News

• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 3,800 children and young people killed in the last four years Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the NGO Casa Alianza, which protects minors in Latin America, from January 2010 to December 2013, 3,800 children and young people under 23 years of age were murdered in Honduras ...
• 20 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Cardinal Wako launches an appeal for peace in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum, has launched an appeal to political leaders in South Sudan so that they go beyond their personal interest and solve the crisis the Country is e ...
• 20 January 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR – During the Week of Unity, Christians ask the government for the return of lands and schools Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, we are baptized in the Jordan of the new Myanmar. After baptism Jesus began his mission. Today, as a nation, we face a new era with all its opportunities. For decades we suffered. Today w ...
• 20 January 2014
  VATICAN - Migrants, "close to the heart of the Church" Vatican City ( Agenzia Fides) - After praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, January 19th, the Holy Father recalled the celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, on t ...
• 20 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The testimony of a missionary in the midst of the violence in Central Africa Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "Between 8 and 9 January, Seleka burned more than 1,300 homes and killed at least a dozen people in the area of Bozoum. To do this in a context of tensions, is suicide" denounces Fr. Aurelio Gazz ...
• 18 January 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Widespread religious violence in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Intolerance and violence on religious basis are increasingly common in the Indonesian territory: in 2013 there were 222 incidents of violence that took place in 20 provinces, 7 more compared to ...
• 18 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Geneva 2" Conference: the World Council of Churches calls for an immediate truce Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – In the Syrian conflict "there is no military solution"; "an immediate cessation of all hostilities and armed clashes on the Syrian territory" is urgent; humanitarian assistance must be ensured; ...
• 17 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - "Heart to Heart": a heart that continues to beat to support the vocational path Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Heart to Heart" is the name of the Group that supports vocations in the parish of Bei Tang of the Archdiocese of Shaan Xi, in mainland China, born in 2009. According to information collected by ...
• 17 January 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 68 thousand children vaccinated against measles in the IDP camps in Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Extreme violence in the capital of the Central African Republic continues. Attacks, lynchings, looting and reprisals happen every day. One hundred thousand displaced persons live in the M'Poko ...
• 17 January 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian leaders: "It is an abomination to see a political struggle turned into an ethnic war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "We are heart-broken to see what was purely a political problem in the ruling party, SPLM (Sudan People's Liberation Movement), quickly slides into an ethnic one on a rapid and frightening scale", ...
• 17 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Women prisoners in the house: illiterate, poor and marginalized Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The current conditions of poverty, violence and discrimination in Iraq weigh more on women who, in a male-dominated society, just look after children and the home. Most are illiterate, and become ...
• 17 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Appeal for the people of Tierra Caliente, "chastised by the scourge of fratricidal and absurd violence" Michoacán (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who have followed the escalation of violence in Michoacán know perfectly well that the bloody war among criminals, with wounded bodies and horror, was the conclusion of the classic 'n ...
• 17 January 2014
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Hery Rajaonarimampianina is the new Head of State Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Hery Rajaonarimampianina is the new President of Madagascar. This was officially declared on January 17 by the President of the Special Electoral Court (CES), which rejected the appeal pres ...
• 17 January 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Campaign to abolish torture, often used against detainees for religious and political reasons Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The torture of prisoners, particularly prisoners for religious and political reasons, is still widely used in Vietnam. In 2013, the torture suffered by people held for their moral and political be ...
• 17 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Birth of the "Christian women’s Movement" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – To launch a message of emancipation and woman’s dignity; rediscover the fundamental role of women in the Church, coming out of the cliché of subordination or inferiority complexes; emphas ...