News

• 17 January 2014
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cooperation projects in a different Cuba Holguin (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the American diocese of Chicago, His Exc. Mgr. John Manz, from Cuba, where he is on a visit to strengthen cooperation, said that "interaction is the best way to improve respect for ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Children subject of rights: an obligation for all States Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The website of the "Information System on early childhood" in Latin America (SIPI) has been updated. SIPI is a system oriented to satisfy the rights of early childhood in the continent. The ...
• 16 January 2014
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - The 8000 Dakar missionaries committed to bringing "the joy of the Gospel" everywhere, Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 8000 children and young people of the Archdiocese of Dakar gathered on Sunday 12th January, on the feast of the Baptism of Jesus, at the National Shrine of Popenguine in the sign of ...
• 16 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Young Christian killed and beheaded by jihadists Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Islamist groups have killed and beheaded a young Christian man, seriously wounding another. The incident, which occurred on 8 January, was reported to Fides only now by a priest in the diocese of H ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Rehabilitation center for child soldiers who escaped from the guerrillas Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 15 years there have been thousands of children and child soldiers who have managed to escape the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Ma ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - In order to reintegrate into society, ex-prisoners form a solidarity group Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - A large group of women, all ex-prisoners, gathered to give life to an organization that proposes social re-integration. The note sent to Fides Agency by the Catholic weekly "Fides" reports ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On-Call service for cases of abuse, mistreatment or child neglect Resistencia (Agenzia Fides) - To protect the rights of boys, girls and adolescents, and to decrease the number of people living on the street, who suffer abuse, neglect, abandonment and child labor, a device to free and ...
• 15 January 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violation of basic human rights: kidnappings, killings and mutilations Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Incidents of human rights violations have recently occurred in some cities of Baluchistan. According to what is reported by the Baloch Human Rights Organisation, an Organisation for Human Right ...
• 15 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children: victims of abuse and orphans without any protection Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The number of orphaned children in Venezuela, without any health care, as well as those injured or killed continues to increase. With the exception of some Countries, children in the world conti ...
• 15 January 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Archbishop Yeom Soo- jung: "A call to the evangelization of China and North Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Through God’s call, I will pray and give my full support to the evangelization of the Church in Asia, in particular China and North Korea": with these words, the Archbishop of Seoul, Andrew Yeo ...
• 15 January 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Post- election violence: "Christians are not being targeted", says the Archbishop of Dhaka Dhaka (Agenzia Fides ) - "We condemn all forms of violence against Christians and not just across the country. Today it must be said that, despite some negative episodes, Christians are not being targeted by Islamic radi ...
• 15 January 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archbishop Gomez looks for support among those who do not agree on the immigration reform Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Los Angeles, His Exc. Mgr. Jose Gomez, known for his efforts in favor of immigrants and support for the immigration reform (see Fides 14/01/2014) met leaders of civil socie ...
• 15 January 2014
  VATICAN - Communiqué of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago some national newspapers published the news that Mr Paolo Oliverio, "the accountant arrested on charges of manipulating the internal appointments and business dealings of the ...
• 15 January 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The "Missionary Jubilee Year in the family" begins, on the feast of the Black Christ Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Today, "the Missionary Jubilee Year Family" begins in Nicaragua, which coincides with the celebration of the national patronal feast of Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas. The great feast began yest ...
• 15 January 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Disturbing speculations on the killing of the officer who defeated the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Disturbing facts have been raised on the death of Colonel Mamadou Ndala, killed on January 2 in an ambush in Ngadi (Matembo), a village near the airport in Mavivi, five kilometers from the town ...