June in Cotabat ...