News

• 7 March 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem resolves water emergencies in two Palestinian cities Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The problems in the management of water resources in the Palestinian Territories in different forms penalize the lives of the local population. The general scarcity of water is accompanied by p ...
• 7 March 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Dialogue between the Church and civil authorities on the problems regarding the population Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, met with the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of the Latin American country, gathered for their Ordinary General Assembly to discus ...
• 7 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Where to be born female is considered "a disaster " Anantapur (Agenzia Fides) - Women living in India suffer abuse eight times higher than any other place in the world. Physical abuse in the country is seen as a "right of the husband" and almost half of the violence affec ...
• 7 March 2014
  AFRICA/UGANDA – The "miraculous necklaces" made from recycled paper Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of International Women's Day, the "miraculous necklaces" of the NGO Meeting Point International, in Kampala will return to Italy. Made by mothers, the 48 000 pearl necklaces made ...
• 7 March 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church denounces the alarming pollution of the Peruvian forest Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - The Human Rights Office of the Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos (Peru), has published a "Report of Environmental Monitoring of the Marañón River and the Pacaya Samiria Reserve" which highlights ...
• 7 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women in Pakistan: Christian girls raped by Muslims Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The rape of girls belonging to religious minorities is a very common phenomenon in Pakistan. Christian women are a prime target, because the most vulnerable and defenseless. The majority of cases ...
• 7 March 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "The South Sudanese people will come out of this crisis stronger than";fifty years from the expulsion of the missionaries Juba (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 February 1964 the Council of Ministers of Sudan issued the decree of expulsion of all foreign missionaries in the three provinces of South Sudan: Juba, Wau and Malakal. 154 Comboni Sisters, 1 ...
• 6 March 2014
  ASIA/BRUNEI - Christian Faith forbidden in Christian schools if there are Muslim children Brunei (Agenzia Fides) - Principals and teachers in schools and private educational institutions in Brunei risk five years in prison and a fine of up to $ 20,000 if they teach or speak to a Muslim child of religions othe ...
• 6 March 2014
  AFRICA/GUINEA – A campaign to vaccinate 400,000 children against measles Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – A vaccination campaign has begun against measles in Guinea to curb the epidemic declared by the national government on January 14. 1105 suspected cases including 68 confirmed have already been ...
• 6 March 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church calls for "fair justice" Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - Father Pablo Caceres Vicario of the Diocese of Concepción, sent by Bishop Mgr. Miguel Angel Cabello, attended the blessing of the new Palace of Justice in Horqueta (near Concepcion). As repo ...
• 6 March 2014
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Seven out of ten poor people in the world are women who have no rights and education Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Out of 1 billion 300 million people living in extreme poverty around the world, 910 million are women, seven out of ten. In addition, they do not have the same rights and opportunities as men. ...
• 6 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: Christians do not support the Kurdish autonomous entity Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in the north-eastern Syrian province of Jazira have ruled out any support regarding the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in the area surrounding the towns of Qamishli and Has ...
• 6 March 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT – Coptic politician Shukrallah: what worries me is the possible return of the military to power Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic politician Hala Shukrallah, the first woman elected to lead a Party in Egypt, has expressed "concern" with regards to the possibility that a return to power of the military in the Count ...
• 6 March 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Political dialogue resumes, with the mediation of Cardinal Langlois Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides ) - "The inter-Haitian dialogue" between the president and parliament will resume shortly, with the return to the country of Cardinal Chibly Langlois: this was reported to Fides by Mgr. Patr ...
• 5 March 2014
  EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG -Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 21, 2013 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Don Maurice Péporté, of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg as National ...