News

• 4 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Patriarch Sidrak: The Egyptian people have regained the Country Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have been celebrating since yesterday evening. We did not sleep. The people of Egypt have peacefully regained their country. And therefore showed the world that they are civilized people, in s ...
• 4 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The humanitarian crisis in Central Africa is a drama that threatens to inflame the entire region Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "More than 60,000 children and their families suffer from serious food shortages and more than 200,000 children and their families were forced to flee their homes over the past 6 months," says a ...
• 4 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Catholic Belgian priest and a monastery are in the sights of the jihadists Qara (Agenzia Fides) - The Belgian Catholic priest Fr. Daniel Maes, 74, of the religious Order of "Canons Regular Premonstratensian", is in the sights of jihadist groups who intend to eliminate him and invade the monaste ...
• 4 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - After the deposition of Morsi, reprisals against Christians Minya (Agenzia Fides) - Among the episodes of violence in Egypt after the overthrow of President Morsi there is also the attack against the Coptic Catholic parish of St. George, in the village of Delgia, 60 kilometers fr ...
• 4 July 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Cardinal Van Thuan, controversial hero of faith, "for the Vietnamese he is already a saint" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "For the faithful he is already a saint. Hundreds of testimonies of Catholics have been collected, many say they prayed and received graces through his intercession. The faithful love him and pray ...
• 3 July 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - There is a growing gap between rich and poor Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the economic growth in the country, the gap between rich and poor in Honduras continues to increase. This is what emerges in a recent study by the United Nations Program for Deve ...
• 3 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against minorities: the case of three Christian women stripped naked and humiliated shakes the nation Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An episode of violence against Christians has become a "political case" in Pakistan. Three Christian women were beaten, stripped naked and humiliated publicly in a village near Pattoki, in the di ...
• 3 July 2013
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Caritas Central Africa partner in a micro-credit project for families affected by the crisis Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Central Africa is a partner of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in a project to grant micro-credit in support of the communities affected by the crisis that the Central Afric ...
• 3 July 2013
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Waiting for the moves on behalf of the army. The Church could be involved in the plans for ending the crisis Minya (Agenzia Fides) - After President Morsi’s speech – who on Tuesday evening, July 2nd reiterated his firm intention to remain in power until the end of the term, obtained with democratic elections - "the people a ...
• 3 July 2013
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Catholic Radio station in Rumbek resumes broadcasting Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Rumbek Catholic Radio Good News FM-89 resumed its normal broadcast yesterday after being ordered to go off by the Lakes State government on June 28. According to what the website of the Catholic ...
• 3 July 2013
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - 4,350 'tetra pak' desks for school children in Alajuela Alajuela (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the program "A desk for your school", which promotes environmental awareness with recycling activities in 321 public and private schools, 4,350 students from around the Country have t ...
• 3 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination and hatred: the church and civil society take stock of the problems concerning Christian minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Becoming aware of the discrimination, injustice, prejudice of whom Christians in Pakistan face and are victims, about 3% of the population, and the necessity to report these issues to the new gov ...
• 2 July 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - The phenomenon of child labor affects more than 200,000 children Santiago, Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In 2012 over 200,000 children were exploited in work activities at risk in Chile. In some cases children carried out very dangerous jobs, especially considering their young age. Accordin ...
• 2 July 2013
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - New educational center for the prevention of child labor Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - A new headquarters of the Spanish NGO Fundación Telefónica, committed to the prevention of child labor, has just been inaugurated in Montevideo. The educational center, equipped with modern ...
• 2 July 2013
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Canonical sanctions have been announced for the priest President of INEC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Congolese Bishops have launched a new appeal for the release of the three Assumptionist priests kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a message pubblished at the end of ...